Storms To Hit GA Amid Near-Record Fall Heat: See Latest

ATLANTA, GA — While forecasters monitor near-record-breaking heat, weekend storms could hit as soon as Friday in Georgia due to a cold front.

The cold front will usher in showers and few isolated thunderstorms Friday evening through Saturday in metro Atlanta, National Weather Service meteorologist Vaughn Smith told Patch on Wednesday. Other parts of the northern region may see their own showers.

This is all due to moisture from a southwesterly flow that is driving "good warm air" from the Gulf of Mexico into southern Florida, Alabama and Mississippi and into Georgia.

Smith said no strong or severe is weather is currently anticipated.

Ahead of the rain, Georgia is inching toward record-breaking heat. The Peach State's best chance to shatter record-high temperatures will be either Thursday or Friday, when temperatures in the mid- to upper-70s are expected, Smith said.

Normal highs during this time of the year, when fall is in full swing, are in the mid- to upper-50s.

Georgia may not chill, again, any time soon as Smith said the warm air could last through next week.

"We're just not able to cool down at all," he said.

Here is the National Weather Service's Wednesday afternoon forecast for metro Atlanta:

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 77. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Calm wind.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Light south wind becoming southwest 5-10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1 a.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1 a.m. and 4 a.m., then showers likely after 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68.