Georgia Weather: Let The Pollen Counts Begin

ATLANTA, GA — With only a few showers to start the week and sunny skies bringing high temperatures into the upper 70s, what's not to like about springtime in metro Atlanta? Well, if you're an allergy sufferer, you already know the answer to that question.

While weather this week will mostly be great, pollen counts are on the rise.

According to Weather.com's Allergy Tracker, Atlanta currently has the third-highest pollen count in the country, trailing only Waco, Texas, and Albuquerque, New Mexico. With most of the pollen coming from trees and plants, pollen counts will be high every day this work week, dropping to moderate on Sunday.

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Otherwise, this looks like a beautiful weather week in Georgia. There are some showers in the forecast for Monday morning. After that, though, we're looking at sunny skies with temperatures rising throughout the week.

By Thursday, the National Weather Service is calling for a high of 75 and, on Friday, it could get up to 78 degrees. Lows will be in the upper 40s early in the week and only drop into the 50s as we get closer to the weekend.

Here's your work-week weather forecast for metro Atlanta, from the National Weather Service:

Monday: Showers likely, mainly before 9 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 61. Northeast wind around 5 m.p.h. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. Monday night, mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. East wind around 5 m.p.h. becoming calm.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming north around 5 m.ph. in the morning. Mostly clear Tuesday night, with a low around 44. Northwest wind 5-10 m.p.h., with gusts as high as 15 m.p.h.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68. North wind around 5 m.p.h. Wednesday night, clear, with a low around 48.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Thursday night, clear, with a low around 54.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 78. Partly cloudy Friday night, with a low around 60.