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FXUS62 KFFC 160735
AFDFFC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
335 AM EDT THU MAY 16 2013

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
CURRENT SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS A VERY STRONG FRONTAL SYSTEM BRINGING
SEVERE WEATHER TO TEXAS THIS MORNING. GA IS SEEING SOME INCREASED
CLOUD COVER FROM THIS SYSTEM BUT NOTHING MORE THAN THAT AT THE
MOMENT. THERE IS STILL A WEAKENING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ACROSS THE
STATE WHICH WILL KEEP GA PROTECTED FROM THE DEEPER CONVECTION
MOVING EAST OUT OF TX TODAY. THE MAIN WAVE WITH THE FRONTAL SYSTEM
IS EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST TODAY THEN START MOVING NE AS IT RUNS INTO
THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE. IT WILL MOVE INTO TENNESSEE FRIDAY AND THEN
INTO THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY BY 00Z SAT. WITH GA BEING IN THE MOIST
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WE WILL STILL SEE SOME
DIURNALLY DRIVEN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BUT NOT EXPECTING ANY
SEVERE STORMS IN THE SHORT TERM. CAPES...LAPSE RATES...AND LIS ALL
PEAK AROUND 18Z TODAY AND FRIDAY WITH DAY TIME HEATING BUT THERE IS
VERY LITTLE SHEAR SO ONLY EXPECTING BRIEF PERIOD OF HEAVY
RAIN...LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL.

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.LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CWFA WILL REMAIN
THE FOCUS FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE
BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT NORTHWARD BY TUESDAY AS A COLD FRONT
ENTERS THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. THE COLD FRONT IS
EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE CWFA WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY.

A WEAKENING UPPER LOW WILL INTERACT WITH THE STALLED BOUNDARY ON
SATURDAY...SO HAVE RAISED POPS ACROSS THE BOARD. THE HIGHEST POPS
WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN GA...CLOSEST TO THE FRONT. HOWEVER...WITH
ABUNDANT MOISTURE FUNNELING NORTHWARD FROM THE GULF....SOME SURFACE
INSTABILITY...AND STEEPENING LAPSE RATES WITH THE COLD POOL
ALOFT...HAVE ALSO RAISED POPS TO LOW END SCT/SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE CWFA. DO THINK CONVECTION WILL DIMINISH IN COVERAGE
AS THE LOW MEANDERS OFF TO THE EAST.

POPS WILL REMAIN SCT/ISO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND INTO THE
FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. THE ONLY REAL SURFACE MECHANISM TO FOCUS
PRECIP WILL BE TO THE NORTH...BUT WEAK SHORTWAVES IN THE FLOW COULD
ENHANCE ANY DIURNAL CONVECTION THAT DEVELOPS. THE WARM
FRONT/STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE
MIDDLE ATLANTIC ON TUESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT BEGINS TO APPROACH THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

MODELS HAVE SLOWED THE FROPA A LITTLE...WITH THE FRONT COMING
THROUGH THE CWFA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY.

NLISTEMAA


&&


AVIATION...
06Z UPDATE...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. HIGH
CLOUDS ARE BEGINNING TO STREAM ACROSS THE STATE FROM DEVELOPING
FRONTAL SYSTEM BACK ACROSS TEXAS. CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE
THROUGH THE PERIOD BUT SHOULD NOT SEE ANYTHING LOWER THAN FEW-SCT
AROUND 6000 FT WINDS WILL STAY OUT OF THE W-SW IN THE 5-10KT
RANGE. MAY SEE A FEW GUST NEAR 15KT LATER THIS AFTERNOON. WILL SEE
SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY ACROSS NORTH GA BUT
THEY SHOULD STAY NORTH OF THE TAF SITES. NO RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS
EXPECTED.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ON WINDS...CEILINGS...AND VSBYS
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON PRECIP.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          85  60  84  62 /  20  20  30  20
ATLANTA         84  64  84  64 /  20  20  30  20
BLAIRSVILLE     79  55  78  58 /  30  30  40  40
CARTERSVILLE    83  59  82  61 /  20  30  40  30
COLUMBUS        85  64  86  64 /  10  20  20  10
GAINESVILLE     83  61  82  62 /  20  30  30  30
MACON           86  60  86  62 /  10  20  20  10
ROME            83  60  83  61 /  20  30  40  30
PEACHTREE CITY  84  60  83  61 /  10  20  20  20
VIDALIA         88  64  87  65 /  10  10  20  10

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...01
LONG TERM....NLISTEMAA
AVIATION...01