Marine Weather and Tide Forecast for Cartersville, GA

SHORT TERM
(Today through Monday)
Issued at 422 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

Scattered showers this morning will eventually give way to a pleasant afternoon as the front that's brought generally messy weather across the southeast begins to push off the coast. Mostly cloudy conditions will limit the amount of instability we generate this afternoon and as a result thunderstorm activity should be very isolated. Highs will climb into the upper 80s and low 90s across the CWA

Temps begin to climb tomorrow back towards hot and humid. Afternoon thunderstorm coverage will again be minimal under northwest flow, but a few of the models are showing an MCS riding the ridge. As of right now, the trend dissipates that system in TN before it can make it down to our area but with increasingly warm conditions and mostly sunny skies there is the concern that those storms might not die out like the models are calling for. We'll need to keep an eye on the

LONG TERM
(Monday night through Saturday)
Issued at 422 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

For most of the upcoming week and into the start of next weekend, Georgia will be between a strong ridge over the south-central US, and troughing over the Eastern Seaboard. On Tuesday, a warm and humid airmass will remain parked over the region, allowing high temps to climb into the mid to upper 90s, with heat index values in the 100-108 range. While most of the day looks to be rain-free, some of the guidance has a shortwave riding along the top of the ridge and dropping across the area late in the day to overnight. Depending on the timing of this, it could bring a round of strong to severe storms through the area, as we typically see in northwest flow regimes.

Model guidance is starting to get into better agreement on a frontal boundary also pushing through the area on Wednesday, which would allow a drier and relatively cooler airmass to spread over the region through the end of the work week. High temperatures would still be in the low to mid 90s, but dewpoints in the 60s would keep heat index values near the ambient temperature. With PWAT values likely falling to around 1 inch, rainfall chances will be limited from late Wednesday through Friday.

AVIATION
(12Z TAFS)
Issued at 602 AM EDT Sun Jul 26 2026

MVFR conditions are prevailing this morning with showers in the vicinity. A few obs of IFR are possible between now and 15Z. Cigs will slowly begin to rise after that with SHRA coming to an end.
Expects to return to VFR after 19Z. Winds will be out of the WNW at 5 to 10kts gusting to 18kts after 17Z.

//ATL Confidence
12Z Update

Medium to Low on SHRA and IFR High on all other elements.

Vaughn

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS
Athens 91 72 93 73 / 30 10 10 0 Atlanta 90 74 93 76 / 10 0 0 0 Blairsville 84 66 87 68 / 10 0 10 0 Cartersville 90 72 93 74 / 20 0 10 0 Columbus 93 75 96 76 / 60 10 10 0 Gainesville 90 71 93 74 / 10 0 10 0 Macon 92 74 95 75 / 30 10 0 10 Rome 90 71 93 73 / 20 0 10 0 Peachtree City 90 72 93 74 / 20 0 10 0 Vidalia 94 74 96 75 / 50 40 0 0

FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
None.