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FXUS62 KFFC 281851
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
251 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
..AFTERNOON AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
- SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS, HAIL, AND AN ISOLATED SPIN-UP TORNADO.
- DESPITE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORECAST
OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS, LITTLE TO NO MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENT
TO ONGOING DROUGHT IS ANTICIPATED.
- FAIRLY SEASONAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE
WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 244 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
SHOWERS ARE SLOWLY DISSIPATING OVER CENTRAL GA. HOWEVER, ADDITIONAL
SHOWER ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO STREAM IN FROM OVER CENTRAL AL, WITH
EMBEDDED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED FOR
MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GA THIS EVENING, BUT WEST CENTRAL GA
WILL LIKELY HAVE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND
INTO TONIGHT. FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL GEORGIA, A
RELATIVELY CALM REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING IS EXPECTED AHEAD
OF THE NEXT DISTURBANCE BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF WIDESPREAD SHOWERS
WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF OUR AREA, ALONG A
LINE FROM SOUTH OF COLUMBUS TO THE NORTHERN BORDER OF GA WITH NC/SC
AND NORTH/WEST, THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING, AS WELL AS FOR PORTIONS
OF WEST CENTRAL GA THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN AND BECOME MORE SPARSE IN
COVERAGE THROUGH THE MORNING ON WEDNESDAY. LINGERING ISOLATED
SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY TOMORROW. DAYTIME
HIGHS TOMORROW WILL LIKELY BE WARMER FOR MOST OF THE AREA THAN THEY
ARE TODAY, IN THE LOW 70S TO NEAR 90; IF SHOWERS AND CLOUD COVER
LINGERS LONGER THAN ANTICIPATED, AS IT DID TODAY, THEN HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO WHAT IS BEING SEEN THIS AFTERNOON.
LONG TERM
(THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH NEXT MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 244 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
COOLER WITH PERIODS OF RAIN INTO THE WEEKEND:
BY THU MORNING ANOTHER WAVE ALONG THE STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL
BE PUSHING INTO W GA. RIGHT NOW THE MODELS ARE SHOWING THE BETTER
INSTABILITY INDICES DOWN ACROSS THE GULF AND ACROSS FL SO WE
SHOULD STILL SEE MAINLY SHOWERS WITH SOME ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS.
CURRENTLY SPC HAS SOUTH GA JUST IN A GENERAL RISK FOR THU. THIS
BOUNDARY MOVES A BIT FURTHER SOUTH THU AFTERNOON THEN SWINGS
BACK NORTHWARD FRI MORNING. THIS BOUNDARY WILL HELP USHER IN A
DEVELOPING SYSTEM ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PLAINS THAT PUSHES INTO W GA
BY DAYBREAK FRI. THE BOUNDARY THEN BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY
ALLOWING MOISTURE TO PUMP INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH
CONTINUED PRECIP CHANCES THROUGH SUN MORNING. INSTABILITIES ARE
EXPECTED TO STRAY FAIRLY WEAK THROUGH THIS SO MAINLY SHOWERS WITH
AFTERNOON ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED FR/SAT.
BY SUN...A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE SLIDES SOUTH OUT OF THE CENTRAL
PLAINS AND PUSHES THE BOUNDARY SOUTH AND EAST OUT OF OUR CWA. THIS
DRIES THINGS OUT FOR SUN/MON.
WITH ALL THE PRECIP EXPECTED IN THE FORECAST, TEMPS ARE EXPECTED TO
BE FAIRLY MILD WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE 60S AND 70S THU THROUGH SUN.
TEMP BEGIN TO REBOUND MON WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S.
AVIATION
(18Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 208 PM EDT TUE APR 28 2026
DISSIPATING PCPN CAUSING SHRA AT MCN/CSG CONT, W/ ISOLD TS PSBL
AT/NEAR CSG THRU 20Z. AT CSG, SHRA RISK LASTS THRU NIGHT. ADDN'L
SHRA/TSRA ENTER GA FM W AROUND 00Z. ISOLD-SCT TS EXP, W/ HIGHEST
RISK FOR ATLANTA METRO 04Z-10Z. CIGS LIFTING, W/ BRIEF VFR EXP AFT
22/23Z FOR MOST TAF SITES. MVFR W/ IFR PSBL AFT 00Z ACROSS ALL SITES
UNTIL AROUND 12-16Z TMRW. WINDS S/SSE, BECMG SSW/SW 19-21Z. SPEEDS
UP TO 6-12 KTS, OCNL GUSTS PSBL, ESP VC PCPN, DECR AFT SUNSET, TO 3-
6 KTS. W WINDS EXP AFT AM PCPN TMRW, 8-12 KTS, GUSTING 15-20 KTS.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM ON ALL ELEMENTS
CRS
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ATHENS 62 81 58 76 / 90 50 30 20
ATLANTA 64 80 60 74 / 90 40 40 10
BLAIRSVILLE 57 74 50 68 / 90 70 20 10
CARTERSVILLE 61 80 54 73 / 90 50 30 10
COLUMBUS 65 87 62 78 / 80 20 70 30
GAINESVILLE 63 79 58 74 / 90 60 30 10
MACON 64 87 62 79 / 80 30 60 30
ROME 63 82 55 75 / 90 50 30 10
PEACHTREE CITY 62 82 57 75 / 90 40 50 20
VIDALIA 65 90 65 81 / 50 30 50 40
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...CRS
LONG TERM....01
AVIATION...CRS
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