Current weather · Sep 28, 6:42 AM EDT

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52°

SunnyFeels like 52° · Humidity 79%NWS forecast for this hour; no recent station reportForecast by NWS Atlanta/Peachtree City, GA · grid 69,122
High
79°
Low
56°
Rain today
0%
Sunrise
7:28 AM
Sunset
7:23 PM

Hour by hour

NWS forecast grid

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Every hour as a table48 hours
TimeWeatherTemperatureFeels likeDew pointHumidityChanceAmountSnowDirWindGustSky coverThunderPressureVisibilityCeiling
Mon 6 AM52°52°45°79%0%N3 mph6 mph6%0.01 inHg8 mi
Mon 7 AM52°52°45°77%0%N3 mph6 mph7%0.01 inHg8 mi
Mon 8 AM52°52°44°76%0%NNW3 mph6 mph5%0.01 inHg8 mi
Mon 9 AM56°56°45°68%0%NNW2 mph6 mph7%0.01 inHg9 mi
Mon 10 AM62°62°46°57%0%NW1 mph3 mph9%0.01 inHg9 mi
Mon 11 AM66°66°47°50%0%WSW1 mph3 mph10%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 12 PM69°69°47°45%0%WSW1 mph3 mph7%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 1 PM73°73°46°38%0%W1 mph5 mph8%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 2 PM76°76°46°34%0%W1 mph5 mph6%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 3 PM78°78°45°32%0%WSW2 mph6 mph4%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 4 PM79°79°45°31%0%SW2 mph6 mph3%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 5 PM78°78°46°32%0%SW2 mph7 mph3%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 6 PM76°76°47°36%0%SW2 mph6 mph3%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 7 PM72°72°49°44%0%WSW2 mph5 mph3%0.01 inHg10 mi
Mon 8 PM65°65°50°58%0%W2 mph6 mph3%0.01 inHg—
Mon 9 PM63°63°51°64%0%N2 mph6 mph5%0.01 inHg—
Mon 10 PM61°61°51°68%0%NNE3 mph6 mph6%0.01 inHg—
Mon 11 PM59°59°51°73%0%NNE3 mph7 mph5%0.01 inHg—
Tue 12 AM58°58°50°74%0%NNE3 mph7 mph4%0.01 inHg—
Tue 1 AM58°58°50°74%0%NE5 mph8 mph4%0.01 inHg—
Tue 2 AM58°58°49°73%0%NE5 mph8 mph5%0.01 inHg—
Tue 3 AM58°58°49°72%0%NE5 mph8 mph4%0.01 inHg—
Tue 4 AM57°57°48°73%0%NE5 mph8 mph5%0.01 inHg—
Tue 5 AM57°57°48°72%0%NE3 mph8 mph6%0.01 inHg—
Tue 6 AM57°57°48°73%0%NE5 mph8 mph6%0.01 inHg—
Tue 7 AM57°57°48°72%0%NE5 mph7 mph7%0.01 inHg—
Tue 8 AM57°57°48°72%0%ENE3 mph8 mph3%0.01 inHg—
Tue 9 AM60°60°50°71%0%ENE5 mph9 mph5%0.01 inHg—
Tue 10 AM64°64°52°64%0%E5 mph9 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Tue 11 AM68°68°52°57%0%E5 mph9 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Tue 12 PM71°71°52°51%0%E3 mph8 mph2%0.01 inHg—
Tue 1 PM75°75°51°44%0%ESE3 mph7 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Tue 2 PM77°77°51°39%0%SE2 mph6 mph2%0.01 inHg—
Tue 3 PM79°79°50°36%0%SSE2 mph6 mph3%0.01 inHg—
Tue 4 PM79°79°49°35%0%SSE2 mph6 mph2%0.01 inHg—
Tue 5 PM79°79°49°35%0%SE2 mph6 mph3%0.01 inHg—
Tue 6 PM78°78°50°38%0%SE1 mph5 mph2%0.01 inHg—
Tue 7 PM73°73°51°45%0%E1 mph3 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Tue 8 PM67°67°51°57%0%E1 mph3 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Tue 9 PM65°65°51°60%0%NE1 mph3 mph0%0.01 inHg—
Tue 10 PM64°64°51°63%0%NE2 mph5 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Tue 11 PM63°63°50°64%0%NE3 mph6 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Wed 12 AM61°61°50°66%0%NE3 mph7 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Wed 1 AM61°61°50°67%0%NE3 mph7 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Wed 2 AM60°60°50°68%0%NE3 mph7 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Wed 3 AM60°60°49°69%0%NE3 mph7 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Wed 4 AM59°59°49°70%0%NE3 mph7 mph1%0.01 inHg—
Wed 5 AM59°59°49°70%0%NE3 mph7 mph2%0.01 inHg—

The next 16 days

NWS grid published Sep 28, 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 2879°56°Sunny0%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  2. TueSep 2980°58°Sunny0%wind 5 mph
  3. WedSep 3082°61°Sunny0%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  4. ThuOct 183°64°Sunny7%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  5. FriOct 283°66°Chance Rain Showers41%0.16 inwind 3 mph · gusts 9 mph
  6. SatOct 379°64°Chance Rain Showers51%0.50 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  7. SunOct 470°63°Rain Showers Likely59%1.62 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  8. MonOct 572°58°52%0.96 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. TueOct 670°57°National Blend40%0.65 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  10. WedOct 772°57°National Blend36%0.60 inwind 5 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. ThuOct 8~66°55°Model mean0.72 in
  12. FriOct 9~72°54°Model mean
  13. SatOct 10~72°51°Model mean
  14. SunOct 11~74°51°Model mean
  15. MonOct 12~76°55°Model mean
  16. TueOct 13~76°56°Model mean

Right now

NWS grid for this hour · UV from the EPA · air quality from AirNow
  • Feels like52°
  • WindN 3 mph
  • Radar over this pointno reading
  • Humidity79%
  • Dew point45°
  • Pressure0.01 inHg
  • UV index—
  • Air quality—
  • Visibility8 mi
  • Sunrise and sunsetSunrise · Sunset · not yet up
  • Moonrise8:20 PMMoonset 9:31 AM
  • Moon phaseWaning gibbous95% lit

The National Blend of Models

NOAA NBM v5.0 · run of Sep 28, 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 2879°56°NWS grid 79° / 56°rain 0%wind 3 mph
  2. TueSep 2980°59°NWS grid 80° / 58°rain 0%wind 5 mph
  3. WedSep 3082°61°NWS grid 82° / 61°rain 0%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  4. ThuOct 183°65°NWS grid 83° / 64°rain 12%wind 6 mph · gusts 12 mph
  5. FriOct 283°66°NWS grid 83° / 66°rain 42%thunder 14%0.18 inwind 3 mph · gusts 9 mph
  6. SatOct 379°64°NWS grid 79° / 64°rain 54%thunder 11%0.56 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  7. SunOct 472°63°NWS grid 70° / 63°rain 59%thunder 14%1.69 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  8. MonOct 572°58°NWS grid 72° / 58°rain 52%thunder 17%1.03 inwind 6 mph · gusts 13 mph
  9. TueOct 670°57°Beyond the NWS gridrain 40%0.65 inwind 7 mph · gusts 14 mph
  10. WedOct 772°57°Beyond the NWS gridrain 36%0.60 inwind 5 mph · gusts 12 mph
  11. ThuOct 873°—Beyond the NWS gridrain 15%0.12 inwind 3 mph · gusts 9 mph
50°68°86°TueWedThuFriSatSunMon

BlendNWS gridChance of rain, hourly

The models, side by side

HRRR Sep 28, 2:00 AM EDT · GFS Sep 27, 8:00 PM EDT · GEFS Sep 27, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF Sep 27, 8:00 PM EDT · ECMWF AI Sep 27, 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°TueWedThuFriSatSunMon

DayNWS gridHRRRGFSGEFSECMWFECMWF AI
Today Sep 2879° 56°76° 52°80° 52°82° 52°79° 52°~79° 51°
Tue Sep 2980° 58°79° 57°81° 55°82° 56°83° 59°~82° 56°
Wed Sep 3082° 61°~66° 64°85° 57°82° 59°85° 61°~83° 57°
Thu Oct 183° 64°—84° 63°82° 62°0.02 in87° 64°~83° 61°
Fri Oct 283° 66°0.16 in—83° 65°0.09 in82° 64°0.09 in87° 63°~84° 63°0.02 in
Sat Oct 379° 64°0.50 in—70° 68°0.89 in77° 67°0.39 in75° 69°0.30 in~74° 71°0.96 in
Sun Oct 470° 63°1.62 in—73° 68°0.38 in74° 65°0.37 in~71° 69°0.77 in~73° 69°1.81 in
Mon Oct 572° 58°0.96 in—71° 66°0.87 in74° 64°0.33 in~77° 65°0.05 in~80° 70°0.04 in
Tue Oct 6——74° 62°0.15 in67° 58°0.20 in~70° 58°~69° 54°
Wed Oct 7——65° 55°65° 56°0.22 in~70° 56°~69° 53°0.15 in
Thu Oct 8——~56° 52°1.61 in—~72° 54°~71° 59°0.54 in
Fri Oct 9——~69° 57°—~74° 54°~73° 50°
Sat Oct 10——~69° 53°0.01 in—~71° 52°~76° 49°
Sun Oct 11——~76° 54°—~70° 47°~78° 52°
Mon Oct 12——~80° 56°—~72° 51°~76° 58°
Tue Oct 13——~76° 56°———

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 Cornelia (AJR) · 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 Tue Oct 13, 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 lean33%warmer 40% · Oct 202633% chance above normal · Oct to Dec0°20°40°60°80°TodayOct 1Nov 1Dec 1

Forecast high and lowNormal high and lowRecord high and lowCPC leans warmer than normalCPC near normal or equal chances

Week ofNormalWarmest on recordColdest on recordTemperature leanPrecipitation lean
Sep 2874° / 53°93° (1941)26° (1974)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 573° / 53°92° (1954)29° (1974)near normal most likely · days 8 to 1433% chance above normal · days 8 to 14
Oct 1271° / 49°87° (1931)27° (1978)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 1970° / 46°86° (1939)23° (1937)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Oct 2666° / 46°87° (1937)24° (1961)40% chance above normal · Oct 2026equal chances · Oct 2026
Nov 263° / 42°85° (1935)19° (1954)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 962° / 40°80° (1989)11° (1969)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 1659° / 38°82° (1952)13° (1937)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 2357° / 37°77° (1970)7° (1970)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Nov 3058° / 36°77° (1933)11° (1929)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 753° / 35°76° (1998)1° (1962)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 1454° / 35°76° (1931)5° (1981)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec
Dec 2152° / 34°76° (1955)-1° (1983)33% chance above normal · Oct to Dec33% 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
MondayFair8:47 PM to 6:05 AM9 of 9None94%Fair5 mph
TuesdayFair8:46 PM to 6:06 AM9 of 9None87%Good3 mph
WednesdayFair8:44 PM to 6:06 AM4 of 91 h from 9:00 PM80%Good3 mph
ThursdayFair8:43 PM to 6:07 AM5 of 92 h from 9:00 PM70%Fair2 mph
FridayPoor8:41 PM to 6:08 AM0 of 9None60%6 h2 mph
SaturdayPoor8:40 PM to 6:09 AM0 of 9None50%7 h6 mph
SundayPoor8:38 PM to 6:09 AM0 of 9None39%9 h5 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
Mon7:03 AM to 7:12 AM7:12 AM to 8:01 AM6:50 PM to 7:39 PM7:39 PM to 7:48 PM
Tue7:03 AM to 7:13 AM7:13 AM to 8:02 AM6:49 PM to 7:37 PM7:37 PM to 7:47 PM
Wed7:04 AM to 7:14 AM7:14 AM to 8:03 AM6:47 PM to 7:36 PM7:36 PM to 7:46 PM
Thu7:05 AM to 7:15 AM7:15 AM to 8:03 AM6:46 PM to 7:35 PM7:35 PM to 7:44 PM
Fri7:06 AM to 7:15 AM7:15 AM to 8:04 AM6:44 PM to 7:33 PM7:33 PM to 7:43 PM
Sat7:06 AM to 7:16 AM7:16 AM to 8:05 AM6:43 PM to 7:32 PM7:32 PM to 7:42 PM
Sun7:07 AM to 7:17 AM7:17 AM to 8:06 AM6:42 PM to 7:30 PM7:30 PM to 7:40 PM
NESWSRSSMRMS
  • SR Sunrise 7:28 AM, 92° E
  • SS Sunset 7:23 PM, 268° W
  • MR Moonrise 8:20 PM, 68° ENE
  • MS Moonset 9:31 AM, 289° WNW
  • Waning gibbous, 95% 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: Mon 8 AM to 7 PM, 11 hours.

Today: civil twilight for Part 107 6:58 AM to sunrise 7:28 AM, and sunset 7:23 PM to 7:53 PM. Anti-collision lighting is required in those minutes and at night.

Mon6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Caution No-fly

HourVerdictWind (mph)400 ft est. (mph)Gust (mph)RainVisibilityCloud allowsTempKpWhy
Mon 6 AMCaution314160%8 mi52°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 7 AMCaution314160%8 mi52°civil twilight: lighting required (107.29)
Mon 8 AMGood3460%8 mi52°nothing against it
Mon 9 AMGood2360%9 mi56°nothing against it
Mon 10 AMGood1140%9 mi62°nothing against it
Mon 11 AMGood1140%10 mi66°nothing against it
Mon 12 PMGood1140%10 mi69°nothing against it
Mon 1 PMGood1150%10 mi73°nothing against it
Mon 2 PMGood1150%10 mi76°nothing against it
Mon 3 PMGood2360%10 mi78°nothing against it
Mon 4 PMGood2360%10 mi79°nothing against it
Mon 5 PMGood2370%10 mi78°nothing against it
Mon 6 PMGood2360%10 mi76°nothing against it
Mon 7 PMCaution29110%10 mi72°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 8 PMCaution29130%65°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 9 PMCaution29130%63°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 10 PMCaution314160%61°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Mon 11 PMCaution314170%59°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 12 AMCaution314170%58°night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 1 AMCaution518220%58°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 2 AMCaution518220%58°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 3 AMCaution518220%58°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 4 AMCaution518220%57°wind at 400 ft near or over your limit, gusts near or over your limit, night: lighting and night training required (107.29)
Tue 5 AMCaution314180%57°gusts near or over your limit, 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

  • Mon 6 AM to 9 AM 3 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Mon 10 PM to Tue 2 PM 16 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Tue 11 PM to Thu 2 AM 27 hours, every hour within the rules
  • Thu 10 AM to 9 PM 11 hours, every hour within the rules
Mon6 AM12 PM6 PM
Tue12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Wed12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM
Thu12 AM6 AM12 PM6 PM

Good Marginal No

Field days

DayDaytimeChance of rainRainLowest humidityStrongest windDry days in a rowHay drying
MondayDry0%0.00 in31%3 mph4 d
TuesdayDry0%0.00 in35%5 mph3 d
WednesdayDry0%0.00 in47%6 mph2 dGood
ThursdayDry2%0.00 in50%6 mph1 dGood
FridayShowers possible41%0.16 in57%3 mph
SaturdayWet51%0.50 in68%6 mph
SundayWet59%1.62 in86%7 mph
MondayWet52%0.96 in76%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 Monday, rated good.

DayRatingMajor periodsMinor periodsMoonSunrise, sunset
Mon Good1:34 AM to 3:34 AM2:00 PM to 4:00 PM9:01 AM to 10:01 AM7:50 PM to 8:50 PM 95%7:28 AM, 7:23 PM
Tue Fair2:26 AM to 4:26 AM2:54 PM to 4:54 PM10:12 AM to 11:12 AM8:29 PM to 9:29 PM 90%7:28 AM, 7:22 PM
Wed Poor3:22 AM to 5:22 AM3:52 PM to 5:52 PM11:24 AM to 12:24 PM9:15 PM to 10:15 PM 83%7:29 AM, 7:21 PM
Thu Fair4:22 AM to 6:22 AM4:53 PM to 6:53 PM12:34 PM to 1:34 PM10:11 PM to 11:11 PM 74%7:30 AM, 7:19 PM
Fri Fair5:25 AM to 7:25 AM5:56 PM to 7:56 PM1:39 PM to 2:39 PM11:15 PM to 12:15 AM 64%7:31 AM, 7:18 PM
Sat Fair6:27 AM to 8:27 AM6:58 PM to 8:58 PM2:35 PM to 3:35 PM 54%7:31 AM, 7:16 PM
Sun Fair7:27 AM to 9:27 AM7:56 PM to 9:56 PM12:24 AM to 1:24 AM3:22 PM to 4:22 PM 43%7:32 AM, 7:15 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. Today79° · W 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 79. West wind 0 to 5 mph.

  2. Tonight56° · N 0–5 mph

    Clear, with a low around 56. North wind 0 to 5 mph.

  3. Tuesday80° · E 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 80. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  4. Tuesday Night58° · E 0–5 mph

    Clear, with a low around 58. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  5. Wednesday82° · E 5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 82. East wind around 5 mph.

  6. Wednesday Night61° · E 0–5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 61.

  7. Thursday83° · 2% · E 0–5 mph

    Sunny, with a high near 83.

  8. Thursday Night64° · 14% · E 0–5 mph

    Mostly clear, with a low around 64.

  9. Friday83° · 41% · E 0–5 mph

    A chance of rain showers after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  10. Friday Night66° · 41% · 0 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

  11. Saturday79° · 51% · NE 0–5 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  12. Saturday Night64° · 51% · E 5 mph

    A chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

  13. Sunday70° · 59% · E 5 mph

    Rain showers likely before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

  14. Sunday Night63° · 59% · NE 5 mph

    Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63.

The forecaster’s discussion

NWS Atlanta/Peachtree City, GA · issued Sep 28, 3:03 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

Dry conditions continue through most of the week, before rain chances return late week and over the weekend.

Warming trend back to above normal temperatures for mid to late week.

Short Term

229 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2026

(Today through Tuesday)

Gradually warming temperatures and dry conditions will prevail across North and Central Georgia through mid-week. The deep mid- level low that currently stretches across much of the East Coast (and was responsible for our recent false-Fall) will shift into the Northern Atlantic over the next few days, while a mid-level ridge builds across the Mississippi Valley. Very dry air (PWAT values around 0.5") will linger over Georgia through mid-week, but the mid-level ridge nudging closer from the west will bring in warmer temperatures. With mostly clear skies, light winds, and dewpoints in the upper 40s to low 50s, overnight low temperatures will radiationally cool to the low to mid 50s this morning, and mid to upper 50s Tuesday morning. High temperatures will climb from the low to mid 80s today, to the mid to upper 80s Tuesday afternoon.

Long Term

229 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2026

(Tuesday night through Sunday)

Wednesday and Thursday will be the final days with essentially zero PoPs for the week ahead. Thursday and Friday will bring an amplifying a subtropical ridge over the Southeast and offshore over the western Atlantic. Meanwhile, moisture will increase as low-/mid- level flow off of the Gulf and Atlantic spreads inland. This setup will bring the return of isolated to scattered showers and storms Friday through Sunday. This synoptic pattern and AI NWP Convective Hazard Forecasts from NCAR continue to lack a signal for severe weather potential. That said, the feed of tropical moisture could favor an increasing heavy rainfall threat, as ensemble guidance depicts PWAT reaching 1.8" to 2.0" over the weekend -- for context, the 90th percentile is 1.6". The increasing coverage of showers and storms will likely moderate temperatures over the weekend, evidenced by progged highs in the mid-70s to lower 80s.

Aviation

133 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 2026

(06Z TAFS)

VFR conditions through the period with only some high cirrus and fair wx afternoon CU. Winds light and variable across most of the region. For the ATL area, winds light out of the NNW early this morning, trending NNE from 12-15Z, and then turning back NNW at 5-8kts for the afternoon.

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

High for all elements.

Culver

Preliminary Point Temps / Pops

Athens 82 56 84 59 / 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 81 58 83 62 / 0 0 0 0 Blairsville 78 54 80 56 / 0 0 0 0 Cartersville 82 54 85 60 / 0 0 0 0 Columbus 83 58 86 62 / 0 0 0 0 Gainesville 80 57 82 59 / 0 0 0 0 Macon 84 57 87 63 / 0 0 0 0 Rome 82 52 85 56 / 0 0 0 0 Peachtree City 82 54 84 60 / 0 0 0 0 Vidalia 87 62 90 67 / 0 0 0 0

FFC Watches / Warnings / Advisories

None.

Hazardous weather outlook Sep 28, 3:26 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
326 AM EDT Mon Sep 28 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...Tuesday through Sunday...

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

$$

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

Rainfall

  1. Day 1 · Mon Sep 28Under 0.01 in
  2. Day 2 · Tue Sep 29Under 0.01 in
  3. Day 3 · Wed Sep 30Under 0.01 in
  4. Day 4-5 · Oct 1–Oct 20.25 in
  5. Day 6-7 · Oct 3–Oct 42.00 in

The rainfall forecast on the map, days 1 to 7

Six to fourteen days

  1. Days 6–10 · Temperature33% chance above normalOct 3–Oct 7
  2. Days 6–10 · Precipitation50% chance above normalOct 3–Oct 7
  3. Days 8–14 · TemperatureNear normal most likelyOct 5–Oct 11
  4. Days 8–14 · Precipitation33% chance above normalOct 5–Oct 11

Drought

  1. Drought Monitor, map of Sep 22D1 Moderate drought
  2. Outlook for Sep 2026Drought persists

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

Frost and climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals, Cleveland

The last spring freeze (32°F) usually comes around April 14 and the first fall freeze around October 25: a growing season of about 192 days.

One fall in ten brings a freeze by October 12; one spring in ten still has one after May 2.

Climate of 34.51, -83.81: normals, records and every month

Everything else on the grid

NWS forecast grid · 32 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.

ElementMonTueWedThuFriSatSunMon
HeatRisk max1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor1 · Minor
Wet bulb globe temperature max69°71°76°77°77°75°70°70°
Heat index max79°79°83°84°84°78°70°71°
Chance of thunder max0%0%0%4%7%9%16%12%
Visibility min8 mi
Pressure min0.01 inHg0.01 inHg0.01 inHg
Mixing height max4,500 ft5,300 ft6,100 ft
Transport wind max9 mph8 mph8 mph
Twenty-foot wind max6 mph3 mph5 mph
Davis stability index max222
Atmospheric dispersion index max273052
Dispersion index max273052
Low visibility risk max433
Stability max666

Against the record

NOAA GHCN · Cornelia (AJR) · 14 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
Mon Sep 2879° / 56°76° / 58°91° (2019)39° (1962)
Tue Sep 2980° / 58°77° / 56°93° (1941)37° (1962)
Wed Sep 3082° / 61°74° / 54°91° (1941)30° (1967)
Thu Oct 183° / 64°74° / 53°92° (1933)34° (1974)
Fri Oct 283° / 66°75° / 52°89° (2019)33° (1984)
Sat Oct 379° / 64°74° / 53°92° (2019)26° (1974)
Sun Oct 470° / 63°74° / 54°93° (2019)28° (1974)
Mon Oct 572° / 58°74° / 54°92° (1954)29° (1974)

Sun and moon

DayCivil twilightSunriseSunsetCivil twilightDaylightMoon
Mon7:03 AM7:28 AM7:23 PM7:48 PM11 h 55 min Waning gibbous · 95% lit
Tue7:03 AM7:28 AM7:22 PM7:47 PM11 h 54 min Waning gibbous · 90% lit
Wed7:04 AM7:29 AM7:21 PM7:46 PM11 h 52 min Waning gibbous · 83% lit
Thu7:05 AM7:30 AM7:19 PM7:44 PM11 h 49 min Waning gibbous · 74% lit
Fri7:06 AM7:31 AM7:18 PM7:43 PM11 h 47 min Waning gibbous · 64% lit
Sat7:06 AM7:31 AM7:16 PM7:42 PM11 h 45 min Last quarter · 54% lit
Sun7:07 AM7:32 AM7:15 PM7:40 PM11 h 43 min Last quarter · 43% lit
Mon7:08 AM7:33 AM7:14 PM7:39 PM11 h 41 min Waning crescent · 33% 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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