First let me 'second' John's excellent information..

Next.. Yes, we definitely get some pretty good thunderboomers
in this area. We're just starting into the season now. As in
Fla, flying in the morning is the best way to avoid them. The
boomers here are not quite as bad as in Fla (I lived there for
25+ years) but definitely ar to be avoided.

Mike PA28-181 N44979 at RYY

Hankal wrote:
but you can sometimes get them to let you fly the same route
over the top of ATL when VFR if you are around 5500' and sound like
you know what you're doing when you ask.


Thank you for the information.
I plan to file IFR both ways. You guys get thunderboomers there in the
afternoon, like we get here in Florida?