Residents of Atlanta should brace themselves for a wet and windy start to the week, as the National Weather Service predicts showers and thunderstorms across the region. The city is expecting mostly cloudy skies today with brisk easterly winds reaching between 15 to 20 mph, and gusts that could hit 30 mph, as reported by the National Weather Service. With the mercury hovering around a high of 63 degrees, conditions might be less than ideal for outdoor activities.
As night falls, the odds of rainfall increase, there's a 30 percent chance of showers after 5 am and the winds are pegged to potentially strengthen, gusting as high as 35 mph while temperatures dip to a low around 54. Tuesday is expected to deliver more unsettled weather with a 90 percent chance of precipitation including showers and thunderstorms before 10 a.m. followed by possible thunderstorms between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., and then showers likely after 2 pm, the high should be near 64 despite the downpour and winds could again reach gusts of 30 mph.
Come Tuesday night, Atlantans might catch a slight respite from the deluge with just a 50 percent chance of showers before 8 p.m.; showers and thunderstorms might pop up between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., after which showers again become more likely, while the northeast wind slows to a 5 to 10 mph breeze, occasionally gusting up to 15 mph. Looking forward to Wednesday, the city can expect a modest 20 percent chance of showers with the skies clearing up to mostly sunny presenting a warmer high near 73 and a gentle north wind about 5 mph.
Wednesday night's forecast continues the trend with another 20 percent chance of showers under partly cloudy skies a low settling around 48. Thursday should offer a break from the rain, with just a 20 percent chance of morning showers before giving way to mostly sunny skies and a comfortable high near 65; clear skies await Thursday night with the thermometer dropping to a low around 42. Atlanta is set to bask in sunny weather from Friday with a high around 70, into the weekend, culminating in a nearly flawless Sunday projected to hit a high near 79 under mostly sunny skies.
