Tuesday Rain May Keep Voters Away
After four days of weather more likely to be seen in January rather than in early November, we’re about to see a change in the weather that will likely bring precipitation to the Atlanta area on Election Day.
Mean temperatures for Atlanta, Athens, and Gainesville have been about 5.5 degrees cooler than normal for the first four days of this month, and that includes a relatively pleasant day on the first. The cool, dry weather has been caused by a high pressure system over Virginia and North Carolina. If you’ve noticed, the winds have been prevailing out of the East — unusual for Atlanta — because of the clockwise rotation of the high. The system prompted freeze warnings and because of the low humidity, fire watches this weekend, but from what I’ve observed, we’re still waiting for that real killing frost.
The high moves out of the area on Monday, and that brings a very good chance of rain Monday night and into Tuesday. While it looks like the worst of the weather may be over after lunch on Tuesday, the rain and high temperatures only around 60 degrees could depress what already appears to be a lackluster election day. Tuesday’s rain will also effect much of the Southeast, from Louisiana through Kentucky and North Carolina.
After that, it’s back to more seasonable, and even warmer than normal temperatures. Thursday looks to be the best of the lot, with highs in the 70s. The pattern is likely to continue with temperatures normal to above normal, and a chance of above normal rain right through the beginning of Thanksgiving week.
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