Atlanta morning low drops to 38 degrees Saturday

Check out the timing of this November temperature nosedive that will start for the second half of the week. It is Friday a.m. in which you will feel the first round of chilly air to kick start your mornings and then for each day after that including Saturday, Sunday and Monday temperatures will likely be below or near freezing for most locations across north Georgia. Now these chilly conditions will be widespread across the area but the coldest areas you'd expect at this time of the year will be across the north metro the foothills and the mountains and in terms of the We're looking at a frost that's certain pretty much for everybody. A frost is likely, a freeze is likely, I should say. That freeze will definitely be locked in across the higher elevations. As you get into the north metro, I expect many locations to once again to have temperatures that are either at freezing or just above. On the south side, you may be cut some slack, but you're going to still feel the wrath of that chilly air taking over. No snow with this round. There could be some elevations above 3500 feet to get a whisper of a flurry or two, but I don't expect any accumulation in terms of the Atlanta metro area. It all goes downhill after a front moves through that front starts making a assault on the area. Wednesday and Thursday. By the time we get through Thursday, the front has cleared the area and any moisture that comes out of the front as well in our rearview mirror. So what do we get on the back side of it? And just that cold air and it will be breezy. We'll see winds coming in out of the northwest, so we'll add insult to injury. By the time you go to bed on Friday night, temperatures will be dropping down into the 30s, and when you wake up on Saturday morning, this is what you got. 38 degrees. By the time you rise Sunday morning, 35 degrees, 34 for Monday morning. That's how it works. So it's going to be the weekend that features the coldest air. And look at this chart here. This is for the mountains. So this is why I can tell you I'm confident of a freeze, no matter how you shake it as you get into the higher elevations. That frost could even set in as the front moves out sometime. Likely even Thursday is certainly by Friday. You're going to feel the brunt of those temperatures to drop down into the 20s. Right now, it's a lovely afternoon. Sun goes down at 538 on this Tuesday. The current temperature is 70 degrees at the airport. Wind's coming in out of the northwest at 9 miles an hour. The dew point in check at 41 degrees. So any clouds that come in tomorrow, they're going to have a hard time giving us some drops. We're going to see what we can do. As we wind down this 8 o'clock hour, going through the overnight hours, it's now 8 o'clock on your Wednesday morning. And you can see here there are some clouds out there. The clouds may be a bit more numerous than the model suggests, but 50 degrees, a temperature around 8 o'clock, 40 still decorated around the outside. By the time we get into the heart of the day, it's now midday. Those clouds have definitely moved in and they have laid a blanket over the area. So when you get into the 70s, if you can defeat the cloud cover and you don't get any early showers, especially for our neighborhoods down to the south and to the east of the city, I think it's entirely possible that you could eke out a 70 plus degree temperature. Keep in mind, you want to make the most out of it, even with the clouds dimming the sky. Because this is the last day of the 70s, 71 degrees in Athens and Covington at 12 noon as we get deeper into the afternoon, it looks like some of us will avoid the prevalence of the cloud cover even into the second half of the day with some eroding of the clouds. But in other places, those clouds will start to drift down hanging lower than we like and they can give us a shower or two. These showers do not come to last long, they come to pass, they're in and they're out, but once again if you're outside, especially recognizing and honoring the sacrifice of the nation's veterans, this is what you're going to ultimately have to contend with. But the bulk of the rain energy decides to sneak through during the overnight hours. Now the models are back to this, favoring those of you to the north and to the west of the city. So now it is overnight going into Thursday, temperatures in the 50s, still a generous amount of cloud cover around and any rain That is here is in and out by the time you wake up on Thursday morning. It's back to normal, but is it really? Well, not exactly. Look at these winds veering in and the temperature taking a steep nosedive. After that, here's a look at your Fox 5 Storm Team seven day forecast. A small shot at showers both tomorrow and Thursday, but the real story this week is a real chill that comes by way of the weekend.