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FXUS62 KFFC 181926
AFDFFC

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
326 PM EDT SAT MAY 18 2013

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
WEAK UPPER LOW OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY IS SLOWLY PULLING EAST.
WEAK DISTURBANCES ROTATING THROUGH THE FLOW OVER AL AND GA WAS
PRODUCING SCATTERED SHOWERS/TSTORMS. THE PRECIP SHOULD DIMINISH THIS
EVENING...BUT AS ANOTHER WEAK WAVE MOVES INTO SOUTHEAST TENNESSEE
LATE TONIGHT...EXPECT CONVECTION TO INCREASE ACROSS NORTH GA AND
SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST SUNDAY. MODELS ARE RATHER CONSERVATIVE WITH
THE POPS AND HAVE CONTINUED WITH LIKELY POPS FOR SUNDAY. AT THIS
TIME EXPECT A FEW STORMS TO BE STRONG AND AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM
IS STILL NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION SUNDAY AFTERNOON...MAINLY ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL GA. THERE REMAINS PLENTY OF ISENTROPIC LIFT AND K-INDEX
VALUES ARE QUITE HIGH AND THEREFORE EXPECT SOME HEAVY RAIN IN SOME
OF THE STRONGER STORMS. WITH LITTLE SURFACE WIND TONIGHT AND PLENTY
OF SURFACE MOISTURE...EXPECT FOG/STRATUS TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL GEORGIA WHICH SHOULD SPREAD NORTH AND EAST LATE TONIGHT.

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NO CHANGES NEEDED TO THE PREVIOUS EXTENDED FORECAST RATIONALE.

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.LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
HAVE ADJUSTED POPS UPWARD FOR SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE CWFA.
MODELS ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF AN MCS DEVELOPING IN THE NW FLOW AND
AFFECTING THE CWFA. STRONG SURFACE INSTABILITY AND VERY STEEP
LAPSE RATES WILL HELP SUSTAIN CONVECTION AND CONTINUE THE
POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE STORMS AT LEAST THROUGH MIDNIGHT.

FOR MONDAY...A 500MB TROUGH/SHEAR AXIS SETS UP RIGHT ALONG THE SE
COAST. THIS FEATURE SHOULD SERVE TO FOCUS ANY CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY
FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. DO THINK SHRA/TSRA WILL BE MORE
DIURNAL IN NATURE. KEPT THE TREND OF HIGHEST POPS IN THE EAST...WITH
ONLY ISOLATED ACTIVITY TO THE WEST.

WEAK SHEAR AXIS/500MB TROUGH MOVES OFF THE COAST ON TUESDAY WITH
RIDGING BUILDING ALOFT ACROSS THE CWFA. ANY CONVECTION SHOULD BE
ISOLATED IN NATURE...SURFACE INSTABILITY WILL BE PRESENT BUT NO
DISCERNIBLE SURFACE MECHANISM TO FOCUS PRECIP IS NOTED. PRECIP
SHOULD BE DIURNAL.

UNCERTAINTY BEGINS TO CREEP INTO THE FORECAST BY WEDNESDAY. EARLIER
MODEL RUNS PROGGED A COLD FRONT TO MOVE THROUGH THE CWFA DURING THE
LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. THE ECMWF NOW KEEPS THE FRONT TO THE
NORTH...WHILE THE GFS DOES MOVE THE BOUNDARY THROUGH SLOWLY FRIDAY
THROUGH SATURDAY. HAVE OPTED TO GO PERSISTENCE FOR THIS PERIOD DUE
TO LOW CONFIDENCE.

NLISTEMAA

AVIATION...
18Z UPDATE...
MVFR CIGS ACROSS ATL/AHN AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LIFT WITH AREAS
GOING VFR BY 21Z AND REMAINING VFR UNTIL LATE TONIGHT. SCATTERED
CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ANY CONVECTION
THAT DOES DEVELOP SHOULD DIMINISH TO SHOWERS LATE THIS EVENING. A
SECOND SHORT WAVE WILL MOVE INTO NORTH GA LATE TONIGHT AND SPREAD
INTO CENTRAL GA SUNDAY BRINGING AN INCREASING CHANCE OF CONVECTION
THROUGH THE DAY. WINDS WILL REMAIN SOUTHWEST LESS THAN 10KTS THROUGH
THE FORECAST.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS ON CIGS/VSBYS.
LOW TO MEDIUM ON TIMING OF CONVECTION.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          63  77  65  84 /  50  60  60  40
ATLANTA         65  81  66  86 /  50  60  60  20
BLAIRSVILLE     62  76  60  82 /  60  70  70  40
CARTERSVILLE    64  81  65  88 /  60  60  50  20
COLUMBUS        67  86  67  89 /  30  40  50  10
GAINESVILLE     63  77  63  84 /  60  70  60  40
MACON           64  83  66  87 /  40  60  60  30
ROME            66  82  65  89 /  60  60  40  10
PEACHTREE CITY  64  82  65  87 /  50  60  60  20
VIDALIA         68  86  68  84 /  40  60  60  40

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...17
LONG TERM....16
AVIATION...17