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FXUS62 KFFC 280703
AFDFFC

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
303 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2026

...Morning Area Forecast Discussion...

.KEY MESSAGES...

  - Dry conditions continue through most of the week, before rain
    chances return late week and over the weekend.

  - Warming trend back to above normal temperatures for mid to
    late week.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Today through Tuesday)
Issued at 229 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Gradually warming temperatures and dry conditions will prevail
across North and Central Georgia through mid-week. The deep mid-
level low that currently stretches across much of the East Coast
(and was responsible for our recent false-Fall) will shift into
the Northern Atlantic over the next few days, while a mid-level
ridge builds across the Mississippi Valley. Very dry air (PWAT
values around 0.5") will linger over Georgia through mid-week,
but the mid-level ridge nudging closer from the west will bring in
warmer temperatures. With mostly clear skies, light winds, and
dewpoints in the upper 40s to low 50s, overnight low temperatures
will radiationally cool to the low to mid 50s this morning, and
mid to upper 50s Tuesday morning. High temperatures will climb
from the low to mid 80s today, to the mid to upper 80s Tuesday
afternoon.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Tuesday night through Sunday)
Issued at 229 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2026

Wednesday and Thursday will be the final days with essentially
zero PoPs for the week ahead. Thursday and Friday will bring an
amplifying a subtropical ridge over the Southeast and offshore
over the western Atlantic. Meanwhile, moisture will increase as
low-/mid- level flow off of the Gulf and Atlantic spreads inland.
This setup will bring the return of isolated to scattered showers
and storms Friday through Sunday. This synoptic pattern and AI NWP
Convective Hazard Forecasts from NCAR continue to lack a signal
for severe weather potential. That said, the feed of tropical
moisture could favor an increasing heavy rainfall threat, as
ensemble guidance depicts PWAT reaching 1.8" to 2.0" over the
weekend -- for context, the 90th percentile is 1.6". The
increasing coverage of showers and storms will likely moderate
temperatures over the weekend, evidenced by progged highs in the
mid-70s to lower 80s.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 133 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2026

VFR conditions through the period with only some high cirrus and
fair wx afternoon CU. Winds light and variable across most of the
region. For the ATL area, winds light out of the NNW early this
morning, trending NNE from 12-15Z, and then turning back NNW at
5-8kts for the afternoon.

//ATL Confidence...06Z Update...

High for all elements.

Culver

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          82  56  84  59 /   0   0   0   0
Atlanta         81  58  83  62 /   0   0   0   0
Blairsville     78  54  80  56 /   0   0   0   0
Cartersville    82  54  85  60 /   0   0   0   0
Columbus        83  58  86  62 /   0   0   0   0
Gainesville     80  57  82  59 /   0   0   0   0
Macon           84  57  87  63 /   0   0   0   0
Rome            82  52  85  56 /   0   0   0   0
Peachtree City  82  54  84  60 /   0   0   0   0
Vidalia         87  62  90  67 /   0   0   0   0

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...Culver
LONG TERM....Martin
AVIATION...Culver