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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015
.EARLY EVENING UPDATE...
STRONG UPPER TROUGH WITH ABUNDANT VORT MAX ENERGY IS APPROACHING THE
STATE AND CURRENTLY SPREADING ABUNDANT MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS INTO
NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GA. RADAR SHOWS SOME LIGHT RETURNS IN NORTH
AL & FAR NW GA... SO CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW SPRINKLES OF LIGHT RAIN
THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES ACROSS THE STATE.
HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO SPREAD CLOUDS A BIT FURTHER SOUTH INTO PARTS
OF CENTRAL GA THIS EVENING AND ADDING WORDING FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
LIGHT RAIN FOR MOST OF NORTH GA THROUGH THE EVENING. THE CLOUDS AND
WINDS MAY HINDER SOME AREAS FROM REACHING FREEZING TONIGHT... BUT
TOO EARLY TO TWEAK THAT JUST YET AS CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO SCATTER
BY MORNING WITH PLENTY OF COLD AIR ADVECTION STILL ON TAP FOR
TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THINGS CLOSELY... BUT HOLDING ONTO
THE FREEZE WARNING AS POSTED FOR NOW. /39
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...
/ISSUED AT 327 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015/
BASE OF SHORT WAVE WILL BE ROTATING ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
FORECAST AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING. ONLY WEAK ECHO RETURNS NOTED
TO THE WEST... AND NAM/ECMWF/SREF IN AGREEMENT AND NOT AS BULLISH
AS GFS BRINGING LIGHT RAIN ACROSS. DEEP NORTHWEST FLOW WILL
PROVIDE DRY CONDITIONS ACROSS AREA TOMORROW AND SUNDAY...WITH GOOD
COLD AIR ADVECTION. MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS FREEZING TEMPERATURES
TOMORROW MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING. HAVE EXPANDED FREEZE
WARNING TO INCLUDE MUCH OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA INCLUDING
ATLANTA AND ATHENS. THE FREEZE WATCH FOR SUNDAY NOW ENCOMPASSES
AREA JUST NORTH OF COLUMBUS AND MACON. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND
INCLUDED NORTHEAST GA IN WATCH AND WARNING DUE TO HOW COLD THE
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GET. TECHNICALLY THE FREEZE PROGRAM
WILL NOT START UNTIL APRIL 15TH...BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE ANY
TENDER VEGETATION OR PETS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR.
ATWELL
.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
/ISSUED AT 327 PM EDT FRI MAR 27 2015/
INCREASED THE POPS ON SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY WITH THE NEXT
SYSTEM AS BOTH MODELS ARE COMING INTO BETTER AGREEMENT. MODELS
STILL DIFFER ON THE END OF THE WEEK SYSTEM NEXT WEEK SO HAVE KEPT
THE CURRENT FORECAST. NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED AT THIS TIME FOR
THE LONG TERM.
17
&&
.CLIMATE...
RECORDS FOR 03-29
MAX TEMPERATURE MIN TEMPERATURE
STATION HIGH LOW HIGH LOW
------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
KAHN 85 1928 47 1959 62 1977 25 1887
1907
KATL 84 1989 43 1894 65 1924 25 1887
1945
KCSG 89 2007 52 2001 67 1997 32 1955
1953
1948
KMCN 87 1907 47 1926 67 1924 30 1966
&&
.AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH NORTHWEST
WINDS. GUSTS TO 25KTS THIS AFTERNOON WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING
WITH 5-7KTS EXPECTED BY 04Z. NO WEATHER IS EXPECTED.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS.
ATWELL
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS 33 56 31 59 / 5 5 5 0
ATLANTA 33 53 33 59 / 5 5 5 0
BLAIRSVILLE 27 47 22 54 / 20 5 5 0
CARTERSVILLE 31 52 27 60 / 5 5 5 0
COLUMBUS 37 58 35 63 / 0 0 5 0
GAINESVILLE 32 53 31 57 / 5 5 5 0
MACON 36 59 32 62 / 0 0 5 0
ROME 33 52 27 59 / 5 5 0 0
PEACHTREE CITY 32 55 29 60 / 5 5 5 0
VIDALIA 41 60 37 62 / 5 0 5 0
&&
.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING FOR
THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BIBB...
BUTTS...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...CLARKE...
CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...CRAWFORD...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...
DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...
GLASCOCK...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL...HANCOCK...
HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...JACKSON...JASPER...
JEFFERSON...JONES...LAMAR...LUMPKIN...MADISON...MERIWETHER...
MONROE...MORGAN...MURRAY...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...
OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PICKENS...PIKE...POLK...PUTNAM...
ROCKDALE...SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...TALBOT...TALIAFERRO...
TOWNS...TROUP...TWIGGS...UNION...UPSON...WALKER...WALTON...
WARREN...WASHINGTON...WHITE...WHITFIELD...WILKES...WILKINSON.
FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTOOGA...
CHEROKEE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...
DOUGLAS...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH...GILMER...GORDON...
GWINNETT...HALL...HARALSON...HEARD...JACKSON...LUMPKIN...
MURRAY...NORTH FULTON...PAULDING...PICKENS...POLK...SOUTH
FULTON...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD.
&&
$$
SHORT TERM...39
LONG TERM....17
AVIATION...39