{"id":229429,"date":"2025-08-15T10:31:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=229429"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:31:52","slug":"the-heat-is-on-again-in-georgia-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=229429","title":{"rendered":"The Heat is On Again in Georgia This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Georgia slides back to its summer default heat\u2014right around 91\u2014with much of the state sweating out upper-80s to mid-90s through midweek, according to the National Weather Service in Atlanta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf21\ufe0f <strong>Why It Matters:<\/strong> Heat index values flirting with triple digits change weekend plans and outdoor work. The weather service says some spots could feel like 98 to 105 Friday and Saturday\u2014conditions that can strain the body and the grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udef0\ufe0f <strong>What\u2019s Happening:<\/strong> The National Weather Service\u2019s Peachtree City office says less cloud cover and fewer pop-up storms will nudge highs back to near normal this weekend and early next week across north and central Georgia. For metro <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"\/city\/Atlanta\"   title=\"About Atlanta\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"1748\">Atlanta<\/a>, the forecast highs line up close to the seasonal mark of 91: 93 Friday, 90 Saturday, 91 Sunday, 93 Monday, then 91 Tuesday and Wednesday. The outlook was updated August 14, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd0e <strong>Between The Lines:<\/strong> The \u201cfeels like\u201d heat is the headline. The weather service expects heat index values of 98 to 105 Friday and Saturday, easing a bit Sunday through Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u23ea <strong>Catch Up Quick:<\/strong> After recent days with more clouds and storms tamping down temps, the pattern flips\u2014more sun, fewer showers, more heat\u2014per the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf0d <strong>The Big Picture:<\/strong> This is Georgia\u2019s summer gear: near-normal numbers on the thermometer but a hotter, heavier air mass pushing the body\u2019s limits. The weather service routinely urges people to hydrate, limit peak-afternoon exertion, and check on vulnerable neighbors when heat index values push toward 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\uddc2\ufe0f <strong>The Sources:<\/strong> National Weather Service Atlanta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Georgia slides back to its summer default heat\u2014right around 91\u2014with much of the state sweating out upper-80s to mid-90s through midweek, according to the National Weather Service in Atlanta. \ud83c\udf21\ufe0f Why It Matters: Heat index values flirting with triple digits change weekend plans and outdoor work. The weather service says some spots could feel like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":229430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"large","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6067],"tags":[10110],"class_list":["post-229429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weather","tag-heat","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=229429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=229429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=229429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=229429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}