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The powerful cold front that sparked three consecutive days of violent storms in the central and southern Plains is now making its move towards north Georgia.  While the upper level support for the strongest storms will steer north of Georgia, far northwest Georgia may be grazed by severe storms that will pack frequent lightning, gusty winds, and large hail. 

The areas favored for these more intense storms include: Rome, Dalton, Calhoun, and Ellijay.  Elsewhere, strong storms may stay below severe levels, but will still bring heavy downpours and frequent, dangerous lightning.  Storm should develop and become numerous after 2 or 3 p.m. this afternoon. 

Until then, partly to mostly cloudy skies will prevail with temperatures warming into the low to mid 80s.  Scattered storms will last from late afternoon through much of the night, but the front should push far enough east of the area to shut down the rain before sunrise Thursday. 

Storm total rainfall will average 1/10^th to ¼" for most areas, but the heaviest downpours could dump a full inch of rain in some areas. 

Drier weather takes over Thursday and humidity will take a noticeable dip by Saturday and Sunday.  This buys us a beautiful Memorial Day weekend with sunshine, lows in the 50s, and highs near 80.