Special Weather Statement, NWS Atlanta, GA

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
730 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014

.SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
MODELS SHOW HIGH PRESSURE HOLDING OVER THE REGION AT THE SURFACE AND
ALOFT THROUGH MONDAY. UPPER RIDGE IS FAR FROM DOMINANT AND WILL NOT
BE SUFFICIENT TO CAP OFF DIURNAL CONVECTION. BEST CHANCES WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ACROSS THE NORTH AND EAST AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE
UPPER RIDGE. INSTABILITY IS MODERATE AT BEST AND THE THREAT FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS MINIMAL. PW VALUES REMAIN ON
THE MODERATE TO HIGH SIDE AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF ANY THUNDERSTORMS IN
THE WEAK STEERING ENVIRONMENT KEEPS HEAVY RAIN AS THEY MAIN THREAT
WITH THE CONVECTION.

OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR SEASONAL
NORMALS...WITH AFTERNOON HIGHS REACHING A FEW DEGREES ABOVE IN MOST
AREAS OUTSIDE OF ANYONE WHO GETS SOME EARLY PRECIPITATION. HEAT
INDEX VALUES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS...BUT ARE
LIKELY TO APPROACH 100-102 ACROSS OUR CENTRAL GEORGIA COUNTIES TODAY
AND MONDAY. AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER AND CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WILL HAVE
A NOTICEABLE IMPACT ON WHICH AREAS PUSH THE 100 DEGREE HEAT INDEX
LINE EACH AFTERNOON AND BOTH ARE EXPECTED TO BE SOMEWHAT VARIABLE
EACH DAY.

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.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...
MEDIUM TO LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW WEAK HIGH PRESSURE
INFLUENCE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY. THIS BEGINS TO BREAK DOWN ON
WEDNESDAY IN RESPONSE TO A LONG WAVE TROUGH DEEPENING ACROSS THE
CENTRAL U.S... THEN PUSHING INTO THE OHIO AND MS VALLEY REGIONS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM PUSHES EASTWARD... IT DRAGS A COLD
FRONT INTO THE TN VALLEY BY LATE THURSDAY... THEN ACROSS NORTH GA
AND INTO CENTRAL GA ON FRIDAY. BEHIND THE FRONT... BOTH ECMWF AND
GFS SHOW A LARGE DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING SOUTHWARD ACROSS
AT LEAST NORTH GA BY EARLY FRIDAY. MODELS CURRENTLY INDICATE THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LIKELY STALL SOMEWHERE ACROSS EITHER LOWER
CENTRAL OR SOUTH GA FRIDAY AFTERNOON. AT THIS SAME TIME... THE
ECMWF SHOWS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MEANDERING OFF THE GA COASTS ON
THURSDAY... THEN DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE EAST COAST
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. IF THIS VERIFIES... IT WOULD ONLY SERVE
TO ENHANCE THE SUBSIDENCE AND DRY AIR ADVECTION EXPECTED ACROSS
THE REGION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. EITHER WAY... IT APPEARS NORTH
AND MUCH OF CENTRAL GA SHOULD BE UNDER DRY HIGH PRESSURE INFLUENCE
FOR JULY 4TH... WITH ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING CONVECTION EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. THE BEST RAIN CHANCES
SHOULD BE ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING LONG
WAVE TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT.

OTHERWISE... UPPER RIDGE INFLUENCE RESULTS IN CONTINUED WARM TEMPS
AREA WIDE ON TUESDAY...AND FOR MOST AREAS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
HOWEVER... SHOULD BEGIN SEE COOLER HIGHS BEGIN TO CREEP IN ACROSS
NORTH GA ON WEDNESDAY... THEN NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL ON
THURSDAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS AND CONVECTION. ALTHOUGH STILL
UNCERTAINTY ON LOCATION OF THE COLD FRONT ON FRIDAY... SHOULD SEE
COOLER/DRIER AIR FILTER IN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA FRIDAY AFTERNOON
AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY. HAVE LEANED CLOSE TO A MEX/HPC BLEND FOR
NOW... WHICH KEPT OVERNIGHT LOWS CLOSER TO NORMAL THROUGH THE
EXTENDED PERIOD DESPITE THE FRONTAL INFLUENCE. HOWEVER... SUSPECT
WE COULD SEE SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN NORMAL LOWS FOR AT LEAST
SATURDAY MORNING IF THE FRONT VERIFIES AS EXPECTED. /39

&&

.AVIATION...
12Z UPDATE...
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO PREDOMINATE THROUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE
FORECAST PERIOD OUTSIDE OF CONVECTION. SCATTERED MVFR OR LOWER
VISIBILITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 14Z AND WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AGAIN
BETWEEN 08Z AND 14Z MONDAY AS WELL. CUMULUS WILL BEGIN FORMING AGAIN
BY 14Z EACH DAY. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION EXPECTED...WITH
BEST COVERAGE EXPECTED BETWEEN 18Z AND 04Z EACH DAY. LIGHT AND
VARIABLE WINDS...LESS THAN 4KTS...BECOMING PREDOMINATELY NORTHWEST
AGAIN AFTER 15Z. WINDS SPEEDS WILL INCREASE TO 6 TO 10KTS AFTER 15Z
BEFORE DIMINISHING TO 4KTS OR LESS AFTER 00Z.

//ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE...
MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS.

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&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
ATHENS          90  70  92  71 /  40  30  40  20
ATLANTA         89  71  91  72 /  40  30  40  20
BLAIRSVILLE     84  66  86  66 /  40  30  40  20
CARTERSVILLE    88  69  90  69 /  40  30  40  20
COLUMBUS        92  72  94  72 /  30  20  30  20
GAINESVILLE     89  70  91  71 /  40  30  40  20
MACON           94  70  93  72 /  30  30  30  20
ROME            89  69  90  69 /  40  30  30  10
PEACHTREE CITY  89  69  91  68 /  40  30  30  20
VIDALIA         93  72  95  73 /  30  30  30  20

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...20
LONG TERM....39
AVIATION...20

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
1257 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014

GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086-
089>098-102>113-301100-
BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA-
CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA-
CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DEKALB-DODGE-DOOLY-DOUGLAS-EMANUEL-
FANNIN-FAYETTE-FLOYD-FORSYTH-GILMER-GLASCOCK-GORDON-GREENE-
GWINNETT-HALL-HANCOCK-HARALSON-HARRIS-HEARD-HENRY-HOUSTON-JACKSON-
JASPER-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-LAMAR-LAURENS-LUMPKIN-MACON-
MADISON-MARION-MERIWETHER-MONROE-MONTGOMERY-MORGAN-MURRAY-
MUSCOGEE-NEWTON-NORTH FULTON-OCONEE-OGLETHORPE-PAULDING-PEACH-
PICKENS-PIKE-POLK-PULASKI-PUTNAM-ROCKDALE-SCHLEY-SOUTH FULTON-
SPALDING-STEWART-SUMTER-TALBOT-TALIAFERRO-TAYLOR-TELFAIR-TOOMBS-
TOWNS-TREUTLEN-TROUP-TWIGGS-UNION-UPSON-WALKER-WALTON-WARREN-
WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WHEELER-WHITE-WHITFIELD-WILCOX-WILKES-
WILKINSON-
1257 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG... MAINLY BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM.
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

WEATHER HAZARDS EXPECTED...
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... WITH
BEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. A FEW
STORMS COULD BE STRONG EACH DAY. THE MOST LIKELY HAZARDS WILL BE
GUSTY WINDS... LIGHTNING... LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...AND POSSIBLY
SOME SMALL HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO
SUBMIT REPORTS OF STRONG TO SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING
TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
217 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014

GAZ002-003-291845-
217 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PEA SIZED HAIL AND 40 MPH WINDS
IN WALKER AND CATOOSA COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM EDT...

AT 215 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER COOPER HEIGHTS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE PEA SIZED HAIL...FREQUENT
CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES ACROSS
WALKER AND CATOOSA COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM EDT. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE COOPER HEIGHTS...BLUE SPRING...FORT
OGLETHORPE...ROCK SPRING...CHICKAMAUGA...CHATTANOOGA VALLEY...
FAIRVIEW AND LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3490 8514 3477 8530 3471 8540 3475 8546
      3477 8545 3484 8545 3488 8544 3499 8536
      3499 8535
TIME...MOT...LOC 1817Z 213DEG 11KT 3479 8539