There are currently no active warnings or advisories for Cartersville, Georgia.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

505 PM EDT THU MAY 31 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT...

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...

BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.SYNOPSIS...

AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE...AND ITS ASSOCIATED SURFACE COLD FRONT...

WILL APPROACH THE STATE OVERNIGHT.

.PRIMARY HAZARDS...

THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE 
SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

.DISCUSSION...

CAPE VALUES OF 1000-1500 THIS AFTERNOON WILL DECREASE SOME 
OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL REMAIN IN THE 500-1000 RANGE...AND COMBINED 
WITH AN APPROACHING UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL PRODUCE ISOLATED TO 
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD 
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WEAK SHEAR VALUES AND ONLY MODEST INSTABILITIES 
SHOULD HELP TO HOLD MOST STORM DEVELOPMENT BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...

A COLD FRONT WILL BRING A MORE SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM 
DEVELOPMENT FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY 
BE SEVERE ON FRIDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTH GEORGIA DURING THE AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. A 
WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON 
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Cartersville, Georgia.

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Cartersville, Georgia.