‘September-like temperatures’ on way for Middle Georgia. But not for long

After a Friday of scattered showers with high temperatures around 80 degrees in and around Middle Georgia, the outlook for Saturday looks mostly clear with highs in the mid-to-lower 80s.

According to the National Weather Service’s statewide forecast, Saturday’s highs will be about normal for this time of year, while the early part of the coming week will feel a bit more fall-like.

Conditions in and around Middle Georgia through most of next week were expected to begin “with a reprieve from the oppressive heat ... as more September-like temperatures are forecast Sunday,” forecasters at the weather service’s Peachtree City post said Friday.

High temperatures across the region will be in the 80s on Sunday with overnight lows in the 60s, with a “feel like early fall across the area,” forecasters said.

Just don’t break out those sweaters just yet.

Daily high temperatures will climb back into the 90s as the week progresses, “running 5 to 10 degrees above normal,” the weather service noted.

Joe Kovac Jr.

The Telegraph

Joe Kovac Jr. writes about local news and features for The Telegraph, with an eye for human-interest stories. Joe is a Warner Robins native and graduate of Warner Robins High. He joined the Telegraph in 1991 after graduating from the University of Georgia. As a Pulliam Fellowship recipient in 1991, Joe worked for the Indianapolis News. His stories have appeared in the Washington Post, the Seattle Times and Atlanta Magazine. He has been a Livingston Award finalist and won numerous Georgia Press Association and Georgia Associated Press awards.