ATLANTA FORECAST
Today: Isolated showers. High: 90
Tonight: Mostly clear. Low: 69
Tomorrow: Isolated showers. High: 87
» For a detailed forecast, visit The Atlanta Journal-Constitution weather page.
Temperatures on Wednesday fell just shy of the 90 degrees initially predicted.
Atlanta reached 89 degrees and can expect to remain in the 80s through 9 p.m., Channel 2 Action News reported.
The current temperature is 86 degrees.
And don’t expect signs of fall anytime soon. Above-average temps are here through the weekend, Channel 2 reported. Atlanta could see 88 Thursday and 85 Friday for the first day of autumn.
There is a 20 percent chance of rain Thursday, when showers should enter the metro area by the afternoon.
While things were calm locally, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico with Category 4 strength and maximum sustained winds of 155 mph.
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