Memorial Day cookouts and pool parties across Georgia might need a raincheck\u2014or at least a sturdy umbrella\u2014as thunderstorms gear up to crash the holiday with wind, hail, and enough rain to drown your potato salad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\ud83c\udf29\ufe0f What We Know:<\/strong> Scattered storms will roll in this afternoon and linger overnight, packing strong wind gusts, small hail, and localized flooding. The National Weather Service warns some could turn severe, especially after sunset. The chaos doesn\u2019t stop there: Tuesday through Friday will see daily rounds of thunderstorms, with gusty winds and lightning stealing the spotlight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u26a0\ufe0f Why It Matters:<\/strong> Memorial Day is supposed to mean grill smoke, not storm alerts. But with a \u201cmarginal risk\u201d of severe weather Monday and Tuesday, residents should plan for delays, downed branches, and sudden downpours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udd2e What\u2019s Next:<\/strong> The storm parade continues all week, though Friday offers a glimmer of hope for drier skies. Forecasters aren\u2019t yet betting on a rain-free weekend, so maybe hold off on washing the car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2614 Take Action:<\/strong> Grill masters, you may want to take an umbrella with you when you grill those hotdogs and hamburgers. Or grill early and move that Memorial Day lunch up an hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n[mailerlite_form form_id=5]\n\n\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Memorial Day cookouts and pool parties across Georgia might need a raincheck\u2014or at least a sturdy umbrella\u2014as thunderstorms gear up to crash the holiday with wind, hail, and enough rain to drown your potato salad. \ud83c\udf29\ufe0f What We Know: Scattered storms will roll in this afternoon and linger overnight, packing strong wind gusts, small hail, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":83147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"behind","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6067],"tags":[9811,9252,12611],"class_list":["post-222601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","tag-memorial-day","tag-rain","tag-storm","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=222601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=222601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=222601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=222601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}