A shortwave pushed through the area on the 14th, bringing light rain during the early morning hours on the 15th. Skies cleared during the daytime hours on the 15th with dry conditions returning to the area, though relative humidity values remained just above critical levels for fire danger conditions.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A shortwave pushed through the area on the 14th, bringing light rain during the early morning hours on the 15th. Skies cleared during the daytime hours on the 15th with dry conditions returning to the area, though relative humidity values remained just above 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 Mar 15, 6:24 AM EST, 5 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 724 AM EDT FRI MAR 15 2013 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 606 AM EDT FRI MAR 15 2013/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... LITTLE EVIDENCE REMAINS OF THE SHORTWAVE THAT PUSHED THROUGH THE AREA EARLIER TONIGHT. LIGHT RAIN HAS DIMINISHED AND CLOUDY CONDITIONS ARE CLEARING. EXPECT DIURNAL FEW CU TO LAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND CLEAR INTO FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. OVERALL...FRIDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES ARE ON TRACK TO DROP NEAR OR AT FREEZING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. HAVE CONTINUED MENTION OF PATCHY AND ISOLATED AREAS OF FROST THROUGH SUNRISE. IN GENERAL...FOLLOWED A MAV/MET BLEND TREND FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. GRADUAL WARM UP IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH WARM SPRINGTIME TEMPERATURES IN STORE. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE MID 70S BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND BY SUNDAY MORNING...EXPECT LOWS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S. SHORT TERM MODELS ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH PERSISTENT SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY STILL EXPECTED TO SAG INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY SATURDAY...DROPPING JUST SOUTH ENOUGH TO INCREASE MOISTURE ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. HAVE CONTINUED WITH SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE LIGHT RAIN FOR GENERALLY THE FARTHEST NORTH TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES IN THE CWA. A FEW MODELS DO LIMIT THE SOUTHERLY EXTENT OF THE MOISTURE...AND ADDITIONAL MODEL RUNS WILL DETERMINE WHETHER THESE POPS MAY BE A LITTLE OVERDONE. REGARDLESS...EXPECTED INCREASING CLOUD COVER OVER THIS AREA INTO SATURDAY...LASTING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM. 31 LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW A WEAK FRONT STALLING NEAR NORTH GA ON SUNDAY...WARRANTING A LOW CHANCE OF POPS NORTH SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THE GREATER RAIN CHANCES CONTINUE TO BE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT IS PROGGED BY MODELS TO PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GA MONDAY EVENING...THEN ACROSS THE REMAINING FORECAST AREA THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. LATEST GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SHOW MODEST INSTABILITIES (400-900 CAPES AND -2 TO -4 LI'S) SPREADING INTO THE AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AHEAD OF THE APPROACHING COLD FRONT. THIS COUPLED WITH MODERATE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR AND DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT SUGGEST THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. OTHERWISE... EXPECT CLEARING CONDITIONS ON TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BEHIND THE DEPARTING COLD FRONT. DRY CONDITIONS ARE ON TAP FOR WEDNESDAY UNDER HIGH PRESSURE INFLUENCE. THEN GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A WARM FRONT DRIFTING NORTHWARD AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY. THIS COUPLED WITH AN ACTIVE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL WARRANT A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON THURSDAY... WITH THE GREATER RAIN CHANCES OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE FORECAST AREA... NEARER THE RETURNING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. /39 FIRE WEATHER... A DEVELOPING WEST TO SOUTHWEST WIND FLOW WILL INCREASE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TODAY AND SATURDAY. THIS WILL HELP HOLD RELATIVE HUMIDITY JUST ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS FOR MOST AREAS TODAY AND OVER THE WEEKEND. THE LOWEST RH VALUES TODAY WILL BE OVER THE FAR SOUTHERN REACHES OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE 25 TO 29 PERCENT WILL PREVAIL FOR A FEW HOURS. EXPECT GENERALLY 30 TO 35 PERCENT ELSEWHERE. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 14 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASE ON SATURDAY TO AROUND 15 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 25 MPH OR HIGHER. THESE HIGHER WINDS WILL LIKELY WARRANT A FIRE DANGER STATEMENT ON SATURDAY CONSIDERING FUELS HAVE DRIED TO 8 PERCENT OR LESS FOR MOST AREAS. /39 && .AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD. EXPECT DIURNAL CU DEVELOPING BY LATE MORNING...GENERALLY FEW 5KFT. W TO WSW WINDS EXPECTED...GENERALLY 3-6KT THIS MORNING...BECOMING 9-12KT BY 18Z WITH LOW END GUSTS TO 18-20KT. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS. 31 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 72 48 76 52 / 0 0 5 10 ATLANTA 71 48 73 54 / 0 0 5 10 BLAIRSVILLE 65 46 70 48 / 0 0 20 20 CARTERSVILLE 72 47 74 50 / 0 0 5 10 COLUMBUS 74 49 76 54 / 0 0 5 5 GAINESVILLE 68 49 72 51 / 0 0 5 10 MACON 72 46 76 51 / 0 0 5 5 ROME 73 46 75 49 / 0 0 10 20 PEACHTREE CITY 73 44 74 48 / 0 0 5 5 VIDALIA 72 48 77 54 / 0 0 0 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...31 LONG TERM....39 AVIATION...31
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1240 PM EDT FRI MAR 15 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-161100- 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- 1240 PM EDT FRI MAR 15 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY DUE TO INCREASED WINDS. A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO GEORGIA MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT... BRINGING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH GEORGIA LATE ON MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED 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 Wildcat burned 12 acres and resulted in $3000 in damages.
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