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SPOT FORECAST FOR LIVE BETWEEN THE HEDGES CONCERT...UGA EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
531 AM EDT FRI APR 24 2026
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 EDT ON APRIL 25.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.
DISCUSSION
AT THE START OF THE FORECAST PERIOD (9AM) ON SATURDAY, SANFORD
STADIUM IS LIKELY TO BE UNDER PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES, WITH
TEMPERATURES AROUND 64 TO 65 DEGREES. AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
PERHAPS EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO BE ONGOING ACROSS
NORTH GEORGIA (WELL TO THE NORTH/WEST OF ATHENS), SWEEPING
EASTWARD AND DETERIORATING THROUGH MID-MORNING -- CURRENTLY NOT
EXPECTING THIS ACTIVITY TO IMPACT CAMPUS OR THE STADIUM. RAIN
CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO INCREASE EARLY AFTERNOON (GENERALLY
BEGINNING AROUND NOON TO 1PM), THOUGH COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE
RELATIVELY PATCHY. CURRENT BEST GUESS FOR MOST LIKELY WINDOW FOR
DIRECT IMPACTS TO CAMPUS/THE STADIUM WOULD BE BETWEEN 3PM AND 8PM.
NOTABLY, THIS WINDOW INCLUDES INGRESS/WHEN GATES OPEN. CHANCES
FOR RAIN PEAK AROUND 70 TO 75% DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, WITH
CORRESPONDING CHANCES FOR THUNDER AND THUS THE POTENTIAL FOR
LIGHTNING SITTING AT 40%. RAIN CHANCES WILL BEGIN TO TAPER OFF
AFTER 8PM (TO ABOUT 45 TO 50%) AND MORE APPRECIABLY BY 1 TO 2AM
(15 TO 20%). PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL BE LIGHT, WITH LESS THAN A
QUARTER OF AN INCH FORECAST FOR THE 12 HOUR PERIOD EXTENDING FROM
8AM THROUGH 8PM SATURDAY. HIGHER AMOUNTS (POSSIBLY UP TO AN INCH)
ARE POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY
"COOLER" UNDER INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND AS THE EFFECTS OF THE
COLD FRONT ARE FELT, REACHING 80 DEGREES AROUND 3PM. FROM THERE,
TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO COOL GRADUALLY, TO 73 DEGREES AROUND
8PM, AND TO 65 DEGREES BY 11PM. APPARENT TEMPERATURES WILL BE
WITHIN A DEGREE OF AIR TEMPERATURES.
WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 10 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL
GUSTS TO 15 TO 18 MPH. IF THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVER OR ARE IN THE
VICINITY, AN ERRANT GUST TO 30 OR PERHAPS 40 MPH IS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! WE SHOULD HAVE A
LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AS FAR AS HOURLY RAIN CHANCES OVER THE
COURSE OF THE DAY TODAY.
SATURDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (45-55 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY SUNNY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF SHOWERS
IN THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN
SHOWERS LIKELY AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE
IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.
MIN HUMIDITY........55 PERCENT.
HEAT INDEX..........N/A.
WIND CHILL..........N/A.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTHWEST 5 TO 8 MPH IN
THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.07 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......6.0 DECREASING TO 5.0 LATE IN THE MORNING, THEN
DECREASING TO 3.0 LATE IN THE MORNING
DECREASING TO 1.5 EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON
INCREASING TO 2.5 INCREASING TO 3.5 LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........31 43 55 61 68 74 71 68 64
WEATHER COV.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY LKY LKY
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 30 30 30 30 70 70 70 70
TEMP............65 69 74 76 77 78 79 79 79
RH..............79 71 64 61 58 57 56 55 56
HEAT INDEX (F)..65 69 74 76 77 78 79 79 79
WIND CHILL (F)..N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
SURFACE WND DIR.W W W W SW SW SW SW SW
SURFACE WND SPD.3 5 6 7 7 8 8 8 7
SURFACE WND GST.9 10 13 15 16 17 17 16 15
CEILING (KFT)...6.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 1.8 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.0
SATURDAY NIGHT
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (50-60 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING
PARTLY CLOUDY (30-40 PERCENT). SHOWERS LIKELY
AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING,
THEN CHANCE OF SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.
CHANCE OF PCPN......70 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 58.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
HEAT INDEX..........N/A.
WIND CHILL..........N/A.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).WEST WINDS 5 TO 6 MPH EARLY IN THE EVENING
BECOMING LIGHT.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.12 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......4.0 INCREASING TO 5.0 LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN
DECREASING TO 3.5 IN THE LATE EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
SKY (%).........57 50 43 42 41 39 34 29 24 26 28 31
WEATHER COV.....LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH
CHC OF PCPN (%).70 70 50 50 50 50 50 50 20 20 20 20
TEMP............78 76 74 72 69 67 65 64 63 62 61 60
RH..............59 63 69 76 84 91 95 96 96 99 100 100
HEAT INDEX (F)..78 76 74 72 69 67 65 64 63 62 61 60
WIND CHILL (F)..N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
SURFACE WND DIR.SW W W W W W W W W NW NW NW
SURFACE WND SPD.6 5 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2
SURFACE WND GST.14 12 10 9 9 9 8 8 7 7 7 7
CEILING (KFT)...4.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 4.0 3.5 3.5 4.0
SUNDAY
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (25-35 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
RAIN SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.
CHANCE OF PCPN......20 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 83.
MIN HUMIDITY........37 PERCENT.
HEAT INDEX..........N/A.
WIND CHILL..........N/A.
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHEAST 5 TO 6 MPH LATE
IN THE MORNING.
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.01 INCHES.
CEILING (KFT).......MISSING.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
SKY (%).........32 33 35 30 25 20 21 21 22 23 24 26
WEATHER COV.....SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH SCH
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW
TSTM COV........
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 20 20
TEMP............59 58 59 63 68 72 76 79 81 82 83 83
RH..............100 100 100 92 78 66 57 49 44 40 38 37
HEAT INDEX (F)..59 58 59 63 68 72 76 79 81 82 82 82
WIND CHILL (F)..N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
SURFACE WND DIR.N N N N NE NE NE NE NE NE NE NE
SURFACE WND SPD.2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 5 5
SURFACE WND GST.8 8 9 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 10
CEILING (KFT)...
FORECASTER...LMARLOW
REQUESTED BY...ADAM FOUCHE
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER
.TAG 2610840.0/FFC
.DELDT 04/24/26
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