Last year's weather for the Peachtree Road Race was the coolest since 1996, resulting in only a handful of medical problems. This year could be a different story as forecasters are predicting warm and humid conditions at the start of the race Monday morning.
"Peachtree Road Race weather should be sunny and warm," Channel 2 Action News meteorologist David Chandley said Saturday, with "race time temps in the mid-70s, humidity in the 70 percent range. Temps will climb quickly into the 80s by 10 a.m. and upper 80s by noon."
The elite runners will start at 7:30 a.m., but with 60,000 runners participating this year, those in the back of the pack will start at 9 a.m.
Chandley said there is, however, a good chance of a cooling shower sometime Monday but only scattered showers before then.
"There is a slight chance for a late-day t-storm" Saturday and Sunday, and "a better risk -- 40 percent -- for the 4th as the huge area of high pressure moves to the west, opening the door for a few weather disturbances to roll our way," Chandley said.
Otherwise, he said it will be "fairly typical July weather for metro Atlanta," he said. "Highs will reach into the low to mid-90s, a few degrees above the average, but still several degrees below the record highs. Temps slowly fall at night, with the lows in the upper 60s to low 70s occurring right around sunrise."
Normal high for early July is 89 degrees.
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