Dangerous heat for Georgia to start the first week of summer

ATLANTA — The weekend is going to finish hot. As you head on out Sunday evening, showers and storms are continuing but will be tapering down.

It'll be mainly dry for your Monday morning commute.

The combination of heat and humid meant dangerous conditions on Sunday. In some areas, it felt like 100 degrees.

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“We’ll have the chance for some isolated pops-up showers this afternoon, but the overall chance of rain stands at about 30 percent,” Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan said.

North metro and the north Georgia mountains were hit with bands of severe storms.  It meant a hot finish to the weekend with highs in the low to mid-90s and heat index values near 100.

Over the next several days, the rain chance will bounce between 30 and 40 percent each day as weak disturbances push through the area.

It will stay hot with highs in the low to a few mid-90s.

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2. Updated hour-by-hour heat index forecast.

Sunday early evening weather forecast Meteorologist Brian Monahan has your early Sunday evening weather forecast.

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