This week’s record warm spell will come to a screeching halt Saturday, but the soggy weather will continue at least through next Tuesday.
A cold front moving into northwest Georgia will bring a risk of severe thunderstorms and isolated tornadoes to parts of metro Atlanta, forecasters warned.
The National Weather Service said the best chance for severe thunderstorm development Friday afternoon and evening will be along and west of a line from Columbus to Lawrenceville to Blue Ridge.
The cold front will stall out across Georgia over the weekend, “continuing the chance of heavy rain, especially across northwest Georgia,” the Weather Service said in a statement.
“Another front will push through Monday into Tuesday, bringing a chance of thunderstorms to central and portions of north Georgia Monday afternoon,” the Weather Service continued, adding that a little light snow is possible early Tuesday across far north Georgia as the precipitation finally comes to an end.
Channel 2 meteorologist Karen Minton said the chance of rain is 40 percent Friday and Saturday, increasing to 80 percent Sunday and 70 percent Monday before diminishing to 20 percent early on Tuesday.
Minton said highs Friday will be in the mid-70s, possibly tying or breaking the old record high for the date of 75, set in 2001.
Temperatures at daybreak Friday were in the upper 60s, about 10 degrees warmer than the previous record for highest minimum temperature for Dec. 6 of 57.
Much cooler weather is on tap for the weekend, Minton said, with highs in the mid-50s Saturday and low 50s Sunday and overnight lows in the 40s.
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