Atlanta weather: Warm, mild ahead of wet and cool weekend

ATLANTA FORECAST

Today: Breezy. Mostly sunny. High: 70

Tonight: Mostly clear. Low: 48

Tomorrow: Mostly sunny. High: 73

» For a detailed forecast, visit The Atlanta Journal-Constitution weather page.

The sunshine warm temps you enjoyed today could be gone this weekend.

Rain chances this weekend could lower temps into the 20s, according to Channel 2 Action News.

No planting yet! Big surge of cold air arrives next week. Lows will be near freezing in many areas. #wsbtv pic.twitter.com/B8Sr4gKLK1
— Glenn Burns (@GlennBurnsWSB) March 8, 2017

A 30 percent chance of rain is expected Friday, bringing near freezing temps in the metro area.

Lows in the 20s possible a week from now. Remember, don't plant until tax day.
— Brad Nitz (@BradNitzWSB) March 8, 2017

It was breezy, with clear blue skies and not a raindrop in sight, but metro Atlanta barely hit the 70s.

Meteorologist Karen Minton has your Wednesday afternoon weather forecast

Current temps are 62 degrees in Atlanta, 57 in Blairsville and 58 in Griffin.

Today's pollen count is in the high range again. I'm looking ahead to more spring-like temperatures on @wsbtv. pic.twitter.com/smk3xQMpue
— Brad Nitz (@BradNitzWSB) March 8, 2017

Despite a streak of warm days, pollen is down slightly from 155 to 123 particles per cubic meter of air Wednesday, according to Atlanta Allergy and Asthma.

The count was 104 this time last year. Last year’s season high was 4,107.

I'm tracking rain with snow/ice as close as TN and NC this weekend, on @wsbtv now. pic.twitter.com/A5iCw4O0tA
— Brad Nitz (@BradNitzWSB) March 8, 2017

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