An overall dry summer in many locations across north Georgia helped contribute to an isolated wildfire in Walker county on August 10th at South Dicks Ridge. The fire burned 1/4 acre and resulted in an estimated $1000 in damages.
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An overall dry summer in many locations across north Georgia helped contribute to an isolated wildfire in Walker county on August 10th at South Dicks Ridge. The fire burned 1/4 acre and resulted in an estimated $1000 in damages.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Atlanta, GA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 12:35 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 135 PM EDT TUE AUG 10 2010 .UPDATE... CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK. NO UPDATE TO ZONES PLANNED AT THIS TIME. 49 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 720 AM EDT TUE AUG 10 2010/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... UPPER RIDGE HOLDS OVER GEORGIA THROUGH THE PERIOD...HOWEVER CENTER OF RIDGE SHIFTS WESTWARD A BIT BY THURSDAY. DEVELOPING LOW IN SOUTHEAST GULF IS FORECAST TO MOVE GENERALLY TO THE NORTHWEST WITH THE DYNAMICS REMAINING SOUTH OF THE CWA. TODAY LOOKS DRY AGAIN EXCEPT FOR ISOLATED CONVECTION POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL ZONES WHERE CAPE VALUES ARE FORECAST TO BE A BIT HIGHER. A GENERAL SOUTHEAST FLOW SHOULD HELP INCREASE MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY OVER THE CWA WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. HAVE INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE OR CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE CWA FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. BORDERLINE HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR TODAY WITH AFTERNOON DEW POINTS MID 60S TO LOW 70S ACROSS THE AREA. HOWEVER...CENTRAL ZONES MAY NEED ONE ON WEDNESDAY. WILL LET NEXT SHIFT TAKE ANOTHER LOOK. PERSISTENCE TEMPERATURES FOR THE SHORT TERM...CLOSER TO THE MET. MOST AREAS REACHING LOW TO MID 90S WITH ISOLATED UPPER 90S. LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... GULF SYSTEM FORECAST TO MOVE WESTWARD THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH HIGH PRESSURE REMAINING THE DOMINANT FEATURE FOR OUR AREA. A DIURNAL PATTERN STILL LOOKS OKAY FOR THE PERIOD. A FRONT SHOULD APPROACH THE STATE BY THE WEEKEND AS THE UPPER TROUGH DEEPENS OVER THE NORTHERN STATES. POPS A BIT HIGHER FOR THE WEEKEND...BUT STILL IN CHANCE CATEGORY. 41 AVIATION... 18Z TAF ISSUANCE... SCATTERED CU AROUND THE AREA...WITH ISOLATED SHRA (POSSIBLY TSRA) DEVELOPING IN THE MOUNTAINS. SHOULD NOT IMPACT ANY TAF SITES. FOR THE MOST PART...EXPECT THE NEXT 24-30 HOURS TO BE A REPEAT OF THE LAST 24-30 HOURS...WITH CU DEVELOPING IN THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON AND LOW VFR TO MVFR HAZE/FOG AROUND SUNRISE. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGH THE PERIOD...BUT MODELS ALL INDICATE A WIND SHIFT AT THE METRO SITES AND AHN. SOME HAVE IT AS EARLY AS 00Z TONIGHT...OTHERS TOWARD MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. HAVE LEANED TOWARD THE LATER TIMING...CURRENTLY PUTTING THE WIND SHIFT AT 14Z. //ATL CONFIDENCE...UPDATED 12Z... HIGH FOR CIGS...WIND SPEED...LOW VFR VSBY WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND LACK OF CONVECTION. MEDIUM TO LOW ON TIMING OF WIND SHIFT FROM SE TO SW WEDNESDAY MORNING. TDP && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 98 71 96 73 96 / 10 10 20 10 30 ATLANTA 96 75 94 77 96 / 10 10 20 10 30 BLAIRSVILLE 93 68 90 67 90 / 20 20 20 10 30 CARTERSVILLE 97 69 95 70 95 / 10 10 20 10 30 COLUMBUS 97 74 97 77 97 / 10 10 20 10 30 GAINESVILLE 96 74 94 75 95 / 10 10 20 10 30 MACON 97 72 97 74 96 / 10 10 20 10 30 ROME 98 70 98 71 97 / 10 10 20 10 30 PEACHTREE CITY 96 71 95 71 94 / 10 10 20 10 30 VIDALIA 95 77 96 77 96 / 20 10 30 20 30 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EDT TUE AUG 10 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-110930- 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- 530 AM EDT TUE AUG 10 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA AND FAR NORTH GEORGIA. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT WILL CONTINUE TO DOMINATE THE WEATHER ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE PRIMARY HAZARD FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DISCUSSION... THE MODERATE TO STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. WILL KEEP THE ATMOSPHERE RELATIVELY CAPPED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH TONIGHT. INSTABILITY WILL BE MARGINAL WITH CAPE 500 OR LESS OVER MOST OF THE AREA. CAPE WILL INCREASE TO AROUND 1000 IN THE FAR NORTH THIS AFTERNOON...AND TO 1000 TO 1500 ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM NORTH OF A LINE FROM SUMMERVILLE TO DAWSONVILLE AND HOMER...AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LUMPKIN TO SWAINSBORO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
The Georgia Forestry Commission reported a human-caused wildfire at South Dicks Ridge in Walker county. The fire burned 1/4 acre and resulted in an estimated $1000 in damages.
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