High pressure across the state began to move east on the 13th as a shortwave approached from the northwest. High fire danger conditions prevailed, with areas in the northeast Georgia mountains dropping to below freezing overnight.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
High pressure across the state began to move east on the 13th as a shortwave approached from the northwest. High fire danger conditions prevailed, with areas in the northeast Georgia mountains dropping to below freezing overnight.
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 13, 9:17 PM EST, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 917 PM EST MON FEB 13 2012 .EVENING UPDATE... VERY LIGHT RAIN CURRENTLY OVER NORTH AL IS SPREADING INTO NW GA THIS EVENING...BUT HAVING TROUBLE REACHING THE GROUND WITH AMPLE DRY AIR IN THE LOWER LEVELS. EXPECT LOWER LAYERS TO BECOME SATURATED OVER NW GA BY 10-11 PM THIS EVENING AS MORE ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND PRECIP SPREAD UP FROM CENTRAL AL. AREA TEMPS ARE STILL IN THE 40S... SO INITIAL ONSET SHOULD FALL AS LIGHT RAIN. HOWEVER...EVAPORATIVE COOLING PROCESSES MAY RESULT IN A FEW PELLETS OF SLEET OR FLAKES OF SNOW TO REACH THE GROUND LATER THIS EVENING OVER NW GA...BUT ONLY GIVING THIS A SLIGHT CHANCE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. HAVE HELD ONTO THE CURRENT FORECAST AFTER MIDNIGHT AS POSTED EARLIER... AS STILL SEE A CHANCE FOR SLEET AND SNOW ACROSS NORTH GA THROUGH THE EARLY TUESDAY MORNING HOURS...WITH SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS STILL POSSIBLE OVER MAINLY NE GA WHERE THE COLDER TEMPERATURE PROFILES ARE EXPECTED. THEREFORE...WILL HOLD ONTO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AS IS WITH NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE FORECAST EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. /39 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 327 PM EST MON FEB 13 2012/ ...WINTRY MIX LIKELY TONIGHT WITH LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW AND SLEET EXPECTED IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA... SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... PRIMARY CONCERN TONIGHT IS LIKELIHOOD AND AMOUNT OF WINTER PRECIP IN NORTH GEORGIA. HAVE TWEAKED ADVISORIES AND SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT TO BEST REFLECT LATEST FORECAST. CLASSIC CASE OF WARM ADVECTION PRECIP TONIGHT WITH COOL DRY LOW LEVEL AIR MASS IN PLACE. SOME KEY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE 12Z NAM AND GFS THAT HAD TO BE RESOLVED...MOST NOTABLY THE GFS IS MAINTAINING THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD/DRY LONGER THAN THE OTHER MODELS. GFS ALSO SHOWING MORE PRECIP REACHING THE GROUND SLIGHTLY EARLIER THAN THE NAM. WHILE PRECIP AMOUNTS ARE FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE FOR A WINTER EVENT... UP TO ONE HALF INCH...MOST OF THE PRECIP WILL FALL AS RAIN. IN FAR NE SECTIONS...MODELS HANGING ON TO COOLER DRIER AIR LONGER SO TYPE A LITTLE TOUGHER TO PIN DOWN. BASED ON NAM AND GFS BUFR 1HR/3HR SOUNDINGS USING TOP DOWN TECHNIQUE AND SREF PTYPE PROBABILITIES...APPEARS THERE WILL BE LITTLE CHANCE FOR FREEZING RAIN. PRECIP IN FAR NC AND NE GA SHOULD FALL INITIALLY AS LIGHT SNOW OR SLEET AND SHOULD REMAIN THIS TYPE UNTIL 12Z OR SO WHEN WARM NOSE FINALLY PUSHES INTO THE AREA. FORTUNATELY...CAD NOT IN PLACE OR FCST TO DEVELOP SO BANKING ON THIS COOL AIR MODIFYING QUICKLY WITH SLY WARM/MOIST SFC FLOW. BY 15Z...EXPECT PRECIP TO BE MOSTLY RAIN. OVER REST OF NORTH GA INCLUDING NW GA...MODELS NOT SHOWING MUCH POTENTIAL FOR SNOW. SLEET/RAIN MIX APPEARS MOST LIKELY AT ONSET LATE THIS EVENING WITH CHANGEOVER TO ALL RAIN AS WARM NOSE PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST AFTER 09Z. AS WAVE MOVES OUT...PRECIP AMOUNTS DROP IN THE MORNING WITH JUST LINGERING PRECIP IN THE AFTERNOON. NOT MUCH RESPITE AFTER THIS SYSTEM AS ZONAL FLOW PATTERN REMAIN IN PLACE AND ANOTHER WAVE PROGGED TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WED. HAVE NOT MODIFIED MUCH OF THE FORECAST FROM WED ON. MOST OF THE PRECIP ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD FALL LATE WED NIGHT AND THURS. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... AS MENTIONED...LITTLE CHANGES MADE TO THE LONG TERM FORECAST. SOME CONCERN THAT NAM SHOWS SLOWER FROPA AND SOME SFC-BASED CAPE ON THURS. OTHER MODELS QUITE A BIT FASTER. GIVEN ENOUGH CAPE...SHEAR SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR AT LEAST ISOLD SVR STORMS. WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR SOME MORE MODEL RUNS TO SEE HOW THIS PANS OUT. 12Z ECMWF SLOWER BUT IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH GFS ON WAVE COMING OUT OF THE GULF IN SW FLOW ON THE WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH SFC LOW IS PROGGED TRACK SOUTH OF THE STATE...TEMPS EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING WITH ONLY RAIN EXPECTED. SNELSON FIRE WEATHER... HUMIDITIES HAVE DROPPED TO 18 TO 25 PCT THIS AFTERNOON. FORTUNATELY WINDS HAVE REMAINED LIGHT AS FUEL MOISTURE DROPPED BELOW 10PCT AT 18Z TODAY. EXPECT DANGER TO LESSEN DRAMATICALLY AS PRECIP MOVES IN. RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .AVIATION... /ISSUED AT 605 PM EST MON FEB 13 2012/ 00Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO LOWER TO MVFR CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WILL RAIN MOVING OVER THE AREA. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ATL AREA AT ONSET BUT NOW WORTHY FOR THE TAFS. LIGHT AND VARIABLE SURFACE WINDS OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SSW WINDS FOR ATL WILL TREND TO THE SE OVERNIGHT. BDL //ATL CONFIDENCE...00Z UPDATE... CONFIDENCE HIGH TO START EXCEPT LOW FOR WIND DIRECTION. AFT 06Z...CONFIDENCE LOW TO MEDIUM. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 34 47 33 66 / 70 60 5 5 ATLANTA 36 46 37 65 / 90 70 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 31 44 31 63 / 70 60 5 5 CARTERSVILLE 33 48 33 64 / 90 60 5 5 COLUMBUS 36 52 41 70 / 80 70 5 5 GAINESVILLE 35 45 35 64 / 80 60 5 5 MACON 36 52 38 69 / 60 70 5 5 ROME 33 49 33 66 / 90 60 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 35 48 33 66 / 90 70 5 5 VIDALIA 37 59 45 72 / 20 80 10 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: DAWSON...FANNIN...GILMER... LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS...TOWNS...UNION...WHITE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 534 PM EST MON FEB 13 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-141500- 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- 534 PM EST MON FEB 13 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT... A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. .SYNOPSIS... A COLD...DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE WILL SUPPORT A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. .PRIMARY HAZARDS... THE MAIN CONCERN IS THE CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING. AREAS OF NORTHEAST GEORGIA COULD SEE UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS DURING THE TUESDAY MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO RAIN BY MID TO LATE TUESDAY MORNING...AND GREATLY LESSON THE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. .DISCUSSION... LIGHT PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN MOVING INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE EVENING HOURS AND THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE REST OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE LIGHT RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF RAIN...SNOW OR SLEET AT TIMES ACROSS NORTHWEST GEORGIA BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO ALL RAIN WELL BEFORE SUNRISE. THE WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY 3 AM ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA TONIGHT...WHERE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL EVENTUALLY TURN BACK TO ALL RAIN BY MID TO LATE TUESDAY MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ISSUED FOR NORTHEAST GEORGIA THROUGH 10 AM TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 National Forest Service reported that a human-caused labeled Abercrombie burned 5 acres and resulted in $250 in damages.
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