A deep Arctic air mass persisted across north Georgia during the first two weeks of January. Gusty northwest winds and a dry air mass were common during this period.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A deep Arctic air mass persisted across north Georgia during the first two weeks of January. Gusty northwest winds and a dry air mass were common during this period. The dry air mass and strong winds combined to fuel a human-caused wildfire in Lumpkin county. The fire affected an area of 20 acres, burned for five hours, and resulted in $4500 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 Jan 6, 5:05 AM EST, 7 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 505 AM EST WED JAN 6 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... SHORT TERM MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH EACH OTHER THIS RUN AND AS THEY HAVE THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS...ONCE AGAIN THE 00Z RUN IS ADVERTISING LESS MOISTURE...AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH THE SYSTEM TOMORROW. THE UPPER LEVEL WAVE ROTATES EASTWARD THIS MORNING WITH DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE FORECAST ARE AS THE SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE SOUTHEAST TODAY. THIS HIGH CONTINUES TO TRACK EASTWARD...SHIFTING THE WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST AHEAD OF THE ALBERTA CLIPPER APPROACHING THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. SHORT TERM MODELS HOLDING OFF THE MOISTURE AND LIGHT SNOW UNTIL AFTER 12Z TOMORROW...WILL KEEP MAINLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED FLURRIES THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ACROSS AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF I-85... WITH CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OVER THE NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS. DURING THE AFTERNOON...THICKNESS AND H85 TEMPERATURES INDICATING TEMPERATURES WARMING A BIT IN THE ATLANTA METRO AREA AND HAVE GONE WITH A RAIN/SNOW MIX BEFORE SWITCHING OVER TO LIGHT SNOW LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AS THE SURFACE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH. MODELS NOW SHOWING SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA OVERNIGHT THURSDAY BUT SHOULD BE LIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS THIS FORECAST ARE RANGING FROM 1 INCH OR MORE IN THE NORTH MOUNTAINS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THURSDAY...TO AROUND ONE-HALF INCH ALONG A LINE FROM LAGRANGE TO ATHENS...INCLUDING THE ATLANTA METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THURSDAY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA OVERNIGHT ON THURSDAY. AS THE VORT MAX SMEARS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND MID ATLANTIC STATES ON FRIDAY...CONTINUED FLURRIES POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...WITH NO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. AGAIN MET TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN DOING WELL AND AM LOATH TO STRAY TOO FAR...ALTHOUGH THE WARMUP ADVERTISED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON LOOKS OVERDONE AND HAVE UNDERCUT THIRD PERIOD GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES CONSIDERABLY...AS I AM HAVING A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT WE WILL SEE A 25-30 DEGREE WARMUP FROM MORNING LOWS. .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AS THE UPPER LOW TRACKS NORTHEAST...IT ELONGATES ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY BRINGING SOME MOISTURE TO NORTH GEORGIA. MAY BE ENOUGH FOR CONTINUED FLURRIES THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS. BROAD SURFACE HIGH BUILDS IN FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH DRY NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. SHOULD START TO SEE A WARM UP IN AFTERNOON HIGHS BY THE BEGINNING OF THE WORK WEEK. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS CONTINUING WITH MAINLY SCT/BKN HIGH CLOUDS ANTICIPATED TODAY AND WELL INTO TONIGHT. MAY SEE SOME INCREASE IN MID LEVEL CLOUDS GENERALLY AFTER DAYBREAK THURSDAY. WITH SUCH A DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE...NO VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUING WITH SPEEDS IN THE 8 TO 12 KT RANGE TODAY...AND LESS THAN 10 KTS TONIGHT. MODELS HINTING AT WINDS COMING AROUND A BIT MORE OUT OF TO THE WEST/SOUTHWEST BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING...AHEAD OF COLD FRONT MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. 49 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 41 21 41 24 35 / 0 0 50 50 10 ATLANTA 36 25 37 20 33 / 0 0 60 40 5 BLAIRSVILLE 29 20 33 18 26 / 0 5 60 40 10 CARTERSVILLE 36 18 35 21 34 / 0 0 60 30 5 COLUMBUS 42 23 43 22 40 / 0 0 60 40 5 GAINESVILLE 36 22 36 21 34 / 0 0 60 40 10 MACON 44 23 44 22 41 / 0 0 40 50 10 ROME 37 18 36 23 33 / 0 5 60 30 10 PEACHTREE CITY 39 16 38 18 36 / 0 0 60 40 5 VIDALIA 45 19 46 22 39 / 0 0 10 50 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 12
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 525 AM EST WED JAN 6 2010 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-071000- 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- 525 AM EST WED JAN 6 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... A STRONG COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE MID U.S. WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT EASTWARD THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL OVER NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD AT THIS TIME. .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 fueled by strong northwest winds and low relative humidity burned 20 acres, took five hours to contain, and resulted in $4500 in damages.
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