Metro Atlanta
Metro Atlanta

Few clouds expected overnight

Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brad Nitz explains what to expect this evening.
By Raisa Habersham and Ellen Eldridge
Aug 24, 2017

ATLANTA FORECAST

Today: Partly cloudy. High: 91

Tonight: Scattered storms. Low: 74

Tomorrow: Scattered storms. High: 88

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

Despite a cold front that passed through metro Atlanta temperatures were still in the 90s earlier Wednesday, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Meteorologist Brad Nitz said drier air will settle in overnite and temps in the morning Thursday will be in the 70s.

Humidity is expected to drop along with temperatures in the next few days, Nitz said.

Thursday and Friday highs in the upper 80s will cool to mid 80s over the weekend. Monday’s high is 81 degrees, according to Channel 2.

Rain projections have steadily decreased in the past 24 hours and are at 20 percent through Wednesday night.

Nearly 100 airport employees were picking up debris along a runway before the sun came up Wednesday. JOHN SPINK / JSPINK@AJC.COM
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Raisa Habersham is the Intown Atlanta hyperlocal reporter for The Atlanta-Journal Constitution.

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