Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Flowery Branch, GA

SHORT TERM
(This afternoon through Saturday)
Issued at 235 PM EDT Fri Jun 26 2026

Current satellite loop shows mainly mid to high level clouds across the area with some storms popping up across east and central GA.
There is a weak plume of moisture across east and central GA left over from the wave that moved through the state yesterday that the storms are firing along. These storms should continue across central and east GA through the evening hours then diminish by midnight.

Also seeing on the satellite loop a boundary extending from the great lake states to the Mid-Atlantic. There is also a developing low center across KS/MO that will move E to SE and pull the western end of this border south into KY/TN. This boundary does not move south into GA as the strong Bermuda ridge axis is still across south GA and staying fairly stationary. There will be a few waves that move east along this boundary with a wave moving across TN Sat afternoon/evening. The proximity of this wave will spark some showers and thunderstorms across North and eastern portions of the state Sat. This is very much in line with where SPC currently has a marginal risk of storms Sat. These storms will also diminish over night into Sun.

Temps will also continue to warm slowly with highs Sat and Sun mainly in the 90 to 98 deg range. with the increased humidity, portions of east central GA will be close to Heat Advisory criteria Sun so will need to keep a close eye on things as they progress.

LONG TERM
(Sunday morning through next Thursday)
Issued at 235 PM EDT Fri Jun 26 2026

At the start of the extended range on Sunday, mid-level ridging will begin to build in across the midsection of the country, settling across the Ohio River Valley and setting the stage for a multi-day heat event to carry us through the work week. At its strongest, the aforementioned ridge is progged to be close to 600dam, roughly 2 standard deviations above normal for this time of year. Temperatures will soar as it stagnates, with highs each day through next Thursday progged to be in the 90s areawide. Care will need to be taken to monitor trends in intensity and placement of the ridge, because there are signals that locales across the east central portion of our forecast area may approach 100 degree air temperatures late next week. Heat Index values will be in the upper 90s to lower 100s (easterly component to surface winds will preclude humidity from being as oppressive as it could be) every day -- given expected overlap with outdoor components of major sports events in the Metro and the upcoming holiday weekend, extreme care will need to be taken if spending extended periods of time outdoors.

The only source of a brief reprieve from dangerous heat will be continued chances for afternoon showers and thunderstorms through the weekend and into next week. Given weak flow aloft, the primary catalyst will be intrusions of moisture and weak forcing along the southern and eastern periphery of presiding ridge. Chances will be highest (40-50%) on Monday across portions of south central Georgia, are relatively scant (15-25%) through the remainder of the long term. Kinematics will be extremely limited, so chances for severe weather appear to be low at this time, and any quasi-organization of storms would be reliant on residual outflow boundaries or differential heating gradients.

AVIATION
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 142 AM EDT Sat Jun 27 2026

Conditions are expected to remain VFR through the overnight hours, though scattered MVFR level clouds may develop in central Georgia near CSG/MCN around 10-11Z. Another cu field between 035-050 will develop by 14-15Z. Scattered SHRA/TSRA is anticipated in north Georgia this afternoon. Chances are expected to be highest in the far northern tier, but may impact the ATL metro sites and AHN after 19Z. Winds will be SW to W through the period, and are currently 5 kts or less and will increase to 5-10 kts after 15Z.

//ATL Confidence
06Z Update
Medium confidence on scattered low clouds and SHRA/TSRA chances.
High confidence on all other elements.

King

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Athens 74 94 75 97 / 20 20 0 30 Atlanta 75 93 76 95 / 20 20 0 20 Blairsville 67 85 68 88 / 60 50 10 30 Cartersville 74 92 75 95 / 30 40 10 20 Columbus 74 94 76 95 / 0 10 10 20 Gainesville 73 91 73 94 / 30 30 0 20 Macon 74 94 76 95 / 10 20 10 40 Rome 73 91 75 95 / 30 30 0 10 Peachtree City 73 92 75 94 / 10 20 10 20 Vidalia 75 96 76 97 / 10 10 20 50

FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
None.