FXUS62 KFFC 262016
AFDFFC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
316 PM EST SAT DEC 26 2009

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS CONTINUES HOLD IN...WHILE THE CLEARING LOOMS
TO OUR NORTH AND WEST. THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING ACROSS
THE GULF COAST STATES WILL KEEP DRY WEATHER OVER THE AREA THROUGH
TUESDAY. THE LARGE STORM SYSTEM OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI RIVER
VALLEY WILL HOLD COOLER AIR MASS OVER THE AREA AS ITS TRAVERSES TO
THE NORTHEAST.

.LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
THE RIDGE WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS INTO WEDNESDAY...BUT A STORM
SYSTEM MOVING FROM THE TUESDAY...IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD MOISTURE
INTO GEORGIA WEDNESDAY. THE ECMWF AND GFS HAS THE SYSTEM EXITING
THE AREA FRIDAY...THOUGH THE GFS PUSHES IT THROUGH A LITTLE
FASTER...OVERNIGHT THURSDAY. ANOTHER SHORTWAVE MOVING THROUGH
FRIDAY...BEHIND THE COLD AIR COULD POSSIBLY INTRODUCE WINTRY
WEATHER FRIDAY. CONSIDERING THE TIME FRAME...THE CONFIDENCE IS LOW.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          53  31  56  31  49 /   0   0   0   5   5 
ATLANTA         51  33  53  29  45 /   0   0   0   5   5 
BLAIRSVILLE     47  25  46  26  42 /   0   0   0   5   5 
CARTERSVILLE    51  27  50  27  47 /   0   0   0   5   5 
COLUMBUS        54  33  54  32  53 /   0   0   0   5   5 
GAINESVILLE     51  32  49  30  46 /   0   0   0   5   5 
MACON           55  33  55  31  53 /   0   0   0   5   5 
ROME            51  27  51  28  49 /   0   0   0   5   5 
PEACHTREE CITY  52  24  52  27  48 /   0   0   0   5   5 
VIDALIA         56  31  58  31  52 /   0   0   0   5   5 

&&

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

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