Record to near-record warmth is taking center stage across Chattooga County and Northwest Georgia this Christmas, with temperatures feeling more like late spring through the weekend before a cold front delivers a noticeable cooldown early next week.
A weakening line of gusty showers pushed through Northwest Georgia overnight, dropping roughly a quarter to a half inch of rain before a cold front swept the moisture out of the region. In Chattooga County and across Northwest Georgia, Friday turns noticeably drier and cooler with clear skies returning by sunrise and brisk northwest winds keeping afternoon highs in the upper 40s to low 50s.