Wet weekend for Atlanta

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Wet weekend for Atlanta

Heavy rain, and possible snow, is expected to soak metro Atlanta this weekend.

Traffic moves southbound on the connector as rain falls across the area.

Retired Atlanta police officer David Kelley helps pedestrians cross Centennial Olympic Park Drive near the CNN building Friday as rain began to fall across metro Atlanta. Flood watches were posted for north Georgia.

Morning traffic negotiates damp streets on Dunwoody's Mount Vernon Road.

Raindrops partially obscure a Cobb County tree in Marietta on Friday.

A pedestrian employs a colorful umbrella while walking downtown early Friday morning. Heavy rain is expected to fall Friday and Saturday. Snow is possible Sunday, forecasters say.

CNN employee, Sandy Harris (left) talks with retired police officer David Kelley as he helps pedestrians cross Centennial Olympic Park Drive near the CNN building Friday. Kelley will need his heavy rain gear, as much as 2 inches of rain could fall today.

Rain has been falling on Marietta Square since early Friday morning. A flood warning is in effect for much of N. Georgia.

Two people walk in the rain in the parking lot at Cumberland Mall.

(From left) Price Meropol, Robert Shuman and Devesh Jain stroll along West Peachtree Street after lunch.

A pedestrian passes PriceWaterhouseCoopers on Friday at 10th and West Peachtree Streets as rain fell across metro Atlanta.

Two unidentified people run toward the parking lot after visiting the Cobb County jail during a heavy cloudburst.

Raindrops signal the leading edge of a weather system bringing rain and stormy weather into the metro area as traffic makes its way into downtown Atlanta for the morning commute Friday. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the metro and north Georgia area and local meteorologists were on the lookout for possible frozen precipitation by Sunday.

Henry Cook crosses the North Avenue bridge.

A heavy cloudburst catches this pedestrian unprepared in the parking lot at Cumberland Mall.

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Traffic moves southbound on the connector as rain falls across the area.

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