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It’s the first official day of fall. Here’s how warm Atlanta will get

Autumnal colours are beginning to show on a tree. (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid, Getty Images) (Photo: Peter Macdiarmid, Getty Images)

ATLANTA — Monday at 2:19 p.m. will mark the astronomical First Day of Fall, but it still feels like summer in metro Atlanta.

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It will be warm and mainly dry on Monday afternoon, with highs in the mid to upper 80s.

Severe Weather Team 2 Meteorologist Brian Monahan is tracking a cold front pushing through Georgia on Thursday with much-needed rain likely.

It was just last week that Severe Weather Team 2 told you parts of metro Atlanta are now in a moderate drought. Thursday’s showers and storms will bring the most widespread to the area in more than a month.

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Monahan says there will be an inch of rain possible in many spots.

We’re tracking the wet weather this week and taking you through the storm timeline, LIVE on Channel 2 Action News.

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