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FXUS62 KFFC 081906
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
306 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 2025


...Afternoon Area Forecast Discussion...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 259 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 2025

    - A cold front will bring showers and isolated thunderstorms
      to central Georgia this evening and tonight.

    - A cooler airmass will move in on Thursday and Friday,
      leading to widespread highs temperatures in the 70s.

    - Dry weather and gradually warming conditions are expected
      this weekend and early next week.

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.SHORT TERM...
(This afternoon through Thursday)
Issued at 259 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 2025

This Evening & Tonight:

A cold front will continue to push through Georgia as we move into
the overnight hours. Showers and isolated thunderstorms will
continue along and ahead of the cold front, with rainfall largely
confidence to portions of central Georgia. An additional pocket of
light rainfall will be possible in northeast Georgia between 7 PM
and 2 AM as a weak shortwave slides out of the Carolinas. Total
rainfall with either feature should be light, with amounts in
northeast Georgia limited to a couple hundredths and totals in
central generally below a quarter of an inch. Marginal instability
(MUCAPE generally below 1000 J/kg), poor lapse rates (700-500 mb
values near 5 C/km) and a lack of shear ahead of the front should
keep any thunderstorms in central Georgia  well below severe limits
this evening.

High pressure building over the Ohio Valley will drive a moderately
strong wedge front through Georgia overnight. CAA behind the front
will bring cooler air and breezy northeast winds. Wind gusts in the
15 to 25 mph range are expected in north and central Georgia by
sunrise on Thursday. This will be a break from out typical diurnal
wind trends.

Thursday:

The primary weather story for Thursday will be the significantly
cooler temperatures. Afternoon high temperatures should be 8 to 12
degrees cooler than today, with the change being driven by a
combination of the cold front, wedge front and cloud cover.
Widespread afternoon highs in the 70s are expected, with elevations
above 2500 ft in the mountains remaining in the 60s. An isolated
shower could occur south of Macon in the morning, but the rest of
the region will be dry.

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.LONG TERM...
(Friday morning through next Tuesday)
Issued at 259 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 2025

By Friday...Will see high pressure building down the eastern
seaboard and pushing into NW GA. A cooler/drier airmass moves in
with this ridge so expecting cloud cover to diminish slowly through
Friday night. There is also a wave along the tail end of the old
front which begins to develop and becomes a closed low center just
off the GA/Carolina coast by early Sat morning. This low is expected
to continue to develop as it moves up the eastern seaboard through
Monday. This low center will wrap up quickly pulling whats left of
the old frontal boundary NE with it and allowing a drier airmass to
filter in to the state from the N/NE. This will bring mostly clear
skies and cooler fall like temps through Sunday. Will see high temps
mainly in the 70s Friday through Sunday with some 60s in the NE GA
mountains. Low temps in the 40s and 50s will be seen state wide
through Monday morning as well. Temps begin to warm back up Monday
with highs in the 70s and 80s with most locations seeing temps
back into the 80s by Tuesday.

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.AVIATION...
(18Z TAFS)
Issued at 259 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 2025

Scattered showers and a couple of isolated thunderstorms will
linger in central Georgia through 12Z Thursday. Impacts are
possible for brief periods a KMCN and KCSG. Isolated MVFR
ceilings are possible through 18Z Thursday, but in general VFR
ceilings in the 3000-6000 ft range are expected. Winds will become
gusty from the northeast (gusts 20-25 kt) after 06Z Thursday.

//ATL Confidence...18Z Update...
Moderate confidence in the ceiling outlook.
High confidence in the wind direction, but moderate confidence in
the speeds after 09Z Thursday.
Low confidence in the precipitation forecast, with some light
drizzle possible between 04Z and 09Z.

Albright

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          60  72  51  68 /  10   0   0   0
Atlanta         63  74  54  72 /  10   0   0   0
Blairsville     55  68  45  68 /  10   0   0   0
Cartersville    61  74  53  73 /  10   0   0   0
Columbus        66  79  57  76 /  10  10   0   0
Gainesville     60  71  51  70 /  20   0   0   0
Macon           64  76  55  73 /  10  10  10  10
Rome            60  76  53  76 /   0   0   0   0
Peachtree City  62  76  53  73 /  10   0   0   0
Vidalia         65  76  57  74 /  30  20  20  20

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...Albright
LONG TERM....01
AVIATION...Albright