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FXUS62 KFFC 031808  
AFDFFC  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA  
208 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
   
..NEW 18Z AVIATION DISCUSSION
 
 
   
SHORT TERM
 
 
(TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)  
 
AT A GLANCE:  
 
-SHOWERS ENDING OVERNIGHT.  
 
- THE FRONT WILL CLEAR OUT TOMORROW MORNING, LEAVING COOLER  
TEMPERATURES IN IT'S WAKE.  
 
A FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVING THROUGH THE STATE TODAY WITH SHOWERS  
ACROSS THE AREA. WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE INTERMITTENT SHOWERS  
THROUGH MIDNIGHT OR SO WITH THINGS SLOWLY CLEARING OUT THROUGH  
DAYBREAK SUN. INSTABILITY IS FAIRLY LIMITED ACROSS THE STATE THIS  
AFTERNOON SO WE ARE NOT SEEING MUCH IN THE WAY OF THUNDERSTORMS  
AT THE MOMENT. WE STILL COULD SEE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO  
BEFORE THIS FRONT MOVES OUT BUT NOT EXPECTING ANYTHING SEVERE.  
 
HI-RES MODELS SHOWING A SECOND, MORE ORGANIZED LINE MOVING INTO  
NW GA RIGHT AROUND 20Z-22Z. IT PUSHES THROUGH THE ATL/CSG AREAS  
RIGHT AROUND SUNSET AND CONTINUES MOVING SE OVER NIGHT. THIS WILL  
BE THE BEST TIMEFRAME TO SEE AND THUNDERSTORMS BUT STILL NOT  
EXPECTING MUCH IN THE WAY OF A SEVERE STORM.  
 
A DRIER COOLER AIRMASS WRAPS AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THE MAIN LOW  
PRESSURE CENTER OVER KY SUN BRINGING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TO NORTH  
AND CENTRAL GA. TEMPS SUN WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 60S AND 70S WITH  
SOME NEAR 80 DEG TEMPS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL GA. LOWS SUN NIGHT WILL  
DIP DOWN INTO THE 40S AND 50S.  
 
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LONG TERM
 
 
(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)  
 
-DRIER AND COOLER CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY EARLY NEXT WEEK  
 
-UNSETTLED WEATHER IS LIKELY TO RETURN MID-WEEK STICKING AROUND  
THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE WORK WEEK  
 
AT THE START OF THE LONG TERM, AN UPPER LOW BECOMES MORE CENTERED  
OVER THE OHIO AND TN VALLEY REGIONS WITH THE SURFACE LOW OCCLUDED AT  
THIS POINT AND THE SURFACE FRONT DRAPED ACROSS THE MID-ATLANTIC  
STATES WELL TO OUR EAST. BASED ON THE POSITION OF THIS VERTICALLY  
STACKED SYSTEM RELATIVE TO NORTH AND CENTRAL GA, WE CAN EXPECT  
COOLER AND DRIER CONDITIONS THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY. FORECAST  
DAYTIME TEMPERATURES WILL LARGELY BE IN THE 70S AREAWIDE, ASIDE FROM  
NORTHEAST GA WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 60S. THE  
COOLEST MORNING LOOKS TO BE ON MONDAY WHERE FORECAST TEMPERATURES  
WILL RANGE FROM THE LOW 40S TO LOW 50S. TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO  
BE 3-5 DEGREES WARMER ON TUESDAY.  
 
AS WE HEAD TOWARDS MID-WEEK (WEDNESDAY), LATEST ENSEMBLES INDICATE  
THE UPPER LOW WILL LIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE RIDGE OVER THE  
CENTRAL US FLATTENS AS ANOTHER BROAD TROUGH TAKES UP RESIDENCE OVER  
THE WESTERN TWO-THIRDS OF THE CONUS. WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW AT THE  
MIDLEVELS WILL USHER IN SEVERAL WEAK DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE  
SOUTHEAST THROUGH AT LEAST THE END OF THE WEEK. THUS, UNSETTLED  
WEATHER IN THE WAY OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN BETWEEN  
WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME, RAIN AND THUNDER CHANCES LOOK TO  
BE HIGHEST DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING COINCIDING  
WITH PEAK HEATING. TEMPERATURES DURING THIS TIMEFRAME WILL REMAIN  
'COOLER' PRIMARILY DUE TO CLOUD COVER WITH FORECAST VALUES IN THE  
70S IN MOST LOCATIONS -- ASIDE FROM NORTHEAST GA WHERE TEMPERATURES  
MAY ONLY REACH THE 60S.  
 
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AVIATION
 
 
(18Z TAFS)  
ISSUED AT 135 PM EDT SAT MAY 3 2025  
 
LIGHT SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING  
HOURS. WILL SEE CEILINGS MAINLY IN THE VFR TO MVFR RANGE AS THE  
SHOWERS CROSS OVER THE TAF SITES THROUGH 03-05Z. CEILINGS WILL  
FALL OVER NIGHT TO NEAR THE IFR RANGE BUT SHOULD STAY JUST ABOVE  
THROUGH DAYBREAK. CEILINGS WILL CLEAR OUT SHORTLY AFTER DAYBREAK  
SUN. WINDS WILL STAY OUT OF THE W-SW THROUGH THE PERIOD. WIND  
SPEEDS WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 5-10KT RANGE WITH SOME HIGHER GUST  
NEAR 20KT LATE SUN MORNING INTO SUN AFTERNOON. VSBYS WILL STAY  
MAINLY IN THE VFR RANGE BUT WILL SEE SOME MVFR READINGS IN AND  
AROUND ANY STRONGER SHOWERS.  
 
//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...  
 
CONFIDENCE MEDIUM TO HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS.  
 
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PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
 
 
ATHENS 79 55 73 48 / 80 90 0 0  
ATLANTA 75 55 72 50 / 90 80 0 0  
BLAIRSVILLE 70 48 65 42 / 90 90 10 0  
CARTERSVILLE 73 51 70 45 / 90 60 0 0  
COLUMBUS 78 56 75 50 / 90 80 0 0  
GAINESVILLE 74 55 70 49 / 90 90 0 0  
MACON 82 58 78 50 / 70 80 0 0  
ROME 72 51 69 45 / 100 40 10 0  
PEACHTREE CITY 76 53 73 47 / 90 90 0 0  
VIDALIA 87 64 82 56 / 50 80 20 0  
 

 
   
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
NONE.  

 
 

 
 
SHORT TERM...01  
LONG TERM....01  
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