Northwest Georgia residents can expect warm and mostly dry weather to continue through much of the week as a ridge of high pressure settles over the region. Today will be partly sunny with a high near 79 degree. A light northeast wind will be blowing at 5 to 10 mph. Tonight, skies will remain partly cloudy, with a low temperature hovering around 58 degrees. The northeast wind will ease to around 5 mph, shifting eastward after midnight. Monday will offer more sunshine, with a high near 80 degrees. The wind will shift to the southeast, blowing at 5 to 10 mph. However, the pleasant weather won’t last indefinitely. A late-week cold front is expected to bring increasing rain chances beginning Thursday and lasting into Friday. In addition to the rain, isolated thunderstorms are possible across Northwest Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday. The threat of scattered thunderstorms will expand across portions of the area Thursday and Friday.  Highs will be in the upper 70’s to low 80’s and lows overnight in the upper 50’s to mid 60’s through next weekend.