Current weather · Sep 26, 5:15 AM EDT

33.8050, -84.1440

59°

Mostly ClearFeels like 59° · Humidity 84%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Atlanta/Peachtree City, GA · grid 59,90
High
81°
Low
56°
Rain today
0%
Sunrise
7:28 AM
Sunset
7:28 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

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Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Sat 5 AM59°59°54°84%0%ENE2 mph6 mph7%0.01 inHg—
Sat 6 AM58°58°54°84%0%NE1 mph5 mph4%0.01 inHg—
Sat 7 AM58°58°53°83%0%NE1 mph3 mph7%0.01 inHg—
Sat 8 AM58°58°53°83%0%NE0 mph3 mph7%0.01 inHg—
Sat 9 AM61°61°52°71%0%ENE1 mph3 mph6%0.01 inHg—
Sat 10 AM67°67°51°56%0%E1 mph3 mph5%0.01 inHg—
Sat 11 AM70°70°51°51%0%E2 mph5 mph9%0.01 inHg—
Sat 12 PM73°73°53°49%0%E3 mph6 mph10%0.01 inHg—
Sat 1 PM77°77°54°45%0%NW3 mph8 mph9%0.01 inHg—
Sat 2 PM79°79°53°41%0%NW5 mph10 mph9%0.01 inHg—
Sat 3 PM80°80°53°40%0%NW6 mph13 mph13%0.01 inHg—
Sat 4 PM81°80°53°39%0%NW7 mph13 mph17%0.01 inHg—
Sat 5 PM80°80°52°38%0%NW7 mph13 mph24%0.01 inHg—
Sat 6 PM78°78°52°40%0%NW7 mph13 mph18%0.01 inHg—
Sat 7 PM75°75°52°44%0%NW7 mph13 mph21%0.01 inHg—
Sat 8 PM71°71°50°48%0%NW7 mph16 mph16%0.01 inHg—
Sat 9 PM68°68°49°50%0%NNW7 mph15 mph17%0.01 inHg—
Sat 10 PM66°66°49°53%0%NNW6 mph14 mph15%0.01 inHg—
Sat 11 PM64°64°48°55%0%NNW6 mph13 mph14%0.01 inHg—
Sun 12 AM63°63°47°57%0%NNW5 mph12 mph12%0.01 inHg—
Sun 1 AM61°61°46°58%0%N3 mph10 mph14%0.01 inHg—
Sun 2 AM60°60°46°59%0%N3 mph9 mph17%0.01 inHg—
Sun 3 AM59°59°46°62%0%N3 mph8 mph14%0.01 inHg—
Sun 4 AM58°58°46°64%0%N2 mph7 mph11%0.01 inHg—
Sun 5 AM57°57°46°68%0%N2 mph7 mph16%0.01 inHg—
Sun 6 AM56°56°46°69%0%N2 mph7 mph17%0.01 inHg—
Sun 7 AM56°56°46°69%0%N2 mph6 mph17%0.01 inHg—
Sun 8 AM56°56°46°70%0%N2 mph6 mph20%0.01 inHg—
Sun 9 AM59°59°48°67%0%NNE2 mph6 mph22%0.01 inHg—
Sun 10 AM65°65°49°56%0%N2 mph6 mph22%0.01 inHg—
Sun 11 AM69°69°50°50%0%NNW2 mph6 mph29%0.01 inHg—
Sun 12 PM72°72°50°45%0%NW5 mph8 mph28%0.01 inHg—
Sun 1 PM76°76°49°39%0%NW6 mph10 mph26%0.01 inHg—
Sun 2 PM78°78°48°34%0%WNW7 mph13 mph29%0.01 inHg—
Sun 3 PM79°79°47°33%0%WNW8 mph15 mph15%0.01 inHg—
Sun 4 PM80°80°47°31%0%WNW8 mph15 mph13%0.01 inHg—
Sun 5 PM79°79°47°32%0%NW9 mph15 mph17%0.01 inHg—
Sun 6 PM78°78°47°34%0%NW9 mph15 mph13%0.01 inHg—
Sun 7 PM74°74°48°38%0%NW8 mph16 mph14%0.01 inHg—
Sun 8 PM70°70°48°45%0%NW9 mph17 mph12%0.01 inHg—
Sun 9 PM67°67°48°49%0%NW8 mph17 mph7%0.01 inHg—
Sun 10 PM65°65°47°52%0%NNW7 mph16 mph10%0.01 inHg—
Sun 11 PM63°63°47°55%0%NNW7 mph14 mph13%0.01 inHg—
Mon 12 AM62°62°47°58%0%NNW6 mph13 mph12%0.01 inHg—
Mon 1 AM61°61°47°61%0%NNW5 mph12 mph11%0.01 inHg—
Mon 2 AM59°59°47°63%0%NNW5 mph10 mph10%0.01 inHg—
Mon 3 AM58°58°47°67%0%N3 mph9 mph10%0.01 inHg—
Mon 4 AM57°57°47°70%0%N3 mph9 mph9%0.01 inHg—

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 26, 2:26 AM EDT to day 8, the National Blend of Models to day 10, the mean of GFS, ECMWF, ECMWF AI to day 16
  1. TodaySep 2681°56°Sunny0%wind 7 mph · gusts 16 mph
  2. SunSep 2781°54°Sunny0%wind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  3. MonSep 2885°56°Sunny0%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  4. TueSep 2988°60°Sunny0%wind 3 mph
  5. WedSep 3088°67°Sunny3%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  6. ThuOct 188°69°Slight Chance Rain Showers15%0.05 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  7. FriOct 287°70°Chance Rain Showers34%0.06 inwind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  8. SatOct 386°70°51%0.32 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. SunOct 486°69°National Blend60%0.57 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. MonOct 584°65°National Blend50%0.52 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  11. TueOct 6~69°60°Model mean0.62 in
  12. WedOct 7~63°56°Model mean0.44 in
  13. ThuOct 8~69°58°Model mean0.37 in
  14. FriOct 9~70°58°Model mean0.11 in
  15. SatOct 10~73°54°Model mean
  16. SunOct 11~71°50°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like59°
  • WindENE 2 mphgusts 6 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity84%
  • Dew point54°
  • Pressure0.01 inHg
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility—
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise7:20 PMMoonset 7:20 AM
  • Moon phaseFull moon100% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 26, 2:00 AM EDT

NOAA’s weighted blend of every model it runs, to eleven days, with the chances the grid above does not carry. Where the local office’s grid reaches, its figure sits beneath the blend’s; where it does not, the blend stands alone.

  1. TodaySep 2681°56°NWS grid 81° / 56°rain 0%wind 7 mph · gusts 16 mph
  2. SunSep 2781°55°NWS grid 81° / 54°rain 0%wind 9 mph · gusts 17 mph
  3. MonSep 2885°57°NWS grid 85° / 56°rain 0%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  4. TueSep 2988°61°NWS grid 88° / 60°rain 0%wind 3 mph
  5. WedSep 3088°67°NWS grid 88° / 67°rain 5%wind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  6. ThuOct 188°69°NWS grid 88° / 69°rain 19%0.06 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  7. FriOct 287°70°NWS grid 87° / 70°rain 37%0.07 inwind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  8. SatOct 387°70°NWS grid 86° / 70°rain 50%thunder 14%0.31 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. SunOct 486°69°Beyond the NWS gridrain 60%0.57 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  10. MonOct 584°65°Beyond the NWS gridrain 50%0.52 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
  11. TueOct 679°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 38%0.29 inwind 8 mph · gusts 15 mph
50°73°95°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 26, 2:00 AM EDT · GFS Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT · GEFS Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF AI Sep 25, 8:00 PM EDT

Each line is one model’s own forecast at its own grid cell: three kilometers for HRRR, a quarter of a degree for the global models, which can sit a few hundred meters above or below the town. Where they agree the forecast is settled; where they part is where it is not.

50°73°95°SunMonTueWedThuFriSat

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2681° 56°81° 55°84° 61°83° 61°81° 59°~79° 55°
Sun Sep 2781° 54°84° 56°84° 61°81° 62°82° 57°~80° 52°
Mon Sep 2885° 56°~64° 62°84° 60°84° 61°75° 57°~80° 53°
Tue Sep 2988° 60°—86° 63°86° 62°87° 59°~83° 55°
Wed Sep 3088° 67°—90° 65°87° 65°90° 64°~84° 60°
Thu Oct 188° 69°0.05 in—91° 68°86° 69°0.04 in88° 68°0.02 in~84° 64°
Fri Oct 287° 70°0.06 in—93° 69°87° 70°0.08 in~88° 69°0.06 in~82° 69°0.32 in
Sat Oct 386° 70°0.32 in—84° 74°0.11 in84° 72°0.23 in~90° 72°0.51 in~79° 73°0.93 in
Sun Oct 4——74° 71°0.48 in82° 71°0.46 in~73° 70°2.04 in~78° 73°0.99 in
Mon Oct 5——72° 70°1.48 in80° 69°0.27 in~74° 64°~76° 72°0.79 in
Tue Oct 6——~65° 58°1.04 in—~70° 58°~71° 64°0.83 in
Wed Oct 7——~55° 54°1.06 in—~66° 51°~67° 63°0.27 in
Thu Oct 8——~64° 55°1.04 in—~72° 55°~72° 64°0.08 in
Fri Oct 9——~63° 58°0.14 in—~75° 54°~72° 61°0.19 in
Sat Oct 10——~65° 44°—~75° 58°~78° 61°
Sun Oct 11——~71° 50°———

A ~ marks a high or low read from six-hourly steps, which miss the true extreme by a degree or two.

ECMWF ensemble meteogram

ECMWF ensemble meteogram for this place: box plots of cloud cover, precipitation, wind speed and temperature from the 51 ensemble members for ten days.
Rendered by ECMWF from its 51-member ensemble, in metric units: each box spans the middle half of the members, the whiskers the rest, the line the control run. A forecast, not an observation. © ECMWF, CC BY 4.0.

The next 90 days

NOAA GHCN normals and records at Atlanta/Dekalb (PDK) · Climate Prediction Center outlooks

No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one. Where the models stop, the calendar takes over: the 1991 to 2020 normal for each date, the record high and low ever set on it, and where the Climate Prediction Center leans warm, cool, wet or dry over the coming weeks, the month and the season. A site that shows a high for a date three months out is showing you this normal with a wobble.

The forecast reaches Sun Oct 11, from the NWS grid, then the National Blend, then the mean of the global models. Beyond it the lines are the calendar.

Climate Prediction Center (CPC) temperature lean70%33%warmer 40% · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct to Dec20°40°60°80°100°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normal

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2678° / 59°96° (2019)42° (2022)no outlookno outlook
Oct 378° / 58°97° (2019)36° (2000)33% chance above normal · days 8 to 1440% chance above normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1076° / 56°87° (2017)34° (2000)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1773° / 49°89° (2016)28° (2022)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2469° / 49°85° (2010)27° (2001)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 3169° / 44°85° (2016)28° (2023)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 767° / 43°83° (2022)20° (2019)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1462° / 39°78° (2005)19° (2014)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2161° / 42°82° (2025)18° (2008)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2859° / 36°76° (2021)22° (2013)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 554° / 35°77° (2007)18° (2006)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1255° / 35°77° (2007)15° (2010)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1955° / 37°77° (2025)7° (2022)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec40% chance above normal · Oct to Dec

Health and activities

Rules of thumb over the next 24 hours of forecast, the warnings in force, the station’s report, air quality and pollen

None of these is a measurement. Each is a rating of the forecast ahead, and of what is happening at the point right now, against what the activity or the ailment is known to mind, and each names the figure that decided it. An ailment or a pest is rated as a risk, low to extreme; an activity, a chore or a journey as a condition, poor to ideal.

Each rating says which span it is for: the rest of today’s daylight, tonight, or the next 24 hours.

Health

  • Arthritisnext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Sinus pressurenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Common coldtodayLowmild
  • FlutodayLowmild
  • Migrainenext 24 hLowsteady conditions
  • Asthmanext 24 hLowclean air
  • Heat stresstodayLowmild
  • SunburntodayLowweak sun
  • Frostbitenext 24 hLowmild
  • SleepingtonightIdealcool, quiet night

Outdoors

  • RunningtodayGoodhot
  • HikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • BikingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GolftodayIdealfine conditions
  • FishingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Boating and paddlingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Beach and pooltodayIdealfine conditions
  • CampingtonightIdealfine conditions
  • StargazingtonightGoodbright moon

Travel

  • Air travelnext 24 hIdealclear skies
  • Drivingnext 24 hIdealclear roads

Home and garden

  • Lawn mowingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • GardeningtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Outdoor entertainingtodayIdealfine conditions
  • Drying laundry outsidetodayIdealfine conditions
  • Painting and outdoor projectstodayIdealfine conditions
  • FrosttonightLowmild

Pests

  • MosquitoestodayHighwarm
  • TickstodayHighwarm
  • Indoor pestsnext 24 hLowmild
  • Outdoor peststodayModeratewarm

Stargazing

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast and the sun and moon

Tonight has no dark, clear hour without a bright moon in this forecast. Rated fair.

Night ofRatingDarkClear hoursClear and moonlessMoon litTransparency (est.)DewStrongest wind
SaturdayFair8:51 PM to 6:05 AM9 of 9None100%Good7 mph
SundayFair8:49 PM to 6:06 AM9 of 9None98%Good8 mph
MondayFair8:48 PM to 6:07 AM9 of 9None94%Good2 mph
TuesdayFair8:46 PM to 6:07 AM9 of 9None87%Good2 mph
WednesdayFair8:45 PM to 6:08 AM5 of 91 h from 9:00 PM80%Good6 mph
ThursdayPoor8:44 PM to 6:09 AM0 of 9None70%1 h5 mph
FridayPoor8:42 PM to 6:10 AM0 of 9None60%2 h3 mph

Dark is the sun 18 degrees below the horizon; where it never gets that low, 12 degrees, marked nautical. Clear is sky cover of 20% or less. A bright moon is one above the horizon with a quarter or more of its disc lit. Transparency in the table is estimated from surface humidity (70% and 85% mark fair and poor) and visibility, since the forecast carries no haze or high cloud moisture. Seeing and transparency by hour, where shown, are Environment and Climate Change Canada’s astronomy forecast (regional model; seeing from cloud, wind shear, turbulence near the ground and the surface temperature trend; transparency from the moisture through the whole air column), under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Dew is the air within 2 °C of its dew point. Excellent is four or more clear moonless hours with good transparency; good is three; fair is one, or two clear hours.

Golden hour and blue hour

Computed from the sun and moon positions
DayBlue hour, morningGolden hour, morningGolden hour, eveningBlue hour, evening
Sat7:03 AM to 7:12 AM7:12 AM to 8:01 AM6:55 PM to 7:43 PM7:43 PM to 7:52 PM
Sun7:03 AM to 7:13 AM7:13 AM to 8:01 AM6:53 PM to 7:41 PM7:41 PM to 7:51 PM
Mon7:04 AM to 7:14 AM7:14 AM to 8:02 AM6:52 PM to 7:40 PM7:40 PM to 7:50 PM
Tue7:05 AM to 7:14 AM7:14 AM to 8:03 AM6:50 PM to 7:39 PM7:39 PM to 7:48 PM
Wed7:05 AM to 7:15 AM7:15 AM to 8:03 AM6:49 PM to 7:37 PM7:37 PM to 7:47 PM
Thu7:06 AM to 7:16 AM7:16 AM to 8:04 AM6:48 PM to 7:36 PM7:36 PM to 7:46 PM
Fri7:07 AM to 7:17 AM7:17 AM to 8:05 AM6:46 PM to 7:35 PM7:35 PM to 7:44 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:28 AM, 91° E
  • SS Sunset 7:28 PM, 269° W
  • MR Moonrise 7:20 PM, 83° E
  • MS Moonset 7:20 AM, 273° W
  • Full moon, 100% lit

Golden hour is the sun between 6 degrees above the horizon and 4 degrees below it; blue hour is the sun between 4 and 6 degrees below. These are the definitions timeanddate.com and PhotoPills use. Directions are degrees clockwise from true north, where the sun’s upper edge and the moon’s center cross a flat horizon; hills and buildings change both. None means the sun does not reach that height on the day; all day means it stays inside the band.

Drone flying

NWS hourly forecast, SWPC Kp, FAA TFRs and 14 CFR Part 107

This hour: fly with caution (night: lighting and night training required (107.29)). Next good stretch: Sat 8 AM to 7 PM, 11 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:58 AM to sunrise 7:28 AM, and sunset 7:28 PM to 7:58 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Sat6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Sat 5 AMCaution29130%59°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 6 AMCaution1580%58°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 7 AMCaution1570%58°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Sat 8 AMGood0030%58°nothing against it
Sat 9 AMGood1140%61°nothing against it
Sat 10 AMGood1140%67°nothing against it
Sat 11 AMGood2350%70°nothing against it
Sat 12 PMGood3460%73°nothing against it
Sat 1 PMGood3490%77°nothing against it
Sat 2 PMGood55110%79°nothing against it
Sat 3 PMGood67140%80°nothing against it
Sat 4 PMGood79150%81°nothing against it
Sat 5 PMGood79150%80°nothing against it
Sat 6 PMGood79150%78°nothing against it
Sat 7 PMCaution717220%75°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 8 PMNo-fly717260%71°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 9 PMNo-fly717250%68°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 10 PMNo-fly623310%66°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sat 11 PMNo-fly623300%64°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 12 AMNo-fly518250%63°gusts near or over your limit, wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 1 AMCaution314210%61°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 2 AMCaution314190%60°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 3 AMCaution314180%59°gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Sun 4 AMCaution29140%58°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)

Flight restrictions nearby

Reading the FAA’s temporary flight restrictions.

Flight restrictions on the map. TFRs are not the whole picture: controlled airspace around airports needs LAANC authorization. Check the FAA’s B4UFLY.

Wind at 400 ft is estimated from the 10 m forecast by the power law, with exponents for each Pasquill stability class (Irwin 1979, rural, as in EPA dispersion models; the class from wind, sun height and cloud, after Turner 1970); gusts keep the ground gust’s margin. Caution from three quarters of your limit; the default 24 mph is the wind resistance printed for common sub-250 g drones. 14 CFR 107.51: “The minimum flight visibility, as observed from the location of the control station must be no less than 3 statute miles” and at least “500 feet below the cloud”. 14 CFR 107.29: “No person may operate a small unmanned aircraft system during periods of civil twilight unless the small unmanned aircraft has lighted anti-collision lighting visible for at least 3 statute miles”; civil twilight is the 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset, in Alaska the Air Almanac’s. Kp: SWPC’s scales say satellite navigation problems may occur at G3 (Kp 7) and navigation is “degraded for hours” at G4 (Kp 8); Kp 5 is the typical app warning. Typical limits, not rules: rain chance 30% caution and 60% no-fly, thunder 10% and 20%, below 0 °C caution and −10 °C no-fly, over 40 °C caution. Your drone’s manual and the airspace come first.

Spraying and field work

Worked out from the NWS hourly forecast

Hours fit for spraying, and the days dry enough for fieldwork and hay, read from this forecast’s wind, gusts, humidity, temperature and rain.

Spraying windows

  • Sat 12 PM to 8 PM 8 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Sat 9 PM to Sun 4 AM 7 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Sun 12 PM to 3 PM 3 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Sun 11 PM to Mon 7 AM 8 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 10 AM to 12 PM 2 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 8 AM to 12 PM 4 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Wed 6 AM to 4 PM 10 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
  • Wed 6 PM to Thu 5 AM 11 hours, some with delta T between 8 and 10 °C
Sat6 AM12 PM6 PM
Sun12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Mon12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
SaturdayDry0%0.00 in38%7 mph5 dGood
SundayDry0%0.00 in31%9 mph4 dGood
MondayDry0%0.00 in29%3 mph3 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in28%3 mph2 d
WednesdayDry1%0.00 in37%6 mph1 dGood
ThursdayShowers possible15%0.05 in50%8 mph
FridayShowers possible34%0.06 in56%6 mph
SaturdayWet51%0.32 in61%6 mph

Spraying: sustained wind 3 to 10 mph, the range US extension services and most labels give; gusts no more than 15 mph (this page’s limit); delta T (air minus wet-bulb temperature) 2 to 8 °C preferred and 8 to 10 °C marginal, from GRDC guidance, with the wet bulb by Stull’s formula; no hour at a 30% chance of rain or 0.25 mm forecast during the rain-free time. Follow the product label, which overrides all of this. Field days: dry is no daytime hour at a 30% chance and under 1 mm all day, wet is 6 mm (0.25 in) or more; soil moisture is not in the forecast, so ground still wet from earlier rain is not accounted for. Hay drying marks a dry day with humidity down to 50% and a breeze of 5 mph or more.

Solunar times

Computed from the moon’s position

The best-rated day this week is Saturday, rated best.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Sat Best12:02 AM to 2:02 AM12:24 PM to 2:24 PM6:50 AM to 7:50 AM6:50 PM to 7:50 PM 100%7:28 AM, 7:28 PM
Sun Best12:47 AM to 2:47 AM1:11 PM to 3:11 PM7:54 AM to 8:54 AM7:20 PM to 8:20 PM 99%7:28 AM, 7:26 PM
Mon Good1:36 AM to 3:36 AM2:01 PM to 4:01 PM9:01 AM to 10:01 AM7:53 PM to 8:53 PM 95%7:29 AM, 7:25 PM
Tue Fair2:27 AM to 4:27 AM2:55 PM to 4:55 PM10:12 AM to 11:12 AM8:32 PM to 9:32 PM 90%7:30 AM, 7:23 PM
Wed Poor3:24 AM to 5:24 AM3:53 PM to 5:53 PM11:23 AM to 12:23 PM9:19 PM to 10:19 PM 83%7:30 AM, 7:22 PM
Thu Fair4:24 AM to 6:24 AM4:55 PM to 6:55 PM12:33 PM to 1:33 PM10:15 PM to 11:15 PM 74%7:31 AM, 7:21 PM
Fri Fair5:26 AM to 7:26 AM5:58 PM to 7:58 PM1:38 PM to 2:38 PM11:19 PM to 12:19 AM 64%7:32 AM, 7:19 PM

Periods in bold fall within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The weather’s side is the fishing index

Major periods are two hours centered on the moon’s passage overhead and underfoot; minor periods are one hour centered on moonrise and moonset: the conventional durations of John Alden Knight’s solunar tables (1936). The rating is this site’s: one point to start, two more within a day and a half of a new or full moon (one more within three and a half days), and one more when a period falls within an hour of sunrise or sunset. The theory has mixed support in fisheries research; the times are exact astronomy.

In words

NWS forecast periods, as issued
  1. Overnight58° · 0 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 58. East wind around 0 mph.

  2. Saturday81° · NE 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  3. Saturday Night56° · N 0–5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 56. North wind 0 to 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

  4. Sunday81° · N 0–10 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 81. North wind 0 to 10 mph.

  5. Sunday Night54° · N 5–10 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 54. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

  6. Monday85° · N 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 85.

  7. Monday Night56° · 0 mph

    Clear, with a low around 56.

  8. Tuesday88° · E 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 88.

  9. Tuesday Night60° · 0 mph

    Clear, with a low around 60.

  10. Wednesday88° · 1% · SE 5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 88.

  11. Wednesday Night67° · 5% · SE 5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 67.

  12. Thursday88° · 15% · SE 5–10 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  13. Thursday Night69° · 15% · SE 0–5 mph

    A slight chance of rain showers before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

  14. Friday87° · 34% · SE 0–5 mph

    A chance of rain showers after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Atlanta/Peachtree City, GA · issued Sep 26, 2:30 AM EDT

Written by the forecaster on duty for their own colleagues and for anyone who wants to know why the forecast says what it says. It is not edited for the public, so it uses the office’s shorthand; it is also the most honest thing any weather service publishes.

KEY Messages

A cooler airmass will remain in place through the weekend with highs in the 70s to low 80s.

Mostly dry conditions expected through the middle of next week.

Warming trend back to above normal temperatures from early to mid next week.

Short Term

216 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

(Today through Sunday)

A weekend of pleasant 'fall-like' weather is on tap across North and Central GA as a dry and mild airmass spreads over the area. The drivers of this setup are a mid-level ridge over the South- Central US and a powerful stacked low off coast of the Mid- Atlantic. The northerly flow between these systems will bring in a dry airmass featuring well below normal PWAT values (~0.5") and dewpoints (mid to upper 40s by Sunday). As a result, skies will be mostly clear outside of any patchy fog this morning. Temperatures will feel a bit crisp in the mornings, falling to the low to mid 50s for most areas. It's also worth mentioning that anyone getting their fall festivities on in the North GA mountains may want to pack an extra layer, as these areas could see morning lows in the mid 40s! Afternoon high temps will rise to the upper 70s to low 80s each day across most of the area.

Long Term

216 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

(Sunday night through Friday)

By Monday, the mid-level ridge that supported a multi-day period of potent northwesterly flow retrogrades westward, with shortwave troughing beginning to sweep across the Southeast. Despite a turn toward the slightly-less-benign aloft, high pressure remains in place at the surface -- the resultant subsidence sufficient to support continued near-negligible rain chances through midweek. With a supremely dry airmass in place, portions of central Georgia may approach critical relative humidity thresholds on Monday and Tuesday.

Moisture will be on the upswing by Thursday, flow turning southeasterly at the surface as a subtropical high nudges onshore. After multiple days with PWATs lingering near climatological minimums (between 0.4-0.7" -- at times well below the 10th percentile), expect them to be dragged back above an inch. Chances for isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms will return as the airmass moderates back toward summerlike, bringing an end to our brief dry period for some.

While comparatively much drier air will linger (dewpoints in the 40s to 50s),temperatures will warm back into the upper 80s to lower 90s next week -- some 5 to 12 degrees above average. Morning lows will remain crisp through Wednesday, in the 40s for portions of northeast Georgia at elevation, and in the 50s elsewhere. As moisture rebounds midweek, lows will return to the 60s to near 70, a whopping 10 to 20 degrees above average for early October (!).

Aviation

123 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

(06Z TAFS)

VFR conditions expected through the period, though patchy BR is possible around 09-15Z this morning near the terminals. Otherwise, mostly SKC with some afternoon fair wx CU. Winds light and variable at night, and generally out of the NW at 4-7kts during the afternoon.

//ATL Confidence...06Z Update...

Medium in VIS this morning. High in other elements.

Culver

Preliminary Point Temps / Pops

Athens 82 54 84 53 / 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 81 57 81 57 / 0 0 0 0 Blairsville 76 48 76 47 / 0 0 0 0 Cartersville 80 53 79 51 / 0 0 0 0 Columbus 83 59 84 57 / 0 0 0 0 Gainesville 81 55 82 54 / 0 0 0 0 Macon 83 56 85 55 / 0 0 0 0 Rome 81 54 80 52 / 0 0 0 0 Peachtree City 82 54 82 53 / 0 0 0 0 Vidalia 82 57 86 58 / 0 0 0 0

FFC Watches / Warnings / Advisories

None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 26, 3:04 AM EDT

The office’s own seven-day heads-up for spotters and emergency managers.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
304 AM EDT Sat Sep 26 2026

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This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight...

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday...

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

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The outlooks beyond

SPC, WPC, CPC and the Drought Monitor, read at this point

The national centers each publish a judgment the local grid does not carry. Read here at this exact coordinate.

Severe weather

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26No risk area
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27No risk area
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28No risk area
  4. Day 4 · Tue Sep 29No risk area
  5. Day 5 · Wed Sep 30No risk area
  6. Day 6 · Thu Oct 1No risk area
  7. Day 7 · Fri Oct 2No risk area
  8. Day 8 · Sat Oct 3No risk area

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Sat Sep 26Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Sun Sep 27Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Mon Sep 28Under 0.01 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Sep 29–Sep 30Under 0.01 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 1–Oct 20.10 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · Temperature70% chance above normalOct 1–Oct 5
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation50% chance above normalOct 1–Oct 5
  3. Days 8–14 · Temperature33% chance above normalOct 3–Oct 9
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation40% chance above normalOct 3–Oct 9

Drought

  1. Drought Monitor, map of Sep 22D0 Abnormally dry

Drought in this county: the map, the record since 2000 and the outlook

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Atlanta Peachtree AP

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around March 25 and the first fall freeze around November 9: a growing season of about 228 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 26; one spring in ten still has one after April 12.

Climate of 33.80, -84.14: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 31 elements

The forecast office edits about sixty fields for every cell of its grid. The common ones are above; these are the rest, as the daily extreme, for anyone who needs the mixing height, the fire danger or the swell.

ElementSatSunMonTueWedThuFriSat
HeatRisk max0 · Little1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor2 · Moderate2 · Moderate2 · Moderate
Wet bulb globe temperature max73°71°74°76°78°81°81°80°
Heat index max80°80°82°84°87°90°90°89°
Chance of thunder max0%0%0%0%3%8%8%13%
Pressure min0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg
Mixing height max4,900 ft3,900 ft5,100 ft
Transport wind max10 mph12 mph8 mph
Twenty-foot wind max7 mph8 mph5 mph
Davis stability index max323
Atmospheric dispersion index max465238
Dispersion index max465238
Low visibility risk max534
Stability max666

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Atlanta/Dekalb (PDK) · 10 mi away

Each forecast day against the same calendar date at the nearest long-record station: the 1991 to 2020 normal, and the record high and low with the year they were set.

DayForecastNormalRecord highRecord low
Sat Sep 2681° / 56°80° / 61°93° (2019)44° (2001)
Sun Sep 2781° / 54°81° / 62°94° (2019)43° (2001)
Mon Sep 2885° / 56°81° / 62°91° (2017)42° (2022)
Tue Sep 2988° / 60°78° / 59°92° (2019)44° (2003)
Wed Sep 3088° / 67°78° / 58°94° (2019)44° (2003)
Thu Oct 188° / 69°79° / 57°93° (2019)46° (2001)
Fri Oct 287° / 70°79° / 56°96° (2019)44° (2003)
Sat Oct 386° / 70°79° / 57°97° (2019)42° (2011)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Sat7:03 AM7:28 AM7:28 PM7:52 PM12 h 0 min Full moon · 100% lit
Sun7:03 AM7:28 AM7:26 PM7:51 PM11 h 58 min Waning gibbous · 99% lit
Mon7:04 AM7:29 AM7:25 PM7:50 PM11 h 56 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue7:05 AM7:30 AM7:23 PM7:48 PM11 h 53 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed7:05 AM7:30 AM7:22 PM7:47 PM11 h 52 min Waning gibbous · 83% lit
Thu7:06 AM7:31 AM7:21 PM7:46 PM11 h 50 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri7:07 AM7:32 AM7:19 PM7:44 PM11 h 47 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat7:08 AM7:33 AM7:18 PM7:43 PM11 h 45 min Last quarter · 54% lit

Forecast from the National Weather Service forecast grid at api.weather.gov, updated by the local office through the day; the written periods and hourly digest are the NWS’s own. Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center, the Weather Prediction Center and the Climate Prediction Center via NOAA’s map services. Records and normals from NOAA’s Global Historical Climatology Network. Sun and moon computed here. Place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

What is here

Seven days
The high, the low, the chance and amount of rain and snow, the wind and the forecaster’s words for each day and night, from the National Weather Service grid for the exact cell your town sits in.
Hour by hour
Temperature, what it feels like, dew point, humidity, chance and amount of precipitation, wind and gusts, sky cover, the chance of thunder, pressure, visibility and ceiling, as a chart and as a table, with nights shaded.
Everything else on the grid
The office edits about sixty fields for every cell. The ones the mainstream forecast pages leave out are here as a daily table: HeatRisk, wet bulb globe temperature, lightning activity, mixing height, transport wind, the fire weather indices, and at the coast the waves and swell.
The discussion
The Area Forecast Discussion the forecaster wrote to explain the forecast, in their own words, with the specialist annexes folded away. Also the office’s hazardous weather outlook.
Beyond the week
The Storm Prediction Center’s severe weather category for each of the next eight days, the Weather Prediction Center’s rainfall forecast to day seven and its winter storm severity, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for days six to fourteen, all read at your coordinate.
Against the record
Each forecast day beside the same date at the nearest long-record station: the thirty-year normal and the record high and low with their years, so a forecast high that would break a record says so.
The next 90 days
The forecast as far as the grid, the National Blend and the global models reach, and the calendar after that: the normal and the record for every date, with the Climate Prediction Center’s lean for the weeks, the month and the season drawn over them. No made-up highs for a date three months out.

Common questions

Where does this forecast come from?

From the National Weather Service forecast grid published at api.weather.gov, the same grid the local forecast office edits through the day and the source of every forecast on weather.gov. The written periods, the hourly digest and the forecaster’s discussion are the NWS’s own products, shown as issued. Nothing here is a blend a website made.

How far ahead does it go?

The grid runs seven days ahead, hour by hour for the first days and in three to six hour steps after that. The National Blend of Models carries the days to eleven and the global models to sixteen. Beyond that the page carries the national centers’ outlooks, severe weather to day eight, rainfall to day seven, and the Climate Prediction Center’s odds for the coming weeks, month and season, over a ninety-day calendar of the normal and the record for each date. No forecast has skill day by day past about two weeks, and this page does not print one.

Why is this different from the app on my phone?

Most forecast apps show a blend of models chosen by the company that makes the app. This page shows the forecast the local National Weather Service office issues, edited by the forecasters who will also issue the warnings, and it shows all of it rather than the six numbers that fit on a phone. The discussion explains the reasoning, which no app carries.

What is a place’s address here?

Every town has its own page, such as /forecast/us/oklahoma/oklahoma-city/, and every day at a town has one too. A ZIP code typed into the search goes to the town it belongs to. Any coordinate at all can be looked up, and the page names the nearest town.

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