Rainy days ahead, but warm temps to stay

Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brad Nitz has your forecast.

ATLANTA FORECAST

Today: Mostly sunny. High: 50

Tonight: Mostly clear. Low: 34

Tomorrow: Increasing clouds. High: 62

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Wet weather is upon us, but don’t expect temperatures to drop.

Highs are expected to remain in the upper 50s to mid 60s this week, Channel 2 Action News Chief meteorologist Glenn Burns said.

After reaching a high of 52,  Atlanta is currently at 48 degrees, according to Channel 2. The average high is 55 for this time of the year.

Highs are expected to reach 62 Tuesday, 63 Wednesday, 57 Thursday, 58 Friday, 58 Saturday and 59 Sunday.

Rains that came Sunday are expected to return Tuesday.

There is a 20 percent chance of showers and flooding is expected, Channel 2 reported.

The National Weather Service issued a flood warning just before 4:45 a.m. Monday for Forsyth and Fulton counties. The warning is scheduled to expire noon Tuesday.

Showers should be out of the metro area by 7 p.m., but rains should return Wednesday, when parts of metro Atlanta could get up to 2 inches that day, according to Channel 2. There is a 100 percent chance of showers that day.

The rain is expected to clear out by Thursday.

Metro Atlanta could get 3 to 4 inches of rain between Wednesday and the weekend, according to Channel 2.