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FXUS62 KFFC 272356
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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
656 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2015



.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 305 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2015/ 

SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
DEEP EAST COAST UPPER TROUGH WILL KEEP A NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS 
THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...BUT FLOW SHOULD BECOME MORE 
WESTERLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NEXT SHORT WAVE TO AFFECT THE AREA BEYOND 
36 HOURS. EXPECTING DRY WEATHER THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. GUSTY 
NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD DIMINISH THIS EVENING WITH CLOUD COVER ALSO 
DECREASING. TEMPERATURES SHOWING A GRADUAL WARMING TREND INTO 
WEDNESDAY. 

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LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
LITTLE CHANGE IN TERMS OF LARGE SCALE CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM.
STILL TWO SYSTEMS TO FOCUS ON. PRECIP SHOULD START LATE ENOUGH ON
THURSDAY TO NOT BE A CONCERN WITH WINTRY WEATHER THURSDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER POTENTIAL STILL EXISTS FOR SOME SNOW ACROSS THE
FAR NORTH THURSDAY NIGHT. 

STILL HOLDING OFF ON THE PRECIP NOT STARTING UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT
WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM. AT THIS POINT...TEMPS ONLY SUPPORT WINTER
PRECIP ACROSS NORTHERN GEORGIA...HOWEVER AS MENTIONED BELOW IN THE
PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...THIS IS SOMETHING WE WILL NEED TO WATCH
CLOSELY WITH THE WEDGE SET UP. WITH CONTINUING PRECIP AND LOW
TEMPS...HAVE ALSO MENTIONED WINTER PRECIP AGAIN FOR NORTH GEORGIA
SUNDAY NIGHT. SEE THE PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOR DETAILS...

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/ISSUED AT 407 AM EST TUE JAN 27 2015/
MODELS CONTINUE TO BECOME IN BETTER PHASE WITH THE MAIN
INFLUENCING FEATURES OF THE LONG TERM. THESE CONSIST OF TWO MAIN
SYSTEMS...THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A WEAKER SHORTWAVE THAT IS A BIT
MORE MOISTURE STARVED AS WELL AS IT IS PROGGED TO TRAVERSE THE
UPPER FLOW NEAR THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
OVERNIGHT. HAVE KEPT POPS DOWN TO LOW END CHANCE MAINLY ACROSS THE
NORTH...AND STILL CANNOT RULE OUT A TRANSITION TO LIGHT SNOW OR
FLURRIES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS BASED ON THE MODEL THERMAL
PROFILES BEFORE LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE EXITS.

THE SECOND SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BE OF MORE CONCERN WITH FUTURE
UPDATES AS A STRONG 1030+MB PARENT SFC HIGH LOOKS TO SET UP A
CLASSICAL CAD WEDGE ACROSS THE AREA FOR SATURDAY...THEN WHILE
GUIDANCE IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH AMPLE GULF MOISTURE
OVERRUNNING THE WEDGE...THERE ARE DISCREPANCIES ON TIMING OF
PRECIP ONSET. THE GFS ADVECTS MOISTURE FASTER THAN THE
ECMWF...BRINGING IN BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING
WHICH WOULD MAKE FOR A MORE INTERESTING SITUATION. FORECAST SOUNDINGS
AND SFC WETBULB TEMPS BY 12Z SUNDAY WOULD SUPPORT POSSIBILITY OF
WINTRY MIX MAINLY INTO PARTS OF THE NORTH AND EAST. THE FORECAST
OF P-TYPE WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL GREATLY DEPEND ON THE STRENGTH OF
THE WEDGE AND TIMING OF PRECIP ONSET FOR THE DEGREE OF DIABATIC
ENHANCEMENT. FOR NOW HAVE INCLUDED CHANCE FOR SNOW IN PARTS OF THE
FAR NORTH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...THEN AGAIN SUNDAY
NIGHT BEFORE SYSTEM EXITS...THOUGH UPDATES MAY NEED TO SHIFT FOCUS
TO NORTHEAST GA AND MIXED P-TYPE POTENTIAL IF MODELS SHOW SOME
RUN-TO-RUN CONSISTENCY. 

BAKER

FIRE WEATHER...
RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 25 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS ACROSS 
THE NORTHEAST TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HOWEVER FUELS ARE STILL WET AND 
MAY NOT DRY ENOUGH BY THEN. SO AT THIS TIME...NO FIRE WEATHER 
CONCERNS ARE EXPECTED. 

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&&

.AVIATION...
00Z UPDATE...
GUSTY NW FLOW WILL DECREASE WITH SUNSET. CLOUDS WILL ALSO
DIMINISH WITH VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE
WILL MOVE OVERHEAD TOMORROW...AND WINDS NEAR CALM ARE POSSIBLE BY
THE LATE AFTERNOON. 

//ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS. 



&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          28  52  31  54 /   0   0   5  10 
ATLANTA         30  51  35  55 /   0   0   5  10 
BLAIRSVILLE     26  50  30  49 /   0   0   5  30 
CARTERSVILLE    28  51  31  56 /   0   0   5  20 
COLUMBUS        33  55  36  60 /   0   0   0   0 
GAINESVILLE     29  51  34  52 /   0   0   5  20 
MACON           29  54  30  58 /   0   0   0   0 
ROME            27  51  30  55 /   0   0   5  20 
PEACHTREE CITY  28  52  30  57 /   0   0   5   5 
VIDALIA         34  54  34  61 /   0   0   0   0 

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

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