Widespread rain that had been forecast for parts of metro Atlanta Sunday night failed to materialize, but a flash flood watch posted for the northern suburbs was extended into Monday afternoon as heavier rain in Alabama moved eastward into Georgia.

At 5:30 a.m., the leading edge of the heavier rain was approaching the northwest corner of Georgia, and forecasters predicted that those storms could dump between .5 inch and 1 inch of rain across the northern part of the state.

The flood watch was in effect until 4 p.m. Monday for areas generally north of I-20.

North Fulton, Cobb, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cherokee, Bartow, Forsyth and Hall counties were included in the watch, which extended northward to the Tennessee state line.

Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said the chance of rain is 90 percent Monday, followed by a couple of days of dry weather before the next round of rain moves in on Thursday.

Highs will be in the low 80s Monday and upper 80s Tuesday, then climb into the low 90s Wednesday and Thursday.

Lows will be in the upper 60s to mid-70s.

Atlanta’s normal high for this part of June is 86, the normal low 67.