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Spot Forecast for UGA vs. Western Kentucky Football Game...University of Georgia Emergency Preparedness
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
741 AM EDT Fri Sep 11 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 1200 EDT on September 12.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.

.DISCUSSION...

Good morning! Likely a dreary start on Saturday morning in Athens.
Patchy fog and lower clouds will set up early Saturday morning and
isolated to scattered rain showers may be ongoing by this time as
well. Temperatures at 8AM will be in the low 70s rising to near 80
by 12PM, and to a high temperature between 84-86 by 3PM. While
temperatures will be `lower` than we have seen in recent days, it
will feel quite humid through the day. Between 12PM-6PM heat index
values will range between 93-96F. The potential for showers and
thunderstorms will only increase heading into the afternoon with
chances upwards of 60% after 12PM. Prior to 12PM chances will
range between 30-40%. While organized severe weather is unlikely,
a few storms may become strong and capable of producing frequent
lightning, locally heavy rain, and gusty winds (30-40 mph).
Forecast rainfall will largely be less than a quarter of an inch,
but ample moisture will support showers and thunderstorms being
efficient rainfall producers. So a passing shower or storm could
drop a quick 1-2 inches. Outside of storm outflows, prevailing
winds on Saturday will be SW at 5-7 mph with gusts of around 10
mph, becoming light and variable after sunset.

.SATURDAY...

Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (55-65 percent). Chance of showers
                    and slight chance of thunderstorms early in the
                    afternoon, then showers likely and chance of
                    thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 87.
Min humidity........69 percent.
Heat index..........96.
Wind chill..........N/A.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds 5 to 6 mph.
Rainfall amount.....0.13 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......0.8 increasing to 3.0.

TIME (EDT)      12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........72  73  59  51  57  53
Weather cov.....CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).50  40  60  70  70  60
Temp............81  83  85  86  86  85
RH..............85  78  73  71  69  71
Heat index (F)..87  91  93  95  96  94
Wind chill (F)..N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Surface wnd dir.SW  S   SW  SW  SW  SW
Surface wnd spd.5   6   6   6   6   6
Surface wnd gst.12  12  14  14  14  13
Ceiling (kft)...0.8 1.0 1.5 2.5 3.0 3.0

.SATURDAY NIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (50-60 percent). Chance of
                    thunderstorms in the evening. Showers likely
                    through the night. Slight chance of
                    thunderstorms overnight.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 70.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Heat index..........N/A.
Wind chill..........N/A.
Surface winds (mph).Southwest winds around 5 mph early in the
                    evening becoming light.
Rainfall amount.....0.18 inches.
CEILING (KFT).......3.0 decreasing to 2.5 in the late evening and
                    overnight.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........55  45  48  52  53  53  54  56  57  56  55  55
Weather cov.....CHC LKY CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY LKY
Weather type....RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW  RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
Chc of pcpn (%).50  60  40  60  60  60  60  60  10  10  10  10
Temp............83  82  77  77  76  75  74  73  73  72  72  71
RH..............77  80  91  94  96  97  98  99  99  100 100 100
Heat index (F)..91  88  77  77  76  75  74  73  73  72  72  71
Wind chill (F)..N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Surface wnd dir.SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  SW  W   N   N   N   W   W
Surface wnd spd.5   3   2   1   1   1   1   0   0   0   1   1
Surface wnd gst.12  9   7   6   5   5   5   5   5   5   5   5
Ceiling (kft)...3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

$$
Forecaster...Wyatt
Requested by...Alex Nichols
Type of request...OTHER
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