Monday morning’s dense fog is causing some delays at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
The fog is expected to burn off later in the day, giving way to near-record temperatures on Monday and Tuesday before mid-week storms cool things down for Thanksgiving.
The National Weather Service has posted a dense fog advisory for metro Atlanta through 10 a.m.
The fog had dropped visibility to 1/8-mile in Marietta around daybreak, and was impacting flights headed into Hartsfield-Jackson.
The Federal Aviation Administration reported at 8 a.m. that Atlanta-bound flights from several southeastern cities would not be allowed to depart those airports until 10 a.m. due to the fog. Other arriving flights were being delayed an average of 45 minutes to an hour at 9 a.m., and departures were facing delays averaging 15 to 30 minutes.
The National Weather Service said isolated thunderstorms are possible over extreme north Georgia on Monday afternoon and will move south into metro Atlanta on Tuesday and early Wednesday. Some of the storms could be strong, forecasters warned.
Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Karen Minton said Monday will be mostly cloudy, with a 20 percent chance of a shower and highs in the mid-70s.
The chance of rain increases to 80 percent on Wednesday, when highs will again be in the mid-70s. Atlanta’s record high for Monday is 76, and the record for Tuesday is 74.
Wednesday will be partly cloudy, with a 30 percent chance of rain, mostly during the morning. Highs will be in the upper 60, with lows in the 50s.
Minton’s forecast for Thanksgiving Day calls for sunny skies, with highs in the mid-60s and lows in the 40s. “Black Friday” shoppers will find dry conditions, with highs in the mid-60s and lows in the mid-40s.
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