Surface high pressure dominated the central portion of the country with a weak shortwave over Georgia, bringing a light rain/snow mix to north Georgia early in the morning. Otherwise, cool and dry conditions prevailed, though relative humidity values were above critical levels for dangerous fire weather conditions.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Surface high pressure dominated the central portion of the country with a weak shortwave over Georgia, bringing a light rain/snow mix to north Georgia early in the morning. Otherwise, cool and dry conditions prevailed, though relative humidity values were above critical levels for dangerous fire weather 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 26, 9:05 AM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1005 AM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 .UPDATE... GENERAL UPDATE TO REMOVE MENTION OF FREEZE WARNING FOR THIS MORNING...WHICH WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 AM. THE FREEZE WARNING IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR 2 AM TO 10 AM WEDNESDAY. 31 && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 739 AM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013/ PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 420 AM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL US THROUGH THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE AXIS SITUATED ACROSS NORTHERN GA IS HELPING PRODUCE SOME SPOTTY BUT VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION ACROSS NORTHERN GA THIS MORNING...A RASN MIX OR ALL SNOW IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS. THE SHEAR AXIS SHOULD SHIFT SOUTHWARD DURING THE DAY AS A MID LEVEL TROUGH SWINGS THROUGH. ANY PRECIP CHANCES SHOULD END BY THE EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL STAY TO THE WEST THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NORTHERLY FLOW WILL HELP KEEP TEMPS BELOW NORMAL. MIN TEMPS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL ONCE AGAIN BE AT OR BELOW FREEZING FOR MUCH OF THE CWFA...SO HAVE GONE AHEAD AND ISSUED ANOTHER FREEZE WARNING. NLISTEMAA LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA TO START THE LONG TERM. THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT EVEN OUT TO DAY 7 WITH TIMING BUT THEY DO DIFFER A BIT WITH INTENSITY OF NEXT SYSTEM. THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE THAT IS OVER THE AREA IN THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED KEEPS A DECENT HOLD OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. THERE ARE A FEW LITTLE WEAK WAVES THAT TRY TO MOVE INTO THE STATE BUT LOOKS LIKE ALL WE WILL SEE IS SOME OFF AND ON INCREASED CLOUD COVER THROUGH FRIDAY. OUR NEXT CHANCE OF ANY REAL PRECIP WILL BE NEXT WEEKEND. THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE BOTH SHOWING THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVING IN FROM THE WEST FRIDAY WITH MOISTURE MOVING IN ACROSS THE STATE SAT/SUN. THE ACTUAL FRONT DOES NOT PUSH THROUGH THE AREA UNTIL SUN NIGHT INTO MONDAY BUT THEY BOTH ARE SHOWING THE SAME TREND. THE DIFFERENCE IS THE GFS IS SHOWING MUCH DEEPER MOISTURE MOVING IN WITH THIS SYSTEM THAN THE ECMWF. THEY ARE BOTH SHOWING VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY SO HAVE DECIDED TO CONTINUE WITH SHOWERS ONLY...BUT AM STILL NOT SURE WHICH TO GO WITH ON THE AMOUNT OF PRECIP TO EXPECT. KEEPING SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA SAT THROUGH MONDAY. TEMPS EXPECTED TO STAY AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMS THROUGH THE EXTENDED. 01 AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... COLD AIR STRATO CU AGAIN THIS MORNING. SOME MVFR CIGS HAVE BEGUN TO CREEP SOUTHWARD INTO THE ATLANTA METRO AREA. WINDS WILL REMAIN NW SUSTAINED 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 22-25KT POSSIBLE TODAY. AS SOON AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES SOUTH OF THE AREA...SKIES SHOULD GO CLEAR IN THE IN EVENING. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON CIGS. HIGH CONFIDENCE REMAINING ELEMENTS. ATWELL && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 49 29 56 30 / 20 0 0 0 ATLANTA 45 29 53 34 / 20 0 0 0 BLAIRSVILLE 39 26 48 28 / 30 0 0 0 CARTERSVILLE 45 29 54 30 / 20 0 0 0 COLUMBUS 50 30 58 36 / 5 0 0 0 GAINESVILLE 45 29 53 34 / 20 0 0 0 MACON 50 29 58 33 / 5 0 0 0 ROME 46 29 55 29 / 20 0 0 0 PEACHTREE CITY 46 28 55 29 / 10 0 0 0 VIDALIA 52 32 58 37 / 5 0 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FREEZE WARNING FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT WEDNESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 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. && SHORT TERM...39 LONG TERM....31 AVIATION...39
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1108 AM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-271000- 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- 1108 AM EDT TUE MAR 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. ...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA THIS AFTERNOON... ...FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT... .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND LOW FUEL MOISTURE VALUES EXPECTED...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS WILL EXIST THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. FREEZING TEMPERATURES CAN BE EXPECTED AGAIN TONIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S FOR MOST AREAS. PLEASE REFER TO THE FREEZE WARNING /ATLNPWFFC/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THERE IS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT WILL MOVE INTO THE STATE OVER THE WEEKEND BUT THERE IS VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY WITH THIS SYSTEM. ONLY EXPECTING SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY THROUGH 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 Jasus burned 0.1 acres and did not result in any damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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