THURSDAY’S WEATHER | ‘Wall-to-wall sunshine’ this afternoon

It’s another bitter cold morning in metro Atlanta on Thursday.

Like yesterday, clear skies overnight have allowed temperatures to plummet into the 30s, Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Ashley Kramlich said. But with the wind chill, it feels more like the mid 20s.

“We are going to have these cold mornings for really the next month or so, so this is something we need to get used to,” she said. “All weather patterns kind of signal that January is going to be especially cold for us.”

The good news is that by the afternoon, we’ll be “looking at wall-to-wall sunshine” as the high climbs into the 50s, Kramlich said.

No rain is in the forecast for today. Tomorrow should stay mostly dry, but a storm system could bring some heavy rain as early as Friday night. Downpours are expected to continue through Saturday morning but should clear out by the afternoon.

“I think, really, if you have any afternoon Saturday plans, they look to be much drier,” Kramlich said.

We should stay dry on Sunday with partly cloudy skies, and Monday is expected to have similar conditions. Another storm system is projected to reach the metro on Tuesday, and it could be stronger than the storms we see over the weekend, Kramlich said.