S. Gusty northwest winds and low humidity helped to fuel a human caused wildfire in White county.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
An Arctic air mass was spreading southeast from the central U.S. Gusty northwest winds and low humidity helped to fuel a human caused wildfire in White county. The fire burned 40 acres, took 10 hours to control, and resulted in $16,000 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 Jan 22, 3:35 PM EST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 335 PM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... NO WEATHER PROBLEMS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAYTIME SUNDAY. THE GFS/NAM ARE SIMILAR WITH FORECASTING A SHORT WAVE AND MOISTURE THAT WILL AFFECT MAINLY N GA WITH LIGHT RAIN AND/OR SNOW SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY. THE WAVE WILL BE RATHER FAST MOVING WITH ONLY 20-30 PERCENT POPS FOR MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION SUNDAY NIGHT WITH FLURRIES POSSIBLE FOR THE NE MOUNTAINS EARLY MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE SMALL SNOW ACCUMUALATIONS. UNCERTAINTY INCREASES THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT WITH A DIEING COLD FRONT TO THE WEST AND GULF OF MEXICO LOW PRESSURE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE TO S OF LA. MODELS SEEM CONSISTENT WITH SUGGESTING THE CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW FOR FAR N GA MONDAY NIGHT. MONDAY NIGHT POPS ABOUT 30 PERCENT FOR N AND W GA. FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES RUNNING 5-10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL TONIGHT AND NEAR TO 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY NIGHT. FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES 3-5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY. MOS NUMBERS SEEMED TOO WARM FOR THE MONDAY HIGH'S AND FAVORED THE FORECAST HIGHS FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST PACKAGE. .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... MODELS DIFFER ENOUGH FOR TUESDAY THAT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE FORECAST. THE NAM TRACKS THE SURFACE LOW ACROSS CENTRAL GA AND THIS TRACK WILL ALLOW FOR NEARLY ALL RAIN ACROSS N GA. THE GFS AND EUROPEAN TRACK THE SURFACE LOW FARTHER S THAT SUGGESTS THAT RAIN OR SNOW COULD DEVELOP OVER FAR N GA WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 1-2 INCH RANGE BY DAYS END TUESDAY. THE PASSING SURFACE LOW AND UPPER SYSTEM BRINGS MORE COLD AIR IN QUICKLY TUESDAY NIGHT FAVORING A CHANGE OVER OR CONTINUATION OF SNOW CHANCES FOR N GA AND A POSSIBLE RAIN/SNOW MIX FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL GA. THIS TIME FRAME WILL ALSO NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR ACCUMULATIONS. GFS/EUROPEAN SIMILAR WITH ENDING PRECIP CHANCES FOR WEDNESDAY AND KEEPING THINGS MAINLY DRY THROUGH SATURDAY. HOWEVER BOTH MODELS ARE INDICATING AN UPPER TROUGH PASSING BY LATE WEDNESDAY/EARLY THURSDAY AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY WITH MINIMAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED. BOTH MODELS BRING WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MAINLY DRY COLD FRONT TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY. && .FIRE WEATHER... 10 HOUR FUELS ARE DRYING BUT CONTINUE TO REMAIN ABOVE CRITICAL VALUES TODAY. A FEW HOURS OF RH'S 25 PERCENT OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY ACROSS CENTRAL GA ON SUNDAY WITH WINDS LESS THAN 10 MPH. LOW RH'S COULD AGAIN GET TO 25 PERCENT OR LESS OVER THE FAR SE FORECAST AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON. && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH MAINLY SCT-BKN HIGH CLOUDS AND UNRESTRICTED VISIBILITIES. NNW WINDS 8 TO 10 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 20KTS POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND 00Z. WINDS WNW 4 TO 8 KTS OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS 49 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 24 48 28 49 / 0 0 10 10 ATLANTA 27 48 32 48 / 0 0 10 10 BLAIRSVILLE 22 41 26 41 / 0 10 20 10 CARTERSVILLE 24 46 25 47 / 0 5 20 10 COLUMBUS 27 53 29 52 / 0 0 5 10 GAINESVILLE 26 46 32 43 / 0 5 20 10 MACON 26 52 26 53 / 0 0 5 10 ROME 25 46 26 45 / 0 10 20 20 PEACHTREE CITY 24 49 26 49 / 0 0 10 10 VIDALIA 29 53 32 58 / 0 0 5 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && BDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 443 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-230945- 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- 443 AM EST SAT JAN 22 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST TODAY...SPREADING MOISTURE ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA AND A WINTRY MIX ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA ON MONDAY...TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED 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, labeled Little Buzzard Mountain burned 40 acres, took 10 hours to control, and resulted in $16,000 in damages.
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