Strong northwest flow aloft, resulting from a deep upper trough off the east coast, brought a cold, dry air mass into Georgia. Strong, gusty northwest winds combined with the dry air mass to fuel a human-caused wildfire in Whitfield county of northwest Georgia.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Strong northwest flow aloft, resulting from a deep upper trough off the east coast, brought a cold, dry air mass into Georgia. Strong, gusty northwest winds combined with the dry air mass to fuel a human-caused wildfire in Whitfield county of northwest Georgia. The fire burned 81 acres, took seven hours to contain, and resulted in nearly $14,000 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 Feb 28, 5:05 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 505 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM STILL SPINNING OVER THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. THIS LOW WILL CONTINUE TO PUT GA UNDER COOL DRY NW FLOW TODAY. THE RIDGE OVER THE NORTHERN...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHERN PLAINS WILL SHIFT EASTWARD TODAY AND BUILD INTO GA LATE TONIGHT. THIS RIDGE WILL BE SHORT LIVED AS NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHES EAST OFF THE TX GULF COAST MONDAY...BRINGING PRECIPITATION TO GA MONDAY EVENING. THE MODELS ARE SHOWING SOME CONSISTENCY WITH THE TIMING OF THIS SYSTEM...BRINGING PRECIP INTO SW GA MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING SPREADING AND EASTWARD THROUGH TUE. TEMPS SHOULD STAY MOSTLY ABOVE FREEZING MONDAY NIGHT SO NOT EXPECTING SNOW UNTIL EARLY TUE MORNING. AS THIS LOW STRENGTHENS OVERNIGHT AND THE SHORTWAVE DEEPENS AND DIGS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST...COLD AIR WILL BEGIN TO FILTER IN ALOFT. TEMPS DURING THE DAY TUES SHOULD GET WARM ENOUGH TO TURN ANY AREAS WITH MIXED PRECIP OR SNOW BACK TO RAIN BY TUE AFTERNOON. AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE AREA TUE NIGHT...SHOULD SEE RAIN TURN BACK TO SNOW OR MIXED RAIN SNOW AS TEMPS FALL FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET. AREAS SOUTH OF THE I 20 CORRIDOR SHOULD SEE A HALF INCH OR LESS ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TUE NIGHT. AREAS NORTH OF I 20 SHOULD SEE A HALF INCH TO 1 AND A HALF INCHES. THE GREATEST AREA OF ACCUMULATION WILL BE ACROSS THE N GA MOUNTAINS. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD WEDNESDAY ALLOWING ANOTHER HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE TO BUILD EASTWARD OUT OF THE PLAINS STATES. THIS LARGE RIDGE WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME CENTERED OVER MS/AL/GA BY FRI. THIS RIDGE SHOULD KEEP THE AREA PRECIPITATION FREE THROUGH DAY 7. TEMPS ILL BEGIN TO MODERATE THU/FRI WITH SEASONAL NORMS EXPECTED FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUING THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH MAINLY SCT/BKN HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED. THINK BULK OF CLOUDS (45 TO 55 HUNDRED FEET) ROTATING ACROSS TN INTO EXTREME NORTHERN GEORGIA EARLY THIS MORNING...WILL STAY NORTH OF ATL METRO TAF SITES...EXCEPT PERHAPS RYY WHERE SCT/BKN LAYER MAY BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 KTS THIS MORNING...INCREASING INTO THE 10 TO 15 KT RANGE (WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 KTS) BY LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON. 49 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 56 31 55 36 40 / 0 0 10 70 80 ATLANTA 54 32 57 35 38 / 0 0 10 70 70 BLAIRSVILLE 50 26 49 32 39 / 0 0 5 50 70 CARTERSVILLE 51 27 52 32 42 / 0 0 10 60 70 COLUMBUS 59 33 61 38 45 / 0 0 20 90 70 GAINESVILLE 54 32 53 33 39 / 0 0 5 60 70 MACON 60 30 60 39 46 / 0 0 20 90 80 ROME 56 29 54 36 43 / 0 0 5 60 70 PEACHTREE CITY 54 26 54 34 40 / 0 0 20 80 70 VIDALIA 58 34 62 40 48 / 0 0 5 70 80 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 530 AM EST SUN FEB 28 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-011000- 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 EST SUN FEB 28 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE PLAINS...WILL BUILD ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN U.S. THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH GEORGIA LATE MONDAY NIGHT...THEN ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED 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 that a human-caused wildfire in Whitfield county, labeled the Redwine Cove fire, burned 81 acres, took seven hours to contain, and resulted in $13,671 in damages.
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