‘Robustly cold air’ to chill much of state as season’s first freezes hit Middle Georgia

Chilled air sailing in behind a cold front was expected to send overnight temperatures plunging into the upper 20s across much of Middle Georgia by daybreak Wednesday.

While daytime highs for the remainder of the work week will climb into the 50s and 60s across the region, subfreezing temperatures are forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

The forecast low for early Wednesday morning for Macon is 28 degrees with a Thursday-morning low of about 31.

Sam Marlow, a forecaster at the National Weather Service’s Peachtree City office, said that after a cold front passed through overnight Sunday, bringing clearing skies, there was “some robustly cold air behind it.”

Overnight lows, however, will warm and be in the 40s come Thursday night, and rain could return for the weekend.

There are better than a 50% chance of precipitation on Friday, Saturday and Sunday as clouds return and highs edge near 70 degrees during the day on Saturday.

This story was originally published November 27, 2023 at 12:05 PM.

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.