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Weekend Forecast

Today :Mostly sunny skies with a few isolated storm possible later in the day, with a high near 89 degrees. East wind between 5 and 10 mph.

Tonight :Partly cloudy overnight with a slight chance for a shower, low around 70 degrees. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm. 

Tomorrow :Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy skies, with a high near 90 degrees. Calm wind becoming west between 5 and 10 mph.

Tomorrow Night :Mostly cloudy skies overnight, with a low around 70 degrees. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm. 

To get the complete First Alert 5-day Forecast, keep it locked on News 3.  I’m First Alert Meteorologist Harmony Mendoza On Your Side.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

National Weather Service Peachtree City, GA

Today and Tonight:

Isolated thunderstorms possible over parts of north and central
Georgia this afternoon and tonight. Tropical storm Hanna will move to the Carolina coast some time
Saturday morning. This will allow a cold front to move into
northwest Georgia late tonight. The primary hazard will be brief lightning over parts of east
Georgia this afternoon and tonight...and parts of northwest Georgia
tonight.

Posted by Harmony Mendoza at September 05, 2008 5:19 AM

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