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Expect rain through the weekend

Severe Weather Team 2 Chief Meteorologist Glenn Burns has your overnight Thursday weather forecast.
By Lauren Foreman
July 7, 2017

ATLANTA FORECAST

Today: Hot with patchy fog. High: 91

Tonight: Storms possible. Low: 72

Tomorrow: Scattered storms. High: 89

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

It’s dry now, but expect storms to pick up in metro Atlanta early Friday afternoon and last through the early evening.

Rain is expected to last into the weekend, starting with a 60 percent chance Friday. Chances of showers decrease to 40 percent Saturday and 20 percent Sunday and Monday.

MORE: Drought ends in North Georgia

Early Thursday, parts of metro Atlanta saw pockets of heavy rain and lightning. North Georgia is expected to get another wave of showers about 11 p.m. Thursday, but those should move out by midnight, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Some metro Atlanta areas saw isolated storms Thursday. (Credit: Channel 2 Action News)
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The rain isn’t expected to decrease temps.

Friday’s expected high is 90 degrees and temperatures should remain in the high 80s and low 90s through the weekend.

Currently, the temperature is 80 degrees. The average high for this time of year is 89.

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