Wake-up temperatures were below freezing metro-wide Wednesday, but forecasters are promising highs approaching 70 degrees by the weekend.
Until then, there will be one more night of lows in the 30s.
Cool midweek:
Channel 2 meteorologist Karen Minton said Wednesday will be sunny but cool, with highs only reaching 53. Atlanta's normal high for late March is 67, the normal low 46.
Lows early Thursday will be about 10 degrees colder than normal, bottoming out around 36, Minton said. She said Thursday's high will be a little warmer, reaching 64.
Rain returns by the weekend:
There's a 70 percent chance of rain Friday, along with morning lows around 50 and afternoon highs in the mid-60s.
The chance of rain is 60 percent Saturday, but Sunday should be sunny, Minton said. Weekend highs will be in the upper 60s, with lows in the mid-50s early Saturday and low 40s Sunday morning.
Chilly start to Wednesday:
Temperatures across metro Atlanta early Tuesday ranged from 26 in Cartersville and 27 in Canton, Alpharetta and Dallas to 29 in Marietta and Chamblee and at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Tree topples onto Midtown power lines:
In northeast Atlanta, a huge tree toppled onto power lines and blocked Barnesdale Way before daybreak Thursday, knocking out power to about 90 Georgia Power customers.
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