WEATHER: Temps back on the rise heading into weekend, then mild days before another warmup

Back and forth the thermometer goes, where it’ll stop? Nobody knows.

That seems to be the story of the forecast in Northwest Georgia over the past weeks as warm and cold change places for a couple of days at a time as winter turned to spring, and it’ll be more of the same through the end of the month of March.

Temperatures heading into the latter half of the week will be in the mid 80s for much of the region, and lows dipping down into the 50s for Thursday night. But the switch will go from thermometer up to thermometer down starting on Friday night, as lows dip into the upper 30s and low 40s around the region, and wind gusts are expected up to 25 mph.

Look for the weekend forecast to stick to the mild side of things, with highs in the 60s on Saturday and 70s on Sunday, with lows dipping into the 40s and 50s overnight.

The turnaround should be quick by the start of the week for the final days of March as highs get back into the upper 70s and mid 80s through Monday and Tuesday, and dip down into the 50s at night.

Look for a chance of thunderstorms to impact the area (and may grow from the 20% chance currently predicted by NWS Peachtree City) for the opening of April and highs to reach into the mid 80s again. That should last through the following weekend, but then another cooldown with a cold front expected by the first full week of the coming month is in store.

Despite what the weather is doing temperature-wise, the one thing Northwest Georgia residents can count of for sure out of spring is high pollen counts.

Oak, Pine and Sweet Gum species of trees are all producing high pollen counts throughout the region and should continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Weeds, grass and mold spores are relatively low at this time, according to tracking from the Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic’s tracking of allergens as part of the National Allergy Bureau’s tracking of pollen sources.