Lake Wind Advisory | Georgia Weather 6 PM

Good evening! I'm Aaron Jolly. Welcome to the Georgia Weather Podcast for Wednesday, February 25th. Folks, Georgia decided to skip straight to spring today. Sixty one degrees right now with a southwest wind that means business.. Gusting to 30 miles an hour across Metro Atlanta. That Lake Wind Advisory holds until 7 P.M. for east central Georgia. If you've got a boat out, keep it tied down. The overnight low only dipped to 41 degrees. By this afternoon we climbed to 62 under mostly cloudy skies. Not bad for late February. Slide down to the coast and it's even warmer. Coastal Georgia hit 67 degrees with some actual sunshine poking through. Eastern Georgia split the difference at 66. Tonight, lows settle into the low to mid 50s statewide. Atlanta drops to 54. The coast holds at 53. Eastern Georgia, 55. Now the plot twist. Rain sneaks in after 3 A.M. And Thursday? That's the main event. Showers and thunderstorms roll into Metro Atlanta by midday. Highs reach 64 degrees, but you'll want that umbrella glued to your hand. The coast stays warm at 71 degrees Thursday with rain building through the afternoon. Eastern Georgia lands around 69 with rain likely. Friday keeps things soggy before high pressure muscles in for the weekend. And this is the part worth waiting for. Saturday and Sunday look gorgeous. Mostly sunny. Highs pushing into the low to mid 70s. The kind of weekend that fills every patio in Midtown. One more thing to smile about. We're gaining over two minutes of daylight every single day now. Sunrise hit 46 degrees:46 degrees this morning. Sunset stretches to 6:31. The spring equinox is just three weeks out. Charge your phone, set your alarm. And enjoy the warm air tonight while it's quiet. Tomorrow gets loud. That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.