Near 70-degree highs and blaring sunshine warmed metro Atlanta ahead of three cold fronts that will cause temperatures to dip in to the 40s this week.
That sunshine will prove ineffective at warming temperatures to their previously record-breaking high, according to Channel 2 Action News meteorologists.
Temperatures were 69 degrees in Atlanta, 64 degrees in Blairsville and 70 degrees in Griffin just before 5:30 p.m. Sunday. And wind gusts were down from 25 to 7 mph by early evening.
“And then as we head toward tomorrow, our next front starts to move in,” Channel 2 meteorologist Brian Monahan said. “The humidity’s going to rise out ahead of that next system, and we’re going to see a few more clouds in the sky for tomorrow.”
Rain isn’t expected to accompany those clouds until Thursday when there is a 60 percent chance of morning showers.
In the meantime, temperatures are expected to climb to the low 70s Monday before dropping a few degrees later in the week.
There will be highs in the upper 60s through Thursday and lows in the upper 40s through Wednesday.
Humidity was down to 25 percent Sunday.
“That’s bone dry air,” Monahan said.
The conditions have led to spikes in pollen throughout metro Atlanta.
The pollen count, which has been increasing after showers passed through late last week, is 2,555 particles of pollen per cubic meter of air Sunday.
That's down from the current season high of 4,107 particles Tuesday and still falls under last year's season high was 6,152 particles on April 9.
