WEDNESDAY UPDATES “RomeGaCares is finally back in Rome/ Floyd! These last few weeks have been extremely impactful. We want to thank you all for supporting our disaster relief efforts in Columbus County. We made some amazing friends and helped a lot of people who desperately needed it- they were so grateful! Way to go Rome/ Floyd and… Read more
GREAT WEATHER FOR THE FAIR It might be fall’s finest festival but it also feels more like summer with highs in the upper 80s into the weekend. Also: Mostly sunny skies. FORECAST Wednesday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind. Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.… Read more
COOSA VALLEY FAIR FORECAST Around 84 degrees and sunny at 5 p.m. (opening). It will cool to 73 degrees by 10 p.m. OUTLOOK Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Tuesday and a few strong storms will be possible with gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall. A drier air airmass begins to… Read more
OUTLOOK Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Monday and Tuesday before drier air works into the area for the end of the period. A few strong storms will be possible with gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall. FORECAST Monday: A slight chance of showers between 11am and 1pm, then a chance of showers… Read more
OUTLOOK A 30% rain chance today, mostly cloudy with high near 84. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Sunday through Tuesday before drier air works into the area for the end of the period. A few strong storms will be possible with gusty winds, frequent lightning and locally heavy rainfall. FORECAST Sunday: A 30 percent chance… Read more
THE LATEST From RomeGaCares: Volunteers are needed to help stuff remaining 500 supply buckets on Saturday between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The supply truck was delayed on Friday and will not arrive to Rome until 7 a.m. Saturday, so help is needed to finish preparing the buckets to be shipped out on Monday. Volunteers… Read more
OUTLOOK Mostly sunny with high near 85. Slight rain chance on Sunday and Monday. FORECAST Saturday: Patchy dense fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph. Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph. Sunday: A 30 percent chance… Read more
We added another 1.67 inches of rain on Thursday, boosting the total rainfall at Richard B. Russell Airport/Towers Field to 6.07 inches since 8 a.m. Monday. There’s a very slight chance of additional rainfall today with clearing skies this afternoon and Saturday. Sunday: 20-30 percent chance of rain. The Oostanaula River in Rome was at… Read more
RAINFALL: 5.62 inches here between 8 a.m. Monday and 8 p.m. Thursday. FORECAST Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 9pm and 4am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 67. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance… Read more
THE LATEST Radio station WZQZ reports: ‘Chattooga County Schools delayed two hours on Thursday because of possibility of flash flooding.” WRCB TV in Chattanooga reports these school district in Georgia also will open two hours late on Thursday: Catooga, Chickamauga, Dade County and Walker County. Multiple school districts north of the Georgia-Tennessee border also are… Read more
THE LATEST Even more rain on the way. Your first look at Wednesday’s forecast: Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. High near 82. South wind around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and… Read more
THE LATEST SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GORDON…NORTHWESTERN BARTOW AND EASTERN FLOYD COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM EDT… AT 1044 PM EDT…A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ADAIRSVILLE, OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF CALHOUN…MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAZARD…40 TO 50 MPH WIND…FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN. IMPACT…EXPECT MINOR DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND… Read more
OUTLOOK Slight rain chance today, high near 89. More rain ahead this week, cooler temps in lower 80s. FORECAST Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers… Read more
OUTLOOK Fall officially arrives tonight at 9:54 p.m. during the fall equinox, but we won’t see any cooler temperatures any time soon. Mostly sunny today, high near 91. We do have a 20-30% rain chance this weekend, more possible early next week. FORECAST Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm.… Read more
OUTLOOK By Sunday, we’ll start to see a decline in temperatures, settling in to the low to mid 80s later next week — right around “normal” for this time of year. FORECAST Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southeast wind around… Read more
FORECAST Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 97. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.… Read more
OUTLOOK Isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected Friday through Monday. Strong storms will be possible, producing gusty winds, frequent lightning strikes and locally heavy rainfall. FORECAST Wednesday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 69. Calm wind. Thursday: Sunny, with a… Read more