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FXUS62 KFFC 290546
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
146 AM EDT WED APR 29 2026
..NEW 06Z AVIATION DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
- SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE TUESDAY NIGHT
INTO WEDNESDAY WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARDS BEING DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS, HAIL, AND LOW CHANCE FOR 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
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 116 AM EDT WED APR 29 2026
ADDITIONAL WAVES OF -SHRA AND -TSRA EXP THRU THE AM. -SHRA WILL
PICK UP ACROSS NORTHERN TAF SITES OVER THE NEXT HOUR, WITH BEST
CHCS FOR -TSRA BETWEEN NOW AND 10Z. EXP PCPN TO LINGER THRU MID-
MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING, AND MAY BE ACCOMPANIED BY MVFR VSBYS
IN BR. CHCS FOR -SHRA (AND -TSRA FOR CSG/MCN) RETURNS LATE PD,
GENERALLY AFT 04-05Z THURSDAY AM. BKN TO OVC MVFR TO PREVAIL INTO
THE AFTN, WITH LIFTING TO SCT TO BKN LOW- VFR AFT 18Z. SCT PDS OF
IFR CIGS ARE PSBL, AND CANNOT RULE OUT BRIEF BKN IFR (CONF TOO
LOW FOR TAF MENTION). WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF THE W (INITIALLY
SW, SWINGING NW AFT 00Z), ELEVATED AT 5-12KTS WITH OCNL GUSTS TO
20-22KTS -- ESP IN VC OF PCPN.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS.
96
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ATHENS 58 76 52 67 / 30 10 10 40
ATLANTA 60 74 54 65 / 30 10 20 40
BLAIRSVILLE 50 68 45 64 / 20 10 10 30
CARTERSVILLE 54 73 50 67 / 20 10 10 40
COLUMBUS 62 78 55 71 / 60 40 20 40
GAINESVILLE 58 74 53 65 / 20 10 10 40
MACON 62 79 55 69 / 50 30 20 40
ROME 55 75 49 70 / 20 10 10 40
PEACHTREE CITY 57 75 51 66 / 30 20 20 40
VIDALIA 65 81 60 77 / 40 40 20 30
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...CRS
LONG TERM....01
AVIATION...96
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