It’s been a few weeks since a big, soaking rain fell across Atlanta. Lawns and gardens might be starting to look a little crispy. And though there’s a chance for isolated thunderstorms off and on, there’s really not much in the way of rain in the forecast for the next several days.
The warm, dry weather is putting much of Alabama, and parts of west Georgia stretching across metro Atlanta at risk of what’s called a flash drought, when drought conditions develop rapidly, according to the National Weather Service.
As of Thursday, it had been 27 days since Atlanta last experienced more than 0.1 inch of rain, according to the local National Weather Service office. With the next better than 20% chance of rain not forecast until Tuesday, Atlanta could find itself with a 30-plus-day streak of days without significant rainfall.
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