Atlanta forecast: Near-record heat before a weekend cooldown – CBS News

Atlanta forecast: Near-record heat before a weekend cooldown  CBS News

Atlanta’s Tuesday high could reach 86 degrees, matching the city’s daily record for that date. Forecast highs are expected to rise to 88 degrees Wednesday and remain at 88 degrees Thursday. The Tuesday reading is the only one identified as having the potential to tie a daily record. The middle-of-week outlook therefore lists 86 degrees for Tuesday, followed by consecutive 88-degree highs on Wednesday and Thursday. Those temperatures describe the warm stretch in the forecast, with the highest listed values occurring on the two days after Tuesday. Wednesday’s projected high is 88 degrees, and Thursday’s projected high is also 88 degrees.

High pressure is expected to maintain sunny, dry conditions before the weather changes. A front is then forecast to bring cooler weather for the weekend. The outlook links the sunny and dry period to high pressure and places that period ahead of the front. It links the weekend cooldown to the frontal passage. In sequence, the forecast calls for sunny, dry weather under high pressure before the front arrives, then cooler conditions during the weekend after the front brings the change. The available forecast identifies the front as the feature associated with the transition to cooler weekend weather.