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FXUS62 KFFC 242339
AFDFFC
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
739 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2026
..NEW 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGES
- SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
WITH DRIER CONDITIONS AGAIN OVER THE WEEKEND.
- TEMPERATURES AND HUMIDITY WILL INCREASE THIS WEEKEND INTO NEXT
WEEK, WITH TRIPLE DIGIT HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS THE AREA.
SHORT TERM
(THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY)
ISSUED AT 153 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2026
PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERED OVER N GA KEEPING THINGS DRY. THIS RIDGE MOVES NE OVER
NIGHT ALLOWING A WEAK WAVE CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN MS TO PUSH INTO
SW GA THU MORNING. THE HIGH-RES MODELS ARE SHOWING THIS WAVE
BRINGING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY TO CENTRAL AND
SOUTH GA THU. INSTABILITY INDICES ARE NOT THAT SPECTACULAR SO NOT
EXPECTING ANY SEVERE STORMS WITH THIS WAVE BUT WILL STILL NEED TO
KEEP AN EYE ON THINGS AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPS
WILL BE A BIT WARMER THU WITH HIGH TEMPS ACROSS THE AREA IN THE
MIDDLE 80S TO LOWER 90S RANGE. LOW TEMPS TONIGHT WILL DIP BACK
DOWN INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 60S WITH LOWS A BIT WARMER THU NIGHT
ONLY DIPPING DOWN INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S.
LONG TERM
(FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 153 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2026
TO BEGIN THE PERIOD, A H500 RIDGE WILL BE CENTERED JUST WEST OF THE
STATE OVER MS/LA. GIVEN THE STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE, CALM AND
DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. WITH THAT
SAID, DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE
EXPECTED.
SOME LOW END POPS ARE POSSIBLE UNDERNEATH THIS RIDGE BUT THE MAIN
HAZARD WILL BE THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS LEADING TO DANGEROUS
HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE AS HIGH PRESSURE
CENTERS ITSELF JUST WEST OF THE STATE. MAX HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL
LIKELY GET INTO THE UPPER 90S TO JUST OVER 100 DEGREES ACROSS MUCH
OF THE STATE BY THIS WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AVIATION
(00Z TAFS)
ISSUED AT 737 PM EDT WED JUN 24 2026
VFR PREVAILS FOR ALL TERMINALS THRU AT LEAST 25/16Z. LIGHT WINDS
CONTINUE, AT 6 KTS OR LESS, WITH VARIATION IN DIRECTION LIKELY.
ISOLD-SCT POPUP SHRA/TSRA EXP CENTRAL GA AFT 16Z TOMORROW -
LIKELY IMPACTS AT CSG, PSBL IMPACTS TO KMCN. POPS FOR ATLANTA
METRO 10% OR LESS, IMPACTS NOT EXP.
//ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE...
HIGH FOR ALL ELEMENTS
CRS
PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
ATHENS 65 91 70 91 / 0 0 20 50
ATLANTA 68 89 71 90 / 0 10 10 40
BLAIRSVILLE 60 82 64 83 / 0 0 10 50
CARTERSVILLE 65 89 70 90 / 0 10 10 40
COLUMBUS 69 89 71 90 / 0 40 30 50
GAINESVILLE 65 88 69 89 / 0 0 10 40
MACON 67 90 71 89 / 0 10 20 60
ROME 63 89 69 90 / 0 10 10 40
PEACHTREE CITY 66 88 69 89 / 0 20 10 50
VIDALIA 70 93 73 93 / 0 10 10 40
FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NONE.
SHORT TERM...01
LONG TERM....CONDRY
AVIATION...CRS
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