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FXUS62 KFFC 031100
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
700 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
..NEW 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 651 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
- SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AROUND THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING, MAINLY IN CENTRAL AND EAST GEORGIA.
- A COLD FRONT WILL BRING MORE WIDESPREAD RAINFALL BETWEEN
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THOUGH FORECAST RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE
INSUFFICIENT FOR SUBSTANTIAL DROUGHT IMPROVEMENT.
- ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY, WITH
TEMPERATURES COOLING BACK TO NEAR NORMAL FOR NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 231 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE ON TAP THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE
WEEKEND, COURTESY OF A STRONG BERMUDA HIGH OFF TO OUR EAST.
SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WRAPPING AROUND THE HIGH WILL BRING
MUGGIER DEWPOINTS INTO THE AREA, RISING TO THE UPPER 50S TO LOW
60S TODAY, AND LOW TO MID 60S ON SATURDAY. THE INCREASED MOISTURE
WILL SUPPORT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY, PRIMARILY ACROSS EAST-CENTRAL GA. ON
SATURDAY, MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE TO POOL OVER THE AREA AND
SUBSIDENCE FROM THE RIDGE WILL START TO WANE WITH A TROUGH
APPROACHING FROM THE WEST, SO WE'LL SEE AN UPTICK TO SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. WITH WEAK WIND SHEAR, SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED,
THOUGH WE COULD SEE A STRONG PULSE STORM SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH
MUCAPE OF 1000-1500 J/KG. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE LOW TO
MID 80S EACH DAY, WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE LOW TO MID 60S.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 231 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING, WILL SEE A FRONT PUSHING
INTO THE AREA FROM THE NW AS A TROUGH PUSHES INTO THE AREA FROM
THE WEST. UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT CONTINUES TO BE UNIMPRESSIVE SO NOT
EXPECTING A WIDESPREAD SEVERE THREAT WITH THIS LINE OF MOSTLY
SHOWERS. MOST MODELS ARE INDICATING LESS THAN 200 J/KG OF CAPE AS
THIS SYSTEM PUSHES THROUGH FURTHER BACKING UP THE THOUGHT PROCESS
THAT THIS WILL STAY MOSTLY SHOWERS WITH A COUPLE OF EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. EXPECTING THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED
EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON BEFORE
CLEARING CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY AND EARLY NEXT WEEK. RAINFALL
TOTALS DURING THIS PERIOD REMAIN BETWEEN 0.5-1.5" WHICH WILL NOT
BE A DROUGHT BUSTER BY ANY MEANS. AS WE GET INTO EARLY TO MID
WEEK, THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF A WEDGE SETTING UP RESULTING IN
DECREASED RAIN CHANCES (NEAR 0) AND TEMPS IN THE MID TO 60S AND
DEWPOINTS IN THE 30S LEADING TO A COUPLE OF FANTASTIC DAYS OF
WEATHER.
AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 651 AM EDT FRI APR 3 2026
MOSTLY VFR CONDITIONS AT 12Z WITH A FEW AREAS OF MVFR (1000-2000FT)
CIGS ACROSS EASTERN AREAS. THESE WILL GRADUALLY LIFT AND SCATTER
BY 16Z. ISO SHRA/TSRA DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON, PRIMARILY SOUTH OF
I-20, WITH TOO LOW OF CHANCES AT ATL TO MENTION. WIDESPREAD MVFR
TO IFR CIGS LIKELY DEVELOP AFTER 06Z TONIGHT AT ALL SITES, SLOWLY
IMPROVING BACK TO VFR BY SAT AFTERNOON. WINDS OUT OF THE S/SE
AROUND 5-7 KTS OR LESS THROUGH TONIGHT, TURNING S/SW ON SAT.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM IN CIGS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AM. HIGH ON OTHER ELEMENTS.
CULVER
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ATHENS 82 63 80 63 / 10 30 70 70
ATLANTA 82 64 82 62 / 10 20 60 70
BLAIRSVILLE 76 58 75 55 / 10 30 80 90
CARTERSVILLE 83 63 84 57 / 10 20 60 90
COLUMBUS 83 63 85 63 / 20 20 40 40
GAINESVILLE 81 64 79 63 / 10 30 70 80
MACON 83 64 84 63 / 40 20 40 30
ROME 86 63 85 60 / 10 10 50 90
PEACHTREE CITY 83 63 83 61 / 10 20 50 60
VIDALIA 83 64 86 64 / 70 20 30 10
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...CULVER
LONG TERM....HERNANDEZ
AVIATION...CULVER
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