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FXUS62 KFFC 122326
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
726 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
..NEW 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 722 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
- A FROST ADVISORY WILL GO INTO EFFECT AT 2 AM AND LAST UNTIL 10
AM TOMORROW MORNING.
- DRY AND COOLER CONDITIONS RETURN IN WAKE OF THE FRONT ON
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
- RAIN CHANCES RETURN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHES
INTO THE AREA WITH FROST/FREEZE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE BY THE
MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
SHORT TERM
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 206 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
CLEAR SKIES AND GUSTY WINDS ARE THE MAIN STORY FOR THE REMAINDER
OF TODAY AS THE FRONT HAS PUSHED WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA. SAW
AROUND A 25 DEGREE TEMPERATURE DROP FROM 2AM TO 10AM TODAY
SHOWCASING HOW STRONG THIS FRONT WAS. COLD AND DRY AIR CONTINUES
TO PUSH INTO THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH MANY AREAS NOT
REACHING ABOVE 50-55 DEGREES EXCEPT FOR THE FAR SE. WINDS WILL
REMAIN GUSTY FROM 30-35 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING BEFORE WINDS
SUBSIDE OVERNIGHT AS THE HIGH PRESSURE FULLY SETTLES INTO THE
AREA. CALMER WINDS AND TEMPERATURES BELOW 37 WILL RESULT IN FROST
CONDITIONS FOR WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA WHICH WILL BE A CONCERN FOR
ANY EARLY SPRING AGRICULTURE IN PLACE. WILL SEE A PLEASANT DAY
TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 60S ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION AND
DRY AND SUNNY CONDITIONS IN PLACE.
LONG TERM
(SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 206 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
STARTING OFF THE LONG TERM DISCUSSION ON SATURDAY, TEMPERATURES
REBOUND OVER THE WEEKEND WITH HIGHS RETURNING INTO THE MID 70S. THIS
DOES NOT LAST LONG AS OUR NEXT TROUGH CHARGES IN SUNDAY INTO MONDAY,
BRINGING A ROBUST COLD FRONT TO THE REGION. EXPECT SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO SPREAD OUT OF THE SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY SUNDAY
BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MONDAY MORNING. SHOWERS CLEAR OUT QUICKLY
MONDAY AFTERNOON USHERING IN SIGNIFICANT COLD AIR. TEMPERATURES MAY
DROP QUICKLY ENOUGH TO SEE SOME MIXED RAIN/SNOW IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA, HOWEVER NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
AT THIS TIME. HIGHS ON MONDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO CLIMB ABOVE THE MID
50S ACROSS NORTHEAST GA AND LOWS BY TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE IN THE
UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S.
HIGHS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE 50 TO 60 RANGE WITH
LOWS HOLDING IN THE UPPER 20S TO UPPER 30S. THINGS ARE SLOW TO
RECOVER THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD, ESPECIALLY AS ENSEMBLE SPREAD
IS HIGH WHEN IT COMES TO THE SPEED AT WHICH THE TROUGH MOVES OUT OF
THE EASTERN CONUS.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 722 PM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD UNDERNEATH CLEAR
SKIES. WINDS THIS EVENING WILL BE NW AT 8-12 KTS WITH GUSTS
BETWEEN 18-22 KTS BEFORE SHIFTING TO NE AT 4-8 KTS BY 04Z. WINDS
WILL SHIFT FURTHER TO SE IN THE EARLY MORNING BETWEEN 10-12Z AND
TO SW AT 17-18Z TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL REMAIN 4-8 KTS
DURING THE DAYTIME TOMORROW.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL OTHER ELEMENTS.
KING
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ATHENS 36 64 41 74 / 0 0 0 0
ATLANTA 39 65 45 74 / 0 0 0 0
BLAIRSVILLE 30 61 36 70 / 0 0 0 0
CARTERSVILLE 35 66 40 75 / 0 0 0 0
COLUMBUS 39 69 44 78 / 0 0 0 0
GAINESVILLE 37 64 42 73 / 0 0 0 0
MACON 38 68 42 77 / 0 0 0 0
ROME 38 70 42 79 / 0 0 0 0
PEACHTREE CITY 35 67 41 75 / 0 0 0 0
VIDALIA 38 72 46 80 / 0 0 0 0
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR GAZ001>009-011>016-
019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-089>098-102>113.
FROST ADVISORY FROM 2 AM TO 11 AM EDT FRIDAY FOR GAZ012-019>021-
030>035-037-041>049-052>057-066>068.
SHORT TERM...HERNANDEZ
LONG TERM....SM
AVIATION...KING
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