Weather: Cool temperatures this weekend, rain possible Sunday

From Staff Reports

After flirting with near 70-degree temperatures earlier in the week, some winter normalcy returns to Coweta County this weekend.

The National Weather Service in Peachtree City says to expect high temperatures this weekend to be 56 degrees today, 61 on Saturday and 58 on Sunday. That’s a bit different than the high of 70 degrees on Tuesday and 69 on Wednesday earlier this week. This morning, it’s 36 degrees at 7:55 at the Newnan-Coweta Airport weather station.

Overnight lows will be 34 tonight, 43 on Saturday night and 42 Sunday.

Folks can expect mostly sunny skies today and Saturday, but a rain chance of 50 percent arrives on Sunday under mostly cloudy skies.

The work week will return on Monday to mostly sunny skies and a high near 55.

For updated weather information, click the following National Weather Service Newnan LINK.

FRIDAY – Sunny, with a high near 56. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the morning.

FRIDAY NIGHT – Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Calm wind.

SATURDAY – Sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind.

SATURDAY NIGHT – A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Calm wind.

SUNDAY – A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

MONDAY – Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.

The extended weather forecast for Coweta County from the National Weather Service in Peachtree City.