ATLANTA — Friday brought another set of record-breaking temperatures to the Atlanta metro, but there is a big change coming our way by Saturday morning.
Atlanta's official temperature hit 97 Friday, breaking the record for Oct. 4. Friday was also the 91st day of 90-degree or higher temperatures for the year, breaking a nearly 150-year-old record.
We have officially broken the record for MOST DAYS HITTING AT LEAST 90° going back to the 1870s. The prior record was 90 days, set back in 1980, 2011. Today marks Day 91. The average by the way is 37 days... pic.twitter.com/e28f1UXsoB
— Katie Walls (@KatieWallsWSB) October 4, 2019
But that is all going to change come Saturday morning.
A cold front has started to move through North Georgia that is finally going to drop temperatures to more seasonable levels.
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"We're not going to notice it this evening, but as we move into tomorrow, a dramatic change is coming," said Severe Weather Team 2 meteorologist Brad Nitz.
An east-northeasterly wind will bring in cooler early Saturday morning and will bring low clouds, as well as some spots of mist and drizzle, into the eastern parts of the metro.
It will continue to build in across the metro and we'll be mostly cloudy by lunchtime.
"We'll have temperatures struggling to make it into the low 80s," Nitz said.
Nitz is forecasting a high of about 81 for Saturday.
If you're heading up to the North Georgia mountains, it will be even cooler, with highs in the low 70s around Blairsville and Gainesville areas.
Sunday is going to be pretty much a repeat of Saturday, with highs in the low 80s.
On Monday, another cold front will move in and bring some much-needed rain with it.
Following that will be some much cooler air, dropping temperatures to the high 70s by midweek.
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