Metro Atlanta remains under flood watch amid showers, unusually cool temps

“Rivers, creeks and streams, they’re running high after a few days of some heavy rain,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan said. “Some additional heavy rain today will lead to that possibility of some additional flooding across parts of North Georgia.”

Mild temperatures are also sticking around. Tuesday’s high will be in the low to mid-70s. That is unusually cool for this time of year, when we typically see highs in the 90s. But it’s expected to be warmer than Monday, when temps in Atlanta peaked at just 69 degrees.

The last time the city saw an August high below 70 degrees was in 2013. And before that, it was 1986, Monahan said. Monday’s temps were more typical of early November, the Weather Service said.

That represents a drastic swing from the extreme heat that slapped the region just one week ago. On July 29, the city saw its first 100-degree high this year, followed by a stretch of 90-degree days.

“Over the last week or so, we have been on a journey with temperatures,” Monahan said. “We changed from summertime weather to fall weather.”

Highs will gradually trend upward in coming days, with projected peak temps rising to the mid-80s by the weekend and the upper 80s to kick off next week. The rainy pattern is also expected to stick around for the foreseeable future.