Area Forecast Discussion
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866 FXUS62 KFFC 302328 AFDFFC Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 728 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024 ...New 00Z Aviation Discussion... .SHORT TERM... (This afternoon through Friday) Issued at 217 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024 At a glance: -Another nice short term -Overnight lows in the 50s with highs in the low 80s. Beautiful weather is expected this afternoon and tomorrow. RH will fall into the 40s this afternoon leaving the area feeling more like New England than the deep south. Winds will shift to the east tonight and will mark the slow return to more humid conditions this weekend. Expect highs to continue to be in the low to mid 80s with overnight lows in the 50s and 60s as we finish off the week with a slow but steady increase in cloud coverage as Td starts to climb. Vaughn && .LONG TERM... (Saturday morning through next Wednesday) Issued at 217 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024 PoPs will begin to creep back into the forecast at the beginning of the long term period as transient ridging gives way to an incoming shortwave trough late Saturday. Still, Saturday will not be a washout with scattered rain chances highest across the western part of the state by late in the day into Saturday night. More widespread scattered convection is likely on Sunday as compared to Saturday amid continued influence of troughing. Flow aloft will remain quasi-zonal through midweek, shunting occasional shortwave perturbations eastward and keeping some degree of isolated to scattered PoPs in the forecast, especially across north Georgia. By late week, a cold front looks more likely to approach the area by Thursday with PoPs likely to increase further in association with this system. High temperatures will remain largely in the 80s through Monday with low 90s beginning to creep back into central Georgia by midweek. RW && .AVIATION...
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(00Z TAFS) Issued at 726 PM EDT Thu May 30 2024 Expecting winds to switch to the east by 06-08z and stay solidly to the east for the remainder of the TAF period. A scattered cu field is also expected at ~6-7k ft tomorrow in the afternoon around 16-18z. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... High on all elements. Hernandez
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&& .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 56 83 58 84 / 0 0 0 10 Atlanta 62 85 63 84 / 0 0 0 20 Blairsville 51 78 55 76 / 0 0 0 10 Cartersville 54 86 61 84 / 0 0 0 30 Columbus 63 88 66 87 / 0 0 0 20 Gainesville 58 81 60 81 / 0 0 0 10 Macon 56 87 59 87 / 0 0 0 10 Rome 54 86 61 83 / 0 0 0 30 Peachtree City 55 86 59 84 / 0 0 0 20 Vidalia 62 88 63 87 / 0 0 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...Vaughn LONG TERM....RW AVIATION...Hernandez