ATLANTA —
Quick Forecast:
Saturday: Mostly cloudy early. Some more sunshine by the early afternoon. High of 79°.
Sunday: Breezy and not as warm. Partly cloudy. High of 74°.
Monday: Mostly cloudy with a 20% chance for an isolated shower. High of 71°.
Discussion:
A weak cold front stalls over north Georgia for Saturday, keeping cloud cover in the forecast. By Sunday, and east breeze kicks up, which should cool temperatures down by a few degrees.
Cloud cover will stick around for some of the weekend. A stray shower can't be ruled out, but rain chances are less than 10%. Rain may become more likely by the middle of next week.
You can see how the east wind sticks with us through the weekend. The arrows on the map are coming in from the east and northeast. That helps to keep some clouds around with the temperatures coming back to the 70s.
Cooler temperatures move in Monday with highs right near 70 degrees. But as Election Day nears, warmer and wetter weather pushes back into north Georgia. Although not a washout, we will be tracking some isolated showers Tuesday and Wednesday. Highs both days are back in the mid to upper 70s.
The rain chances go up a little more Tuesday into Wednesday to 30%. Still not substantial rain, but at least a better chance that you will get a few raindrops.
Watching the tropics
We are keeping our eyes on a couple of areas of disturbed weather in the Caribbean. One in the western Caribbean has a high chance of some development over the next few days. A new system to watch is near Puerto Rico. It has a low chance of development over the next 7 days.
The models have been hinting at some development in the Caribbean for the past few days. That development so far has been slow. The models also have not been in agreement on how strong the system could get or where it's going. Now that the development is getting a little better organized, we will hopefully get some better signals on an intensity and forecast track soon.
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