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FXUS62 KFFC 300752
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
352 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
..MORNING AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
- MORNING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL GIVE WAY TO MOSTLY DRY
CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON.
- ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE EACH DAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
- TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF NORMAL TO ROUND
OFF THE WEEK, WITH A COOLDOWN (HIGHS IN THE 60S) THIS WEEKEND.
SHORT TERM
(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 336 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ONGOING (PRIMARILY ACROSS
NORTH AND NORTH CENTRAL GEORGIA) AT THE TIME OF WRITING OF THIS
AFD, MOVING ROUGHLY TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST ALONG THE ORIENTATION OF
THE FRONT. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY IS BEING SUPPORTED BY A MID-LEVEL
SHORTWAVE ZIPPERING ALONG THE FRONTAL FORCING, AND STORMS SHOULD
BE ON A DOWNTREND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. PATCHY SHOWERS
ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND
GIVING WAY TO DRY CONDITIONS FOR MOST THIS AFTERNOON. AN ISOLATED
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE ALONG OUR FAR SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHEASTERN TIER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON -- IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY TO
THE FRONTAL PROGRESSION -- BUT CONDITIONS ARE OTHERWISE
SUPPORTIVE OF A DRY, MILD SPRING DAY. HIGHS WILL REMAIN WITHIN A
FEW DEGREES OF AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR (LEANING ON THE
COOLER SIDE), TOPPING OUT IN THE MID-70S TO LOWER 80S.
FLOW WILL REMAIN ZONAL AT THE MID-LEVELS (WITH THE SOUTHEAST
SITUATED ALONG THE BASE OF BROADER TROUGHING ASTRIDE THE EASTERN
2/3RDS OF CONUS) TO ROUND OFF THE WEEK ON FRIDAY. MORNING LOWS WILL
BE COOLER POST-FRONT, IN THE UPPER 40S TO 50S. WITH THE STALLED
FRONT DRAPED ALONG THE NORTHERN GULF COAST, ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT
OF SHOWERS IS POSSIBLE FOR THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA
BEGINNING EARLY FRIDAY AND LINGERING WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL TOTALS WILL BE LIGHT, GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN
INCH. OTHERWISE, ANOTHER CLOUDY AND MOSTLY DRY DAY ACROSS NORTH
AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. HIGHS WILL BE SEVERAL DEGREES COOLER, IN THE
UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)
ISSUED AT 336 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
COOL AND RAINY START TO THE WEEKEND:
WIDESPREAD RAIN WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO
SATURDAY MORNING AS PHASING SHORTWAVES MOVING INTO THE REGION
LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE LOW ALONG THE STALLED
FRONTAL BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH. EVEN THOUGH NORTH AND CENTRAL GA
WILL REMAIN ON THE NORTHERN/COOL SIDE OF THE SURFACE LOW, WARM
MOISTURE ADVECTION FROM OVER THE GULF WILL RIDE OVER THE SHALLOW
COOL AIRMASS IN PLACE AND SUPPORT A WIDESPREAD SHIELD OF
STRATIFORM RAIN. FROM LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON, THERE
COULD BE A CHANGEOVER TO CONVECTIVE SHOWERS AND WEAK STORMS
ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL GA AS SOME INSTABILITY DEVELOPS. OVERALL,
THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES AND TOTALS WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL GA,
WHERE AROUND 1-2" IS LIKELY, WHILE NORTH GA LIKELY SEES AROUND
0.5-1". THIS WILL NOT PUT MUCH OF A DENT IN THE DROUGHT, BUT WILL
STILL BE WELCOMED. BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THE MID-LEVEL
SHORTWAVE AXIS WILL BE OVER THE AREA, WHILE THE SURFACE LOW WILL
BE OUT OVER THE ATLANTIC. DRY AIR WILL RAPIDLY SPREAD BACK IN
OVER THE AREA WITHIN DEEP NW FLOW. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL
STRUGGLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE MID 60S.
DRY WITH A WARMING TREND SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK:
DEEP NORTHWEST FLOW KEEPS A DRY AND INITIALLY COOL AIRMASS OVER
THE AREA ON SUNDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES SUNDAY MORNING WILL LIKELY
BE IN THE LOW TO MID 40S ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA (SOME 30S IN THE
NORTH GA MOUNTAINS), WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS ONLY REACHING THE MID
TO UPPER 60S IN NORTH GA, AND LOW TO MID 70S IN CENTRAL GA. THE
AIRMASS REMAINS DRY ON MONDAY, BUT THE TEMPERATURES MODERATE,
CLIMBING FROM THE LOW TO MID 40S AGAIN IN THE MORNING, TO THE MID
TO UPPER 70S IN THE AFTERNOON. THE SPREAD IN MODEL GUIDANCE
RAPIDLY INCREASES FROM TUESDAY INTO MID-WEEK, BUT GENERALLY SHOWS
A CONTINUED WARMING TREND WITH RAIN CHANCES RETURNING.
AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 107 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
CONDS INITIALLY VFR MAY GO BKN MVFR DURING ANY PCPN. CHCS FOR
-SHRA WILL CONTINUE UNTIL JUST AFTER DAYBREAK FOR NORTHERN TAF
SITES. ISO EMBD -TSRA CANNOT BE RULED OUT THRU 08Z. SOME LIFTING
AND SCATTERING IS EXPECTED INTO THE AFTN, BUT SCT MVFR MAY LINGER
THRU 19-20Z. PRIMARILY SCT-BKN CIGS AT 10-15KFT BEGINNING THIS
EVENING. WINDS INITIALLY NW/NNW AT 5-10KTS (OCNL GUSTS TO
15-20KTS) WILL SWING TO THE NNE/NE BY 09Z FRIDAY.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...06Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM CONFIDENCE AM PRECIPITATION CHANCES AND CEILING
PROGRESSION.
HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL OTHER ELEMENTS.
96
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ATHENS 77 53 70 51 / 40 10 20 90
ATLANTA 74 55 70 52 / 10 10 30 90
BLAIRSVILLE 69 45 67 45 / 10 10 10 70
CARTERSVILLE 72 49 72 49 / 10 10 20 80
COLUMBUS 77 55 69 52 / 30 30 50 100
GAINESVILLE 75 53 70 52 / 20 10 20 80
MACON 78 54 70 52 / 30 20 50 90
ROME 74 50 73 50 / 10 10 20 70
PEACHTREE CITY 74 52 70 50 / 20 20 30 90
VIDALIA 80 59 71 57 / 50 20 50 80
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...96
LONG TERM....CULVER
AVIATION...96
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