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FXUS62 KFFC 101035
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
635 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2026
..NEW 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 630 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2026
- HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE WEEKEND FOR AT LEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
- TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE WEEKEND, WITH HIGHS RISING
TO WELL ABOVE-NORMAL NEXT WEEK.
- WITH LITTLE CHANCE OF APPRECIABLE RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT 5-7
DAYS DROUGHT CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO WORSEN.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 328 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2026
A HIGH PRESSURE REGIME WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND THE
WEEKEND. A MID LEVEL RIDGE IS EXTENDING FROM THE CENTRAL GULF COAST
NORTHEASTWARDS TOWARDS NEW ENGLAND AND WILL AMPLIFY OVER THE COURSE
OF THE DAY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE UNDERNEATH THE RIDGE IS CENTERED
OVER THE SOUTHEAST AND APPALACHIAN. THIS WILL KEEP DRY CONDITIONS
AND MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES IN PLACE ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA
TODAY AS THE CENTER OF THE HIGH MEANDERS TOWARDS GEORGIA, SURFACE
WINDS WILL STEADILY DECREASE TO 5 MPH OR LESS TODAY AND BECOME LIGHT
AND VARIABLE BY THIS EVENING. A WARMING TREND WILL ALSO BEGIN
UNDERNEATH THIS PATTERN, WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND
INTO NEXT WEEK. LOW TEMPERATURES THIS MORNING WILL RANGE FROM LOW
40S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF FAR NORTHEAST GEORGIA TO NEAR 50 IN
THE FAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE FORECAST AREA. HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON
WILL INCREASE TO ABOUT 4-8 DEGREES ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS,
LARGELY IN THE UPPER 70S AND LOW 80S. MINIMUM RH VALUES THIS
AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 22-28% THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH
GEORGIA. EVEN IF RH VALUES ARE BORDERLINE, CONSIDERING ONGOING
DROUGHT CONDITIONS AND 10 HOUR FUEL MOISTURE VALUES AROUND 6-7%, A
FIRE DANGER STATEMENT WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR NORTH GEORGIA UNTIL 8 PM
EDT.
TONIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, A TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES REGION, WITH AN ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW LIFTING THROUGH
THE NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE NORTH ATLANTIC. A COLD FRONT TRAILING FROM
THE LOW WILL APPROACH FROM THE NORTH. HOWEVER, AS THE PARENT LOW
CONTINUES AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST, THE FRONT WILL LOSE SUPPORT AND
DISSIPATE OVER THE TENNESSEE VALLEY REGION. NO PRECIPITATION IS
EXPECTED IN GEORGIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS SYSTEM. AS THE TROUGH
CONTINUES AWAY TO THE EAST, THE HIGH PRESSURE REGIME WILL PERSIST
WITH ANOTHER BROAD RIDGE AND SURFACE HIGH ADVANCING FROM THE CENTRAL
CONUS AND FILLING IN OVER THE SOUTHEAST ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES
WILL BE QUITE WARM ON SATURDAY, RISING INTO THE MID 80S ACROSS THE
AREA. IN SPITE OF GRADUALLY MODERATING DEWPOINTS, THE INCREASING
TEMPERATURES WILL LEAD THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT ONCE AGAIN ON SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. RH VALUES ARE FORECAST TO RANGE FROM 20-30% WITH NO
IMPROVEMENT TO FUELS AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 328 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2026
THE LONG TERM REMAINS LARGELY UNEVENTFUL THOUGH FIRE WEATHER WILL
STILL NEED TO BE MONITORED AS WE REMAIN WARM AND DRY.
ON MONDAY, UPPER RIDGING WILL SLIGHTLY DAMPEN AND BROADEN WHILE
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES OFF THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST. THE RETURN
OF SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL ACT TO BRING SOME MOISTURE BACK INTO THE
REGION, MAINLY IN THE WAY OF CLOUD COVER AND SLIGHTLY HIGHER
DEWPOINTS. FORECAST TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO INCH UPWARD THROUGH THE
WEEK WITH DAYTIME HIGHS STARTING OFF IN THE 70S TO LOW 80S
EVENTUALLY REACHING THE UPPER 80S TO NEAR 90 BY MID-WEEK
(WEDNESDAY). OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BEHAVE SIMILAR WITH MILD
TEMPERATURES FORECAST -- UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S EACH NIGHT/EARLY
MORNING. AT THIS TIME THERE ARE NO STRONG SIGNALS FOR HIGH FIRE
DANGER NEXT WEEK AS MOISTURE BEGINS TO CREEP BACK INTO THE REGION
WHICH WILL ACT TO KEEP RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH) MORE BORDERLINE (I.E.
JUST ABOVE 25%). HOWEVER, GIVEN MINIMAL IF ANY RAINFALL EXPECTED
OVER THE NEXT 5-7 DAYS AND ONGOING DROUGHT ACROSS THE STATE IT WILL
STILL BE SOMETHING TO MONITOR GOING FORWARD.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 630 AM EDT FRI APR 10 2026
VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD, WITH ONLY FEW-SCT
CLOUDS AROUND 7 KFT IN WEST-CENTRAL GA AND CSG THIS AFTERNOON AND
SKC ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. WINDS WILL BE E/SE THIS
MORNING AT 3-6 KTS. AS A SURFACE HIGH BECOMES CENTERED OVER THE
STATE, WINDS IN NORTH GA (INCLUDING ATL) WILL SHIFT TO SW BY 20Z.
WINDS WILL BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER 02Z AND THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS.
KING
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ATHENS 78 50 85 53 / 0 0 0 0
ATLANTA 78 54 85 57 / 0 0 0 0
BLAIRSVILLE 75 46 81 51 / 0 0 0 0
CARTERSVILLE 79 49 85 54 / 0 0 0 0
COLUMBUS 80 52 85 55 / 0 0 0 0
GAINESVILLE 77 52 84 55 / 0 0 0 0
MACON 80 50 85 53 / 0 0 0 0
ROME 80 50 86 52 / 0 0 0 0
PEACHTREE CITY 79 50 85 53 / 0 0 0 0
VIDALIA 81 52 86 54 / 0 0 0 0
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...KING
LONG TERM....07
AVIATION...KING
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