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FXUS62 KFFC 312000
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
300 PM EST WED DEC 31 2025
..AFTERNOON AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
UPDATED AT 250 PM EST WED DEC 31 2025
- A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON DUE TO
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS.
- SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
SHORT TERM
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 250 PM EST WED DEC 31 2025
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP CONDITIONS
DRY THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY TODAY
(ALONG WITH DRY FUELS) PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A FIRE DANGER
STATEMENT ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WHITE COUNTY TO COBB
COUNTY TO CARROLL COUNTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. GIVEN THE DRY
CONDITIONS, EXTREME CAUTION SHOULD BE EXERCISED WITH ANY FIREWORKS
RINGING IN THE NEW YEAR. ON THE TOPIC OF NEW YEAR'S EVE
FESTIVITIES, IT WILL BE SEASONABLY COOL TONIGHT, WITH APPARENT
TEMPERATURES (WIND CHILLS) IN THE LOWER/MID 30S BY 10 PM AND AT OR
BELOW FREEZING BY MIDNIGHT. NOT ABNORMALLY COLD BY ANY MEANS, BUT
GIVEN THE RECENT WARMER-THAN-AVERAGE CONDITIONS, WANTED TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT FOLKS MAY NEED TO PLAN ON DRESSING WARM.
TOMORROW (THURSDAY) WILL BRING NOTICEABLY WARMER TEMPERATURES,
WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S TO LOWER 60S (COMPARED TO TODAY'S
MID-40S TO MID-50S) AS THE AIRMASS MODERATES UNDER A SUNNY TO
MOSTLY SUNNY SKY. AT THE SAME TIME, WEAK RETURN FLOW FROM THE WEST
WILL NUDGE DEWPOINTS UP, SO HAZARDOUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
NOT ANTICIPATED TOMORROW. THURSDAY NIGHT/EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
WILL BE WARMER AS WELL.
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 250 PM EST WED DEC 31 2025
BY FRIDAY...HIGH PRESSURE IS LOOSING ITS CONTROL OVER THE AREA AS
THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. BY
DAYBREAK FRIDAY THE CLOSED LOW CENTER IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG THE
TX/OK BORDER PUSHING EAST INTO THE LOWER MS RIVER VALLEY THROUGH
FRI EVENING. ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ALREADY BE
ACROSS LA/MS AND BEGINS TO PUSH PRECIP INTO WEST GA BY MIDDAY
FRIDAY. PRECIP CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA WITH ALL OF
NORTH AND CENTRAL GA SEEING SOME PRECIP BY SUNSET. THIS SYSTEM
CONTINUES MOVING SOUTH AND EAST THROUGH THE STATE WITH THE CLOSED
LOW CENTER MOVING INTO THE CAROLINAS BY 00Z SUN. WE WILL STILL SEE
SOME BACKSIDE PRECIP SAT NIGHT SLOWLY DIMINISHING THROUGH EARLY
SUN MORNING WITH THINGS CLEARING OUT BY DAYBREAK SUN. INSTABILITY
INDICES WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE FAIRLY WEAK SO NOT EXPECTING ANY
SEVERE STORMS. A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDS BACK IN TO THE
AREA FOR SUN/MON BUT WE DO SEE SOME INCREASED MOISTURE MOVE BACK
INTO THE AREA FROM THE NORTH MON NIGHT/TUE. CURRENTLY IT LOOKS
LIKE MOST LOCATIONS WILL JUST SEE INCREASED CLOUD COVER BUT SOME
LOCATIONS ACROSS EXTREME NORTH GA COULD SEE A SHOWERS OR TWO TUE
NIGHT INTO WED.
TEMPS IN THE EXTENDED PERIODS WILL BE A BIT WARM FOR THIS TIME OF
YEAR WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S TO 60S AND LOWS MAINLY IN THE 40S.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 1250 PM EST WED DEC 31 2025
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL UNDER OCCASIONAL FEW/SCT CLOUDS AT 25
KFT. WINDS WILL REMAIN W AT 5-10 KTS THROUGH THE PERIOD, WITH GUSTS
OF 15-20 KTS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS.
MARTIN
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ATHENS 34 59 38 60 / 0 0 0 10
ATLANTA 34 58 40 60 / 0 0 0 30
BLAIRSVILLE 27 52 31 55 / 0 0 0 20
CARTERSVILLE 30 57 35 59 / 0 0 0 30
COLUMBUS 31 61 37 63 / 0 0 0 20
GAINESVILLE 35 56 39 58 / 0 0 0 20
MACON 32 62 36 64 / 0 0 0 10
ROME 33 61 38 62 / 0 0 0 40
PEACHTREE CITY 31 60 37 60 / 0 0 0 30
VIDALIA 34 62 38 65 / 0 0 0 0
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...MARTIN
LONG TERM....01
AVIATION...MARTIN
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