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FXUS62 KFFC 010249
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1049 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
..EVENING UPDATE
UPDATE
ISSUED AT 1047 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
CLEAR SKIES AND COOL TEMPERATURES TONIGHT. WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM
CANADA WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE THE SURFACE THOUGH WILL LIKELY BE
THICKEST TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW MORNING. AS THE TROUGH MOVES OUT
HAZY CONDITIONS SHOULD CLEAR OUT AS WELL.
SHORT TERM
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 241 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
- DRY AND HAZY/SMOKY SKY THROUGH THE EVENING DUE TO WILDFIRE
SMOKE FROM CANADA
- ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS PORTIONS OF NORTH
GA ON SUNDAY. PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE.
IF YOU'VE WALKED OUTDOORS THIS AFTERNOON YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED IT'S
QUITE HAZY. NO THAT'S NOT CIRRUS CLOUDS YOU'RE SEEING BUT ACTUALLY
WILDFIRE SMOKE FROM CANADA. NORTHWESTERLY WINDS HAVE ADVECTED A GOOD
BIT OF SMOKE FROM CANADA ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST. THIS HAS
INHIBITED MORE WIDESPREAD CU DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. ISOLATED CU
WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE BUT LARGELY SUPPRESSED DUE TO SMOKE. AT
THIS TIME THERE ARE NO VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS (PER SURFACE
OBSERVATIONS) FROM SMOKE AND LATEST HRRR GUIDANCE INDICATES
VISIBILITIES SHOULD REMAIN UP THROUGH THE EVENING. DID NOTE THE
HRRR TRYING TO BRING IN SOME SLIGHTLY LOWER VISIBILITIES SHORTLY
BEFORE SUNRISE SO THAT WILL BE SOMETHING TO MONITOR.
AS WE HEAD INTO SUNDAY, A DISTURBANCE ALOFT IS FORECAST TO SWING
THROUGH THE MS VALLEY REGION BRINGING THE RETURN OF SOME CLOUDS AND
PERHAPS ISOLATED SHOWERS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS TO PORTIONS OF NORTH
GA. NOT MUCH CHANGE WITH THIS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS FORECAST --
THE THUNDERSTORMS APPEAR MOST LIKELY FOR AREAS NORTH OF I-20. WHILE
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED, WE ARE IN GEORGIA AND
HEADED INTO JUNE. SO ANY STORM THAT IS ABLE TO GET GOING COULD
CERTAINLY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND/OR SMALL HAIL. REGARDLESS, KEEP AN
EYE TO THE SKY AS ALL STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FREQUENT CLOUD-
TO-GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL.
07
LONG TERM
(MONDAY MORNING THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 241 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
KEY MESSAGES:
- DRY WEATHER AND A WARMING TREND THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
- OPPRESSIVE HUMIDITY AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RETURN
BY THE END OF NEXT WEEK.
THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK WILL FEATURE DRY CONDITIONS AND A
WARMING TREND AS A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE
SOUTHEAST U.S.. THE RIDGE WILL MOVE INTO AN ALREADY DRY AIRMASS
LEFT IN PLACE BY THIS WEEKENDS MID-LEVEL NW FLOW, SO THE
SUBSIDENCE WILL AID IN SQUASHING ANY CHANCES FOR DIURNAL
CONVECTION ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
AROUND NORMAL ON MONDAY, WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S, BEFORE WARMING TO
THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, THE RIDGE WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST,
CENTERING OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. IN RESPONSE, LOW-LEVEL FLOW
WILL TURN SOUTH-SOUTHEASTERLY OVER GEORGIA, BRINGING INCREASINGLY
HUMID AIR INTO THE AREA. WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES STILL IN THE
UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S, THE HIGHER HUMIDITY WILL MAKE IT FEEL LIKE
A TYPICAL OPPRESSIVE MID-SUMMER DAY IN SOUTH. THE LESSENING
INFLUENCE OF THE RIDGE COMBINED WITH INCREASED MOISTURE WILL
ALLOW FOR DIURNAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO RETURN EACH DAY,
WITH BETTER CHANCES ON FRIDAY.
CULVER
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 730 PM EDT SAT MAY 31 2025
VFR THROUGH TAF. AFTERNOON CU FIELD AROUND SCT050. MINOR VSBY
REDUCTION TO 9SM AT TIMES TONIGHT DUE TO ELEVATED SMOKE, NO
IMPACTS EXPECTED. WINDS W AT 5 TO 10 KTS DURING DAY, WITH SOME
GUSTS THROUGH SUNDOWN TODAY, LIGHT TO VARIABLE OVERNIGHT.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE...
HIGH ALL ELEMENTS.
SM
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ATHENS 58 81 59 83 / 0 0 0 10
ATLANTA 58 81 62 81 / 0 0 0 0
BLAIRSVILLE 49 75 53 76 / 0 0 0 30
CARTERSVILLE 55 82 58 82 / 0 0 0 10
COLUMBUS 61 85 62 85 / 0 0 0 0
GAINESVILLE 58 80 60 81 / 0 0 0 10
MACON 58 84 61 84 / 0 0 0 0
ROME 55 82 58 82 / 0 0 0 10
PEACHTREE CITY 55 82 59 82 / 0 0 0 0
VIDALIA 61 85 64 87 / 0 0 0 0
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...07
LONG TERM....CULVER
AVIATION...SM
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