ATLANTA — Atlanta is poised to break a more than 100-yea-old record for consecutive days above 80 degrees in March.
The record of six days in a row was set in 1907. The record was tied on Monday and is expected to be broken on Tuesday.
That's not the only weather record broken today -- the pollen count record, set on Monday after breaking the decade-old record, has been broken again as well.
The original record, set in 1999, was 6,103 particles of pollen per cubic meter. That record was shattered on Monday with a pollen count of 8,164.
Tuesday's pollen count reached even higher at 9,369, with beech, birch, mulberry and oak being the major pollens present, Channel 2 meteorologist Karen Minton said.
Channel 2 meteorologist David Chandley aid a massive area of high pressure at the surface and aloft is responsible for the "blocking pattern" that is keeping cold fronts to the west and north.
"There are signs the high will break down this week and allow us a chance for showers by the end of the week. In the short term, a shift in our wind from WSW to east on Wednesday and Thursday may keep our highs in the 70s, still 10 degrees above the average," Chandley said.
Watch Channel 2 Action News at noon and at 4 p.m. for more on this week's record-breaking weather.
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