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FXUS62 KFFC 261038
AFDFFC

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
638 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024



...New 12Z Aviation Discussion...

.SHORT TERM...
(Today through Saturday)
Issued at 429 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024

Currently starting to see the wedge begin the descent into Georgia
and it should continue through the morning moving through Athens by
mid morning. This will ultimately lead to cooler temperature over
northeast Georgia with highs in then mid 60s to low 70s as the low
level cloud cover dominates. The wedge should mostly stay just
northeast of downtown ATL but cloudy skies are still expected for
much of the area. Light showers caused by an associated short wave
moving through the pattern are expected to affect north GA today
generally north of Rome and Gainesville with trace accums possible.
Gusty winds will begin to affect the area later this afternoon into
evening with gusts generally up to 25mph with areas of north Georgia
up to 30mph. This is caused by the pressure gradient caused due to
the wedge building in where winds are expected to stay elevated
overnight.

Hernandez

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Saturday night through Thursday)
Issued at 429 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024

At a glance:

-Hot for late April

-No significant chance of precip; but we may see Pulse Convective
season kick off early by the middle of next week.

Weird to talk about considering it`s only April but the Atlantic
Ridge has set up through the long term and we`ll likely see a
pattern that we usually see in mid summer. Temps will gradually be
on the increase and by the time we reach the middle of next week
much of the CWA will be knocking at 90s door. Fortunately, west
winds should prevent us from having to discuss topics like Heat
Indices and apparent temperature as dewpoints will remain on the
dry side. All that being said, daytime highs in the long term will
run anywhere between 5 and 10 degrees above normal with overnight
lows at 8-12 degrees above normal.

The only significant chance we have for precip will be Tuesday when
a weak shortwave in the ridge breaks over northern GA. Best chance
for pops will remain north of I-20 but even those are capped at
slight. Following that, every day in the afternoon may see a pop-up
thunderstorm somewhere in the CWA given the temps and lack of any
discernible upper level flow.

Looks like summer has come early.

Vaughn

&&

.AVIATION...
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 634 AM EDT Fri Apr 26 2024

BKN mid level clouds continue to filter into the area which are
expected to stick around through the morning. Wedge begins to
build in this morning affecting ATL as early as 17-18z as CIGs
lower to SCT/BKN050 before lifting in the evening. Expecting
lower clouds to start building in overnight tomorrow into tomorrow
morning into the MVFR range. Gusty winds from the E/SE up to 20kt
are also possible beginning this afternoon and continuing through
the overnight.


//ATL Confidence...12Z Update...
Medium on MVFR tomorrow morning and CIGS this afternoon with the
wedge.
High on all other elements.

Hernandez

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          58  78  57  80 /  10   0   0   0
Atlanta         62  77  60  80 /  10   0   0   0
Blairsville     55  71  55  75 /  10   0   0   0
Cartersville    61  79  59  81 /  10   0   0   0
Columbus        65  83  62  84 /  10   0   0   0
Gainesville     60  75  58  79 /  10   0   0   0
Macon           62  82  60  82 /   0   0   0   0
Rome            63  79  59  82 /  10   0   0   0
Peachtree City  62  79  59  81 /  10   0   0   0
Vidalia         63  81  61  81 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...Hernandez
LONG TERM....Vaughn
AVIATION...Hernandez