ATLANTA FORECAST
Tuesday: High: 71
Tuesday night: Low: 54
Wednesday: High: 71
» For a detailed forecast, visit The Atlanta Journal-Constitution weather page.
Aside from three polling locations in Gwinnett County, all the polls in Georgia have closed on Election Day, and traffic has lightened up as the evening commute winds down.
MORE: 3 Gwinnett precincts to stay open after issues
Delays remain in a few problem areas, such as I-285 in Cobb County, according to the WSB 24-hour Traffic Center. Two left southbound lanes are blocked near South Cobb Drive.
Cobb Co: I-285/sb (outer loop) past S Cobb Dr (exit 15); crash blocking 2 left lanes; heavy delays https://t.co/2hvjWkI3bV #ATLtraffic
— AJC WSB Traffic (@ajcwsbtraffic) November 6, 2018
Hall County is also enduring delays on I-985 near Ga. 53 after a crash blocked a left lane.
Hall Co: I-985/nb before Hwy 53 (exit 16); crash blocking the left lane; heavy delays; use Hwy 13 as an alternate https://t.co/2hvjWkI3bV #ATLtraffic pic.twitter.com/4Igv9kHTHR
— AJC WSB Traffic (@ajcwsbtraffic) November 6, 2018
Henry County has mostly recovered after a car fire previously blocked all but one I-75 South lane near Ga. 20, according to the Traffic Center.
A line of storms got the day off to a messy start with parts of North Georgia getting soaked, Channel 2 Action News reported. But the morning line of showers weakened as it moved into Middle Georgia, and it’s well southeast of metro Atlanta now, Channel 2 reported.
Rain is moving out now, but showers will return off and on this week.
— Brad Nitz (@BradNitzWSB) November 6, 2018
1-2" rainfall totals expected by the end of the week.
I'm tracking the rain live on @wsbtv at noon. pic.twitter.com/uAy1G9fNzU
Off-and-on rain is in the forecast every day this week, according to Channel 2.
Minton said another round of rain, not storms, is expected Wednesday. Rain showers should be more scattered Thursday, she said, before the rain chance picks back up to 60 percent Friday. By the weekend, drier, cooler weather moves in with highs in the 50s.
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