Atlanta weather: It's cool before temps get near 70

ATLANTA FORECAST

Today: Partly cloudy. High: 55

Tonight: Mostly cloudy. Low: 40

Tomorrow: Isolated rain. High: 67

It’s sunny and warm outside, perfect for last-minute holiday shopping.

You “cannot beat it out there right now,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan said.

Temperatures surpassed the 52-degree average high for this time of year. They were 60 in Atlanta, 51 in Blairsville and 61 in Griffin just before 6 p.m.

Looks like best chances of any rain tomorrow stay mainly up over the mountains... and even north of us. Not seeing much right now!
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) December 23, 2016

Temps will be even higher this weekend, with some areas hitting the 70s, meteorologists said.

Look at these highs on #ChrismasEve... 60 in Gainesville... but looking at low 70s in LaGrange! @wsbtv #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/wSUIzmGybG
— Brian Monahan, WSB (@BMonahanWSB) December 23, 2016

Highs are expected to reach 67 degrees on Christmas Eve and 68 on Christmas Day.

The next possibility of rain is a 20 percent chance of light showers Saturday.

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