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FXUS62 KFFC 010142
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
942 PM EDT WED MAR 31 2010
.UPDATE...
FORECAST LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK. WITH CLEAR SKIES AND LITTLE
MOISTURE...LARGE DIFFERENCES IN EXPECTED MIN TEMPERATURES FOR URBAN
AND RURAL AREAS SHOULD PAN OUT.
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.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 625 PM EDT WED MAR 31 2010/
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
SURFACE ANALYSIS FROM 18Z THIS AFTERNOON SHOWED A 1022 MB SURFACE
HIGH CENTERED OVER THE NORTHERN GULF OF MEXICO EXTENDING NORTHEAST
THROUGH THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS. AFTERNOON
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 70S WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 30S ALONG AND
EAST OF THE LOW LEVEL RIDGE AXIS. GULF MOISTURE RETURN BEHIND THE
RIDGE AXIS WAS YIELDING DEWPOINTS WHICH WERE CLIMBING INTO THE 40S
AND 50S OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. AFTER ANOTHER DAY OR
TWO OF THIS DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER GEORGIA...BETTER MOISTURE
WILL BEGIN INFILTRATING THE LOCAL AREA ON FRIDAY.
A MID/UPPER TROPOSPHERIC RIDGE PRESENTLY TO OUR SOUTHWEST WILL
AMPLIFY SHARPLY AS IT PROGRESSES NORTHEAST AND CROSSES GEORGIA BY
FRIDAY. THIS APPROACHING RIDGE...ASSOCIATED SUBSIDENCE...AND PLENTY
OF SUNSHINE WILL PROPEL AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WELL ABOVE
NORMAL THROUGH FRIDAY...THOUGH THEY SHOULD REMAIN A FEW DEGREES
BELOW RECORD TERRITORY. SEE BELOW CLIMATE SECTION FOR THOSE RECORDS.
LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
THAT RIDGE BECOMES SUPPRESSED OVER THE WEEKEND AS A LONGWAVE TROUGH
CURRENTLY ALONG THE PACIFIC COAST TRANSLATES EASTWARD INTO THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY SATURDAY. GLOBAL MODELS DEPICTING A DECAYING
FRONT MOVING INTO GEORGIA FROM THE NORTHWEST SATURDAY NIGHT...THOUGH
KEEPING MOST OF THE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT OVER TN/KY. A REINFORCING
SUBTROPICAL HIGH BUILDS BACK IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ANOTHER ANEMIC LOOKING FRONT APPROACHES LATE WEDNESDAY.
RRH
CLIMATE...
DAILY MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR FRIDAY 4/2.
KAHN 89 1940
KATL 88 1940
KCSG 86 1999/1978
KMCN 88 1940/1935
RRH
&&
AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW CIRRUS CLOUDS
AND NEAR CALM WINDS TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO WEST
SOUTHWEST DURING THE DAY THURSDAY BUT GENERALLY LESS THAN 8 KTS.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS 47 86 50 87 54 / 0 0 0 0 0
ATLANTA 53 81 55 83 58 / 0 0 0 0 0
BLAIRSVILLE 40 80 44 79 50 / 0 0 0 0 0
CARTERSVILLE 42 81 44 84 52 / 0 0 0 0 5
COLUMBUS 49 82 50 85 54 / 0 0 0 0 0
GAINESVILLE 50 83 53 83 56 / 0 0 0 0 0
MACON 44 84 47 86 51 / 0 0 0 0 0
ROME 44 82 46 86 50 / 0 0 0 0 5
PEACHTREE CITY 40 82 42 84 47 / 0 0 0 0 0
VIDALIA 52 86 55 86 56 / 0 0 0 0 0
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.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM EDT THURSDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BIBB...
BLECKLEY...BUTTS...CARROLL...CATOOSA...CHATTAHOOCHEE...
CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...
CRAWFORD...CRISP...DADE...DAWSON...DEKALB...DODGE...DOOLY...
DOUGLAS...EMANUEL...FANNIN...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH...
GILMER...GLASCOCK...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL...
HANCOCK...HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON...
JACKSON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR...
LAURENS...LUMPKIN...MACON...MADISON...MARION...MERIWETHER...
MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...MURRAY...MUSCOGEE...NEWTON...
NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...PAULDING...PEACH...
PICKENS...PIKE...POLK...PULASKI...PUTNAM...ROCKDALE...SCHLEY...
SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT...
TALIAFERRO...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TOWNS...TREUTLEN...
TROUP...TWIGGS...UNION...UPSON...WALKER...WALTON...WARREN...
WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WHITE...WHITFIELD...WILCOX...
WILKES...WILKINSON.
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