Courteney Jacobazzi
Meteorologist/Traffic Anchor
Atlanta News First
Courteney studied broadcast journalism at the University of Central Florida before pursuing her weather education at Mississippi State University. She has her National Weather Association Seal of Approval and loves forecasting anything tropics related. She loves to read and spend time outside with her dog Colby, and looks forward to exploring Atlanta!
Sunday looks just as bright and warm as Saturday, but the gusty breeze will diminish so it may be an even better day to spend outdoors.
A line, or clusters, of showers and storms return late this evening and tonight.
Hurricane Idalia is now a major Category 4 storm as of 5 a.m. Wednesday. The storm is currently packing 130 mph winds as it bears down on the Big Bend of Florida.
Temperatures are forecast to approach, or exceed, records this workweek.
The Canadian wildfires continue to burn, creating a smoky filter in the air across much of the eastern seaboard.
Rain and thunder subsides heading into the night.
FIRST ALERT: Feeling more like the triple digits this weekend
Breezy, to windy, weather lingers into the start of the workweek.
A cooler, drier weather pattern remains in-place for another few days.
A few separate rounds of showers and thunderstorms are in the forecast through Monday afternoon!
Plan on scattered showers and gusty breezes Monday.
This week is Severe Weather Preparedness Week and the weather team at Atlanta News First is helping you prepare.
Our cold weather will continue through Sunday morning with rain back in your forecast on Tuesday.
A winter weather advisory has been issued for the north Georgia mountains from 7 AM today through 3 AM Saturday as there is the possibility of upwards of 2 inches of snow in the higher elevations of the mountains.
The heaviest rain has moved out of metro Atlanta. Isolated showers will remain possible, but the severe weather threat has ended.
A weather system bringing snow to parts of the great lakes region and Tennessee early Monday will bring the chance for flurries and maybe some light snow accumulation in the north Georgia mountains later this evening.
If you travel the top side of Interstate 285 west, you have already seen lots of road construction.
Abbotts Bridge Road has reopened after a large tree fell onto the roadway at the curve near Reynolds Stock Farm.
All lanes on I-285 SB are back open to traffic after a fiery crash Friday morning near Washington Road.
