A high pressure ridge continued to dominate the area on the 26th, but was beginning to break down in advance of Hurricane Sandy. Dry conditions continued across the area, but not to critical levels for fire danger conditions.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A high pressure ridge continued to dominate the area on the 26th, but was beginning to break down in advance of Hurricane Sandy. Dry conditions continued across the area, but not to critical levels for fire danger conditions.
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 Oct 26, 12:32 PM EST, 28 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 132 PM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 947 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012/ UPDATE... NO MAJOR CHANGES FOR TODAY. SMALL CHANCES OF LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUING FOR TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF N GA. FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES RUNNING 7-8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON. BDL PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 742 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... LOOKS LIKE TODAY WILL BE THE LAST DAY THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GA. THIS RIDGE HAS DOMINATED THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AND IT IS FINALLY WEAKENING AND MOVING NE AS THE NEXT 2 SYSTEMS TAKE ITS PLACE. THE FIRST SYSTEM IS HURRICANE SANDY. SANDY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING STRENGTH JUST EAST OF THE FL PENINSULA OVER THE BAHAMIAN ISLAND CHAIN AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE N TO JUST OFF THE GA COAST BY SUNDAY MORNING. FOR THE MOST PART...SANDY WILL NOT AFFECT NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. THE MOST WE WILL SEE IS INCREASED WINDS AND MAYBE A FEW SHOWERS AS IT PASSES TO OUR EAST. THE SECOND SYSTEM IS A COLD FRONT DEVELOPING OVER THE MS RIVER VALLEY THIS MORNING. THIS COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST AND INTO NW GA SAT MORNING. AS THE TAIL END OF THIS FRONT PUSHES INTO THE STATE IT DRIES UP CONSIDERABLY SO N GA MAY SEE A FEW SHOWERS FROM IT BUT IT WILL MOSTLY JUST BRING INCREASED CLOUD COVER. THIS FRONT IS ALSO WHAT IS KEEPING SANDY OFF SHORE AND STEERING HER NORTHWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD THROUGH NEXT WEEK. ALL IN ALL WE SHOULD JUST SEE INCREASED WINDS AND CLOUDS SAT WITH THE CLOUDS BEGINNING TO CLEAR OUT SUN. WINDS WILL STAY UP SUNDAY AND INTO MON. TEMPS WILL STAY FAIRLY WARM TODAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND 80S...BUT A COOLING TREND WILL BEGIN SAT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES IN. HIGHS SAT WILL BE IN THE 60S AND 70S WITH LOWS SUN MORNING IN THE 40S AND 50S. EVEN COLDER TEMPS WILL BE MOVING IN THROUGH THE EXTENDED. 01 LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... HURRICANE SANDY OFF THE COAST OF NORTH CAROLINA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG TERM...AS THE LONG WAVE TROUGH MOVES INTO THE EASTERN STATES. STRONG NORTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING DRY AND COLD AIR INTO GEORGIA DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. SOME REMAINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODELS CONCERNING THICKNESS VALUES AND LOCATION OF THE CLOSED UPPER LOW AS REMAINS OF SANDY GET ABSORBED IN THE FLOW. HOWEVER IT LOOKS LIKE THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON WILL BE HEADED INTO THE CWA. NO PRECIPITATION MENTIONED THROUGH THE PERIOD. 41 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED INTO THE OVERNIGHT WITH SOME CEILINGS IN THE 4000-6000 FT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME POTENTIAL FOR IFR TO MVFR CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT BUT NOT ENOUGH CONFIDENCE FOR CEILINGS. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED INCREASING OVER NW GA TONIGHT NOT EXPECTED TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE ATL AREA TAFS. SURFACE WINDS ENE 5-10 KTS WITH SOME GUSTS AROUND 15 KTS...DIMINISHING WITH SUNSET. WIND SHIFT EXPECTED AT ATL NNE TO NNW AROUND 06-09Z. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... CONFIDENCE HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS INTO TONIGHT. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT. BDL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 79 57 72 50 / 5 5 10 10 ATLANTA 78 59 68 48 / 5 10 10 10 BLAIRSVILLE 75 53 65 45 / 5 20 20 10 CARTERSVILLE 79 53 67 46 / 5 20 20 10 COLUMBUS 82 59 75 48 / 5 5 10 10 GAINESVILLE 77 58 68 48 / 5 10 10 10 MACON 82 58 78 49 / 5 5 10 10 ROME 80 51 66 45 / 10 20 20 10 PEACHTREE CITY 79 53 71 43 / 5 10 10 10 VIDALIA 80 61 77 57 / 10 10 10 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...BDL LONG TERM....TDP AVIATION...BDL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 358 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-270800- 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- 358 AM EDT FRI OCT 26 2012 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 ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST WILL WEAKEN TODAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES INTO NORTH GEORGIA ON SATURDAY AND HURRICANE SANDY MOVES NORTHWARD EAST OF THE GEORGIA COAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... 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 wildfire labeled Saddler Ridge burned 10 acres and resulted in $1000 in damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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