Cold front pushing in, Cooler temps in store after rainy midweek

Severe weather is likely to impact the area this evening per the forecast from Peachtree City as a cold front moves into the area and temps begin to fall heading into Memorial Day weekend.

NWS Peachtree City has Polk, Paulding and Haralson Counties along with the rest of Northwest Georgia on a line running from Blairsville to Atlanta to Carrollton are within the highest risk level in Georgia tonight.

All of Alabama and Mississippi north of a line south of Birmingham and cutting westward and all of the state of Tennessee are under the threat of severe weather as well.

Those storms are currently pushing through West Tennessee on a line from south of Memphis to Kentucky and are moving eastward with the cold front.

Forecasts for the storms include winds gusts between 50 to 70 mph, isolated tornadoes and large hail are possible with the incoming storm fronts.

They’ll begin impacting the area during the overnight hours, with the storms expected to begin sometime around 2 a.m.

Following the overnight storm system, weather should clear out for Wednesday and temps will begin sinking to unseasonably mild during the day, and cooler overnight.

Look for mid 80s for Wednesday and Thursday and lows down into the 50s overnight, then cooler into the weekend on Friday with a high of 76, and a low down to 52 overnight.

Sunshine starts off the holiday weekend for Memorial Day with a high up to 79, but look for potential rain to return on Saturday night and into Sunday morning with chances of storms after 2 a.m., and lows down into the upper 50s.

Chances for rain persist into Sunday, with rain possible as temps get up into the upper 80s for the day, and scattered thunderstorms possible to impact the area (up to a 40% chance at the moment.)

Look for Sunday night’s 50% chance of showers to persist as temps get down into the mid 60s overnight, and the likelihood of more rain and thunderstorms on Memorial Day (up to 60% for the holiday) as highs get up to the mid 80s.

Look for a low of 62 overnight next Monday, and rain likely to stick around through until Tuesday.

This latest round of severe weather follows on a deadly weekend in the Midwest, where more than two dozen people were reported to have died following severe weather and tornadic activity in Kentucky and Ohio.

Check back for updates as they become available.