High pressure continued in control over the area, though it had shifted offshore and was now bringing in moist south to southeasterly flow. A front was approaching the area, expected to move into north Georgia on the 16th.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
High pressure continued in control over the area, though it had shifted offshore and was now bringing in moist south to southeasterly flow. A front was approaching the area, expected to move into north Georgia on the 16th.
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 Apr 15, 6:50 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 750 PM EDT SUN APR 15 2012 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... COLD FRONT MOVES TO THE TN VALLEY LATE MONDAY WITH A LEADING SURFACE TROUGH FORECAST TO MOVE TO CENTRAL GA. FRONT LOOKS TO BECOME STATIONARY OVER THE AREA AS SW SLOW ALOFT CONTINUES THROUGH THE PERIOD. GFS AND NAM DIFFER WITH HOW FAR TO BRING PRECIP INTO THE AREA MONDAY AND HOW FAR SE OVER THE AREA THE FRONT GETS TUESDAY. ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT POPS WILL BE A COMPROMISE. HIGHEST POPS EXPECTED OVER FAR N GA FOR MONDAY. BEST INSTABILITY FORECAST WITH THE FRONT WITH CAPES IN THE 1000-1500 RANGE THAT COULD PRODUCE STRONG POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR MAINLY N GA. UPPER TROUGH APPROACHES TUESDAY WITH A SURGE OF MOISTURE ASSOCIATED THAT WILL ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS WITH AT LEAST SOME THUNDERSTORMS. NAM HAS THE HIGHEST CAPE OVER CENTRAL GA ON TUESDAY CLOSER TO WHERE IT THINKS THE FRONT IS WITH MUCH LESS CAPE OVER N GA. GFS CAPE IS LESS AND FARTHER N. FORECAST LOW TEMPERATURES RUNNING AROUND 10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL TONIGHT AND 10-15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL MONDAY NIGHT. FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES RUNNING 7-10 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL MONDAY AND NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TUESDAY. OVERALL CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM. 33 .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... HAVE MADE ONLY ONE TWEAK TO THE EXTENDED. FOR WEDNESDAY...HAVE LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES A BIT DUE TO POSSIBLY SOME LINGERING CLOUDINESS AND SHOWERS WITH UPPER SHORT WAVE PASSING. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES. SUNDAY A TOSS-UP. MODELS SHOWING MOSTLY DRY BUT A SHORT WAVE COMES DOWN TOWARD US IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW SO HAVE LEFT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ALONE FOR SUNDAY. 41 /PREVIOUS LONG TERM DISCUSSION ISSUED 422 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2012/ THE EXTENDED MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT...THE UPPER LEVEL FLOW FLATTENS AS THE SURFACE FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS IT WASHES OUT. CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL BECOME MORE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE BEST CHANCES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ON TUESDAY...WHEN MUCAPE NEAR 1000 AND SOME SHEAR NOTED. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY ALTHOUGH MODELS SHOW CONTINUED MOISTURE ACROSS THE AREA. A DEEPENING TROUGH OVER THE PLAINS WILL USHER THE NEXT SYSTEM INTO THE STATE BY THE END OF THE WEEK. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIODS. && .FIRE WEATHER... CRITICAL RH'S ARE NOT EXPECTED THE NEXT 2 DAYS WITH THE LOWEST RH'S 35-40 PERCENT AND HIGHER. WINDS WILL INCREASE MONDAY TRYING TO GET CLOSE TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH. WINDS WILL BE LESS FOR TUESDAY. 33 && AVIATION... 00Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THROUGH 08Z WITH MVFR CEILINGS DEVELOPING AND PERSISTING THROUGH 15Z...MAINLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN GEORGIA. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AFTER 18Z. WINDS WILL BE LIGHT...3-7KT...AND GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH 15Z...BECOMING SOUTHWEST AND INCREASING TO 8-12KT WITH GUSTS 16-20KT AFTER 15Z. //ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE...EXCEPT LOW TO MEDIUM CONFIDENCE FOR TIMING AND EXTENT OF MVFR CEILINGS LATE TONIGHT. 20 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 58 84 59 77 / 5 30 30 60 ATLANTA 62 80 63 74 / 5 40 40 70 BLAIRSVILLE 58 75 55 71 / 10 50 40 70 CARTERSVILLE 60 80 57 72 / 10 60 40 70 COLUMBUS 65 84 66 78 / 5 20 50 60 GAINESVILLE 60 79 61 74 / 10 40 30 70 MACON 59 85 62 81 / 5 10 40 50 ROME 61 81 59 73 / 10 70 50 70 PEACHTREE CITY 58 81 59 75 / 5 30 40 70 VIDALIA 61 85 63 83 / 5 10 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 33/41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1135 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-161545- 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- 1135 AM EDT SUN APR 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE SOUTHEAST COAST WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP BENIGN WEATHER ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... AND THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY .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 National Forest Service reported that a human-caused wildfire labeled Station burned 14 acres and resulted in an unknown amount of damages.
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