Your Weather Outlook, Gardening Advice, Prom Photo Contest and More

1. Today probably won’t be the best time to do anything outside.

According to the National Weather Service, we’ll have a chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8 a.m., with showers becoming likely along with a possible thunderstorm between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. The a chance of showers and thunderstorms continues after 2 p.m., with some of the storms potentially becoming severe. Overall, your chance of precipitation is 70 percent. Other than the threat of storms, expect cloudy skies with a high near 68.

Tonight we should see occasional showers and thunderstorms, with some possibly becoming severe. The night’s low will be near 57. The chance of precipitation will be 90 percent.

2. With today’s weather not being conducive to working in the garden, you may be tempted to plant vegetables on the next nice spring day. But Mary Carol Sheffield says

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4. Paulding County High School held its prom last night, while the other county high schools will hold their events in the coming weeks. With prom season upon us, we’re rolling out today our Dallas-Hiram Patch Prom Photo Contest. Visit our site later this morning for details.

5. We try to bring you some news you need on Dallas-Hiram Patch, but the editors of nearby Patches are also trying hard to cover the stories and issues in which readers are interested. See , narrated by yours truly, that features some headlines from around the region.