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AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
535 PM EST WED DEC 2 2009
.UPDATE...
HAVE CANCELED FLOOD WATCH AND REMOVED HEADLINE FROM ZONES. OTHERWISE
NO CHANGES AT THIS TIME.
(PREVIOUS)
.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/...
RAPID CHANGES TO WEATHER AS STRONG LOW MOVES INTO TN AND KY THIS
AFTERNOON. BACK END OF RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE CWA AND MOST OF THE
SEVERE WEATHER HAS PUSHED EAST OF OUR COUNTIES. WITH SIGNIFICANT
RAIN ENDING...FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CANCELED SHORTLY AND LOCAL
FLOOD WARNINGS SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT. TIGHT GRADIENT ASSOCIATED
WITH SURFACE LOW AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST AND WILL LET WIND ADVISORY
AND HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUE. LINE OF SHOWERS APPROACHING FROM
NORTHEAST AL HAVE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND WILL HAVE
TO BE WATCHED. DEW POINTS GRADUALLY LOWERING OVERNIGHT WITH SOME
COLD AIR ADVECTION. UPPER WINDS STAY MOSTLY WEST TO SOUTHWEST
THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...SO HIGHS SHOULD BE MOSTLY 50S AND 60S.
THICKNESS VALUES BORDERLINE FOR FREEZING/FROZEN PRECIPITATION
FRIDAY NIGHT AS RAIN RETURNS AHEAD OF DEVELOPING SOUTHERN STREAM
SHORT WAVE. ONLY HAVE LOW POPS FOR RAIN/LIGHT SNOW FOR FRIDAY
NIGHT ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTH FOR NOW.
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
MADE NO CHANGES TO THE LONG TERM. AFTER RAIN EVENT FOR
FRIDAY/SATURDAY...DRY UNTIL NEXT SHORT WAVE COMES OUT OF THE GULF
FOR LATE SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...
A STUBBORN POCKET OF IFR TO LIFR CEILINGS PERSISTS ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA. OTHERWISE MVFR WITH ISOLATED
TO SCATTERED IFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL OVER NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH
18Z THURSDAY. VFR TO MVFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL ACROSS CENTRAL
GEORGIA. A NARROW BAND OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT
WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS
EVENING...BUT SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE FORECAST AREA BY 06Z.
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS 46 56 36 54 40 / 50 5 10 10 60
ATLANTA 43 53 36 53 37 / 30 5 10 10 70
BLAIRSVILLE 41 50 32 48 35 / 50 5 10 10 50
CARTERSVILLE 40 53 33 50 33 / 40 5 10 10 60
COLUMBUS 47 57 38 55 40 / 10 5 10 10 70
GAINESVILLE 45 52 36 51 37 / 50 5 10 10 60
MACON 45 60 36 56 41 / 20 5 10 20 70
ROME 43 54 36 50 34 / 40 5 10 10 50
PEACHTREE CITY 41 54 33 52 38 / 20 5 10 10 70
VIDALIA 51 62 39 60 43 / 50 5 5 20 60
&&
.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: BALDWIN...BANKS...BARROW...BARTOW...BIBB...BLECKLEY...
BUTTS...CARROLL...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CHATTOOGA...CHEROKEE...
CLARKE...CLAYTON...COBB...COWETA...CRAWFORD...CRISP...DEKALB...
DODGE...DOOLY...DOUGLAS...EMANUEL...FAYETTE...FLOYD...FORSYTH...
GLASCOCK...GORDON...GREENE...GWINNETT...HALL...HANCOCK...
HARALSON...HARRIS...HEARD...HENRY...HOUSTON...JACKSON...JASPER...
JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...LAMAR...LAURENS...MACON...
MADISON...MARION...MERIWETHER...MONROE...MONTGOMERY...MORGAN...
MUSCOGEE...NEWTON...NORTH FULTON...OCONEE...OGLETHORPE...
PAULDING...PEACH...PIKE...POLK...PULASKI...PUTNAM...ROCKDALE...
SCHLEY...SOUTH FULTON...SPALDING...STEWART...SUMTER...TALBOT...
TALIAFERRO...TAYLOR...TELFAIR...TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...TROUP...
TWIGGS...UPSON...WALTON...WARREN...WASHINGTON...WEBSTER...
WHEELER...WILCOX...WILKES...WILKINSON.
HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
ZONES: CATOOSA...DADE...DAWSON...FANNIN...GILMER...LUMPKIN...
MURRAY...PICKENS...TOWNS...UNION...WALKER...WHITE...WHITFIELD.
&&
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