FXUS62 KFFC 250308
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1008 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009
.UPDATE...
COLD FRONT MAKING ITS WAY ACROSS WESTERN SECTS OF TN AND
MS...STILL ON TAP TO PUSH INTO EXTREME NW GA BY 12Z WED...BRINGING
CLOUDS BUT LITTLE PRECIP. SEEING A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS/SPRINKLES
ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA THIS EVENING...AND MAY AFFECT EXTREME
SOUTHEAST COUNTIES OF CWA LATE TONIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY. TEMPS
FOR THE MOST PART LOOK OKAY...AND ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS PLANNED.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 531 PM EST TUE NOV 24 2009/
SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
LOW PRESSURE WAS VICINITY OF NORTHERN MO WITH A COLD FRONT
APPROACHING THE MS RIVER THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE AND
REMNANTS OF WEDGE HAVE KEPT CLOUDS OVER GA DURING THE DAY. EXPECT
MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT UNTIL FRONTAL PASSAGE. MODELS IN
GOOD AGREEMENT THAT FRONT SHOULD BE INTO NORTHWEST CORNER OF GA
AROUND 12Z. NO SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT SO
HAVE KEPT IT DRY. HOWEVER...WEAK WAVE MOVING ALONG GULF COAST MAY
SPREAD MOISTURE FAR ENOUGH NORTH LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING...AND HAVE INCLUDED LOW POPS FOR THE EAST CENTRAL CORNER
DURING THAT TIME. A SECOND UPPER CLOSED LOW DROPPING INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY ON THURSDAY SHOULD BRING COLDER AIR AND BREEZY CONDITIONS
ON THURSDAY. WRAP AROUND CLOUDS WITH THIS LOW MAY DIP INTO NORTH
GA THURSDAY NIGHT AND HAVE INDICATED SOME CLOUDINESS FOR THE
NORTHERN ZONES. THICKNESS VALUES LOOK LOW ENOUGH SO ANY
PRECIPITATION MAY FALL OUT AS SNOW. HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE
OF LIGHT SNOW FOR THE NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH
CLOUDS AND APPROACHING FRONT TONIGHT...HAVE KEPT LOW TEMPERATURES
A BIT ON THE WARM SIDE OF GUIDANCE. OTHERWISE...MET/MAV BLEND
LOOKS OKAY.
LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
MADE NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. DRY WEATHER STILL ON TRACK UNTIL
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS LONGWAVE TROUGH DEEPENS INTO THE
CENTRAL STATES.
AVIATION...
WEDGE CIGS BEGINNING TO LIFT WITH APPROACH OF COLD FRONT WED. EXPECT
OVC VFR TONIGHT...DROPPING TO MVFR BY 07Z. VSBYS SHOULD BE HIGHER
THAN GUIDANCE IS SUGGESTING...WITH MVFR IN MOST AREAS FOR 10-12Z.
MODELS INDICATE SE WINDS SHOULD SHIFT TO SW AROUND 08Z AS THE FRONT
APPROACHES...BECOMING WEST/WNW BY 10Z. CLOUDS SHOULD CLEAR OUT
FAIRLY QUICKLY WED PM...WITH FEW/SCT VFR BY 18Z. WINDS SHOULD BE
LIGHT OVERNIGHT AND WED AM...WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 6-8KT BY
AFTERNOON.
31/LEG
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS 45 65 40 62 36 / 10 5 5 10 10
ATLANTA 46 64 40 57 36 / 10 5 5 10 5
BLAIRSVILLE 42 60 36 53 29 / 10 5 5 10 20
CARTERSVILLE 42 61 36 57 35 / 10 5 5 10 10
COLUMBUS 48 68 42 64 36 / 10 5 5 10 5
GAINESVILLE 44 62 41 57 35 / 10 5 5 10 10
MACON 47 66 39 65 35 / 10 10 5 10 5
ROME 45 64 39 58 34 / 10 5 5 10 10
PEACHTREE CITY 44 65 35 59 31 / 10 5 5 10 5
VIDALIA 51 64 43 66 35 / 30 30 5 10 10
&&
.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&
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