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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 429 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024

Morning Area Forecast Discussion

SHORT TERM
(Today through Friday)
Issued at 428 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024

Cirrus is currently over the area according to satellite. Overall expecting a pretty normal day with an afternoon cumulus field and temps in the upper 80s. The ridging set in place over the area moves to the east Friday with a trough to our west. As this trough moves further west, we start to see the beginnings of shower and thunderstorm activity Friday afternoon and evening. With temps close to 90, there will be ample instability to result in thunderstorms.
Although thunderstorms are not expected to be severe, cannot rule out some strong wind gusts with any of the stronger storms.

Hernandez

LONG TERM
(Friday night through Wednesday)
Issued at 428 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024

At a glance:

- Showers and thunderstorms across much of north and central Georgia on Saturday will help keep temps closer to normal.

- Habanero temps next week

The long term picks up as an inverted trough makes a ripple in what has been otherwise zonal flow for the past few days. This will be the trigger we need to get showers and thunderstorms going across much of the CWA A few storms could have frequent lightning and some gust winds, but the severe threat remains low at this time. Rainfall totals are expected to be less than half an inch as the system is set to push out quickly once the front arrives.

Beside the brief shot of rain, and the cooler low temp on Sunday morning the atmosphere rebounds pretty quickly as we start next week. Highs on Monday will be in the mid to upper 80s and will continue to climb through the week. A few afternoon thunderstorms are possible Sunday and Monday but otherwise should be a great week to spend time outside.

Vaughn

AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 126 AM EDT Thu May 2 2024

Winds currently light and VRB will shift more to NE ~10z this morning as high level cirrus remains across the area. Expecting the normal cu field to setup this afternoon and then into the overnight period expecting cirrus to blanket the area ahead of approaching showers Friday evening.

//ATL Confidence
06Z Update

Medium to high confidence on all elements.

Hernandez

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Athens 87 62 82 63 / 0 0 40 50 Atlanta 87 66 81 65 / 0 10 50 60 Blairsville 82 59 75 59 / 0 10 60 70 Cartersville 88 64 83 63 / 0 20 50 60 Columbus 90 66 86 66 / 10 10 30 40 Gainesville 85 63 80 64 / 0 0 50 50 Macon 88 65 85 65 / 0 0 30 30 Rome 88 64 81 63 / 0 30 60 70 Peachtree City 88 64 83 63 / 0 10 40 60 Vidalia 89 65 88 68 / 10 0 20 20

FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
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