Weather Briefing for Tuesday, May 25, 2021

General forecast through Thursday Night

Franklin area

Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight

Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the north.

Wednesday

Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s. Calm winds in the morning increasing to come out of the west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows around 60. Light winds out of the west.

Thursday

A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 2pm and 4pm. Mostly sunny, with highs in the mid-to-upper 80s.

Thursday Night

Partly cloudy, with lows in the lower 60s.

Highlands area

Today

Air quality is in the lower range of yellow for most of the county, with the ridges and other higher elevations today being in the lower range of yellow.

Fire and Smoke Map
(There are no significant sources of smoke in the region as of 3am on 04-22-2021.)

Highest Temperature 91°F in Franklin in 1953
Lowest Temperature 34°F at the Coweeta Experimental Station in 1951
Greatest Rainfall 3.39 inches in Highlands in 1948
Greatest Snowfall (No snowfall recorded on this date since records started being kept in 1872)