Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Clearance; Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter
Flight Crew Returned To Clearance
Environment - Non Weather Related
We were cleared for takeoff behind a MD-88 on Runway 26L full length. We were cleared for the RNAV NUGGT 6 departure. We encountered wake turbulence from the aircraft that took off in front of us which caused a slight deviation left of course. ATC ATL Tower issued us a turn to the right just as we got out of it. We thought we waited a sufficient amount of time for the MD-88; but wind must have pushed the wake into our flight path.
CRJ-200 Captain reported deviation from assigned ATL RNAV departure track as a result of a wake vortex encounter.