WEATHER-TRAFFIC UPDATE: Early chill should give way to sunny, dry Saturday

ATLANTA FORECAST

Saturday: High: 64

Saturday night: Low: 45

Sunday: High: 64

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

Saturday got off to a chilly start in metro Atlanta, but expect things to get warmer.

“Give it a couple of hours,” Channel 2 Action News meteorologist Brian Monahan said Saturday morning. “Plenty of sunshine this weekend.”

Shortly after 8 a.m., the temp was at 41, which represented a drop of about 18 degrees in the past 24 hours, according to Channel 2.

By noon, the temp should rise to 56 on the way to a high of 64.

Rain? “It’s gone,” Monahan said. Saturday should be dry, with no wet stuff in the forecast until later Sunday.

For afternoon football games in autumn, it's hard to ask for better weather. Those staying in town can watch Campbell play at Kennesaw State at 2 p.m. or Texas State play at Georgia State at the same time.

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If the mid-60s are too chilly to watch sports outside, the Hawks face the Miami Heat at 7:30 p.m. at State Farm Arena.

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Georgia Tech is on the road at North Carolina, and the game kicks off at 12:15 p.m. The weather should be dry and in the upper 50s to low 60s, according to local weather reports.

Georgia is also on the road in Lexington, Ky., as they take on the Wildcats at 3:30 p.m. There’s a slim 10 percent chance of rain and temperatures should stay in the mid-50s throughout the game, local weather reports show.

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For Atlanta, there shouldn’t be a raindrop in sight this weekend. However, that will change Monday and especially Tuesday, Burns said.