Overview

• Showers and localized downpours accompanied Wednesday’s frontal passage, with some gauges near Columbus reporting about an inch of rain.
• Skies clear Wednesday night as drier air settles in, allowing lows to fall into the 50s and 60s across the region.
• Thursday turns seasonable with clearing skies by afternoon and highs ranging from the upper 70s in parts of west Georgia to the lower 80s in east Mississippi.
• A prolonged sunny pattern is expected from Friday into much of next week, with morning lows dipping into the mid-50s by the weekend and humidity staying low.
• WRBL and WCBI note lingering sprinkles south and east of Columbus early Thursday, a light breeze at times, and that Friday night football could start in the mid-70s and end in the lower 60s.