North Georgia weather: Heatwave tracks into Fourth of July week

ATLANTA - A blistering summer heatwave is settling over North Georgia, prompting weather advisories as heat index levels threaten to surge past triple digits. 

What we know:

Summer heat is baking metro Atlanta and North Georgia with temperatures rising rapidly. 

Sunday afternoon temperatures are forecast to hit 95 degrees in Atlanta, 96 degrees in Covington and 97 degrees in Milledgeville.

A heat advisory takes effect from noon until 8 p.m. Monday for areas south and east of the city, including Jasper, Morgan and Greene counties, where the heat index could reach 105 degrees. 

Meanwhile, rain chances remain low, sitting at a slim 20% chance for Atlanta as a few isolated showers slide south across eastern Georgia.

What's next:

The extreme weather intensifies on Monday as the heat advisory expands significantly in both timing and geographic area across North Georgia. Most counties are included in the updated advisory as feel-like temperatures are expected to skyrocket between 106 and 112 degrees.

While the peak 112-degree heat index will likely stay south of metro Atlanta in middle Georgia, Monday is tracking to be the hottest day of the year so far. 

This initial wave of advisories is expected to be the first of many as extreme high temperatures ranging from 95 to 97 degrees persist through the week and lead directly into the Fourth of July.

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