Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
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333 FXUS62 KFFC 300818 AFDFFC Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 418 AM EDT Thu May 30 2024 ...Morning Area Forecast Discussion... .SHORT TERM... (Today through Friday) Issued at 417 AM EDT Thu May 30 2024 High pressure continues over the region with dry conditions expected to continue. Will see some increased cloud cover especially across western and southern portions of the area as a very weak wave moves over the region. Northern and eastern portions of the state should see mostly clear skies today. High pressure pushes a bit further into the area Friday clearing things out for North and Central GA. High temps will be mainly in the 70s and 80s Today and Friday. 01 && .LONG TERM... (Friday night through Wednesday) Issued at 417 AM EDT Thu May 30 2024 Highly amplified ridge axis will be pushes east of CWA by Saturday as weak disturbance approaches the CWA. Ensembles have continued the trend of slowing down progression of weak shortwave that will bring rain into the CWA on Saturday into Sunday. Probability of QPF > 0.1" within both GEFS and EPS keep percentages < 20% across all but the western sliver of Georgia until Saturday night, where they slowly begin to tick up into Sunday. Moisture will continue to slowly filter into the area through the rest of the long term allowing for diurnal convection. Models show some hints at weak systems progressing towards the CWA at end of long term, but hard to pinpoint exact timing on any of these. Lusk && .AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 140 AM EDT Thu May 30 2024 VFR conditions with no precipitation or restrictions to VSBYs expected. Winds will stay out of the NW through the period with wind speeds in the 5-10kt range. //ATL Confidence...06Z Update... Confidence high on all elements 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 83 58 83 57 / 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 84 61 85 63 / 0 0 0 0 Blairsville 76 51 78 54 / 0 0 0 0 Cartersville 81 55 85 62 / 0 0 0 0 Columbus 84 64 88 67 / 10 10 0 0 Gainesville 81 59 82 59 / 0 0 0 0 Macon 85 60 87 63 / 10 10 0 0 Rome 83 55 86 61 / 0 0 0 0 Peachtree City 84 58 86 62 / 10 0 0 0 Vidalia 86 63 88 64 / 10 10 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....Lusk AVIATION...01