Memorial Day Weather in Georgia: Looking Mostly Good

Planning to hit the pool or otherwise enjoy the outdoors in Georgia over the long Memorial Day weekend?

Well, it looks like the weather is going to cooperate.

For the most part, the forecast for the metro Atlanta area is calling for sunny skies and warm temperatures. But a slight chance for thunderstorms is going to make things just a bit more iffy at the beginning and end of the long weekend.

According to the National Weather Service, Saturday and most of Sunday are going to be sunny. There's a small chance for rain Friday, and another small chance starting Sunday afternoon.

Take a look at the forecast and make your plans accordingly.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Southeast wind around 5 mph. The low Friday night should be around 64.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Low Saturday night around 65.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 86 through the morning and early afternoon. A 10 percent chance of thunderstorms kicks in around 2 p.m. A low Sunday night around 66.

Monday: Mostly sunny with a high near 89. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Low Monday night around 68.

If you're planning to head to the coast for the long weekend, there's another weather situation worth at least keeping an eye on.

A low pressure area in the Atlantic, currently between Bermuda and the Bahamas, threatens to become the first major storm of the 2016 hurricane season, which officially begins Wednesday.

And it has coastal Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina in its path.

The National Hurricane Center says there's a 90 percent chance that disturbance could become a tropical storm in the next two days.

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