Breezy and dry conditions were across the area on the 25th as high pressure dominated the Southeast. While winds were gusty and relative humidity were low, fuel moistures were too high for high fire danger conditions.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Breezy and dry conditions were across the area on the 25th as high pressure dominated the Southeast. While winds were gusty and relative humidity were low, fuel moistures were too high for high 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 Nov 25, 6:50 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 650 AM EST MON NOV 25 2013 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 349 AM EST MON NOV 25 2013/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT/... CURRENT SATELLITE LOOP SHOWS MAINLY HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA IS WEAKENING RAPIDLY AS DEVELOPING GULF SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEASTWARD. THIS DEVELOPING SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN AND SOME MIXED WINTRY PRECIP TO THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THE MODELS ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THIS SYSTEM AND ARE SUGGESTING THAT AS THE WARM FRONT AND RAIN MOVE INTO THE AREA THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS MAY SEE SOME RAIN/FREEZING RAIN/ICE PELLETS. THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DEVELOPING BY 00Z-02Z TUE AND CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. IT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE BACK OVER TO ALL RAIN BY DAYBREAK TUE. LITTLE IF ANY ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...AND SHOULD MAINLY BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES DUE TO WARM GROUND TEMPS. ANY ICE THAT DOES ACCUMULATE SHOULD BE ON ELEVATED SURFACES OR ON AREAS ABOVE 2500 FT. ONCE THE RAIN MOVES IN...ANY ACCUMULATED ICE WILL MELT. THE BEST LOCATION FOR THIS TO OCCUR WILL BE THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST GA MOUNTAINS. WE HAVE ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MORE INFORMATION. 01 LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE TO BE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT ON POSITION AND TIMING OF THE UPCOMING SYSTEM. THE SURFACE LOW STILL PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL/SOUTH GEORGIA LATE TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTH GEORGIA WILL REMAIN IN A COLD EAST FLOW AND WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL WARM ENOUGH DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY TO KEEP THE PRECIP ALL RAIN...TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY GET A BIT INTERESTING. AS THE SURFACE LOW PULLS INTO THE CAROLINAS BY 06Z WED...STRONG CAA WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE CWA. ALTHOUGH PRECIPITATION WILL DIMINISHING...WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING RAPIDLY SOME OF THE PRECIP WILL SWITCH OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. ALL MODELS EXIT THE PRECIP RAPIDLY WEDNESDAY. WILL ADJUST POPS TO INDICATE THIS WITH UPSLOPE PRECIP HOLDING ON IN THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE NEXT QUESTION ARE AMOUNTS. THIS WILL BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE TIMING OF THE SWITCH OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW AND HOW MUCH MOISTURE REMAINS ALONG WITH GROUND TEMPERATURES. AT THIS TIME THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS SHOULD BE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH UP TO 1 INCH...ALL FALLING AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT AND ENDING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER A HALF INCH IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION ACROSS MOST OF THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES...MOST...IF NOT ALL...ACCUMULATING IN GRASSY AREAS. AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY WILL NOT ISSUE ANY ADVISORIES/WATCHES FOR TUESDAY NIGHT/WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BEAR WATCHING FOR ANY CHANGES WITH NEW MODEL RUNS. FOR THE REST OF THE LONG TERM...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES. IT WILL REMAIN DRY WITH A SLOW MODERATING TREND IN THE TEMPERATURES. 17 HYDROLOGY... ALL MODELS AGREE WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY NORTH OF THE FALL-LINE WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES SOUTH OF THIS AREA. SEEING THAT THIS WILL BE SPREAD OUT OVER 30 TO 36 HOURS AND THAT IT WILL TAKE AT LEAST 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN TO FALL IN 3 HOURS TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING...AT THIS TIME WILL NOT ISSUE ANY FLOOD/FLASH FLOOD WATCHES. THIS WILL STILL NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR ANY CHANGES IN THE FORECAST. && .AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS TO START THIS TAF SET ENDING WITH IFR AND RAIN. WINDS WILL STAY OUT OF THE E THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD WITH SPEEDS IN THE 6-12KT RANGE. WILL SEE SOME HIGHER GUST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING NEAR 18KTS. MAINLY HIGH CLOUDS ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING BUT INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND MVFR CEILINGS WILL MOVE IN AROUND 21-23Z. IFR CEILINGS WILL MOVE IN AFTER 00Z TUE. SHOULD START TO SEE PRECIP IN THE ATL AREA BY 00Z AS WELL. PRECIP MAY START OUT AS ICE PELLETS/RAIN MIX BUT QUICKLY TURN OVER TO ALL RAIN BY 02-04Z. VSBYS WILL BE VFR UNTIL PRECIP STARTS. WILL SEE MVFR VSBYS AFTER THAT. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... MEDIUM TO HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS. 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 46 35 45 39 / 20 80 100 100 ATLANTA 47 37 47 36 / 30 80 100 100 BLAIRSVILLE 44 31 47 33 / 20 80 100 100 CARTERSVILLE 44 37 46 34 / 30 80 100 100 COLUMBUS 53 47 58 44 / 30 80 100 100 GAINESVILLE 43 36 43 38 / 20 80 100 100 MACON 51 43 55 42 / 20 80 100 100 ROME 44 38 46 37 / 30 80 100 100 PEACHTREE CITY 47 41 49 40 / 30 80 100 100 VIDALIA 54 47 66 48 / 10 70 100 100 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST TUESDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: DAWSON...FANNIN...GILMER... LUMPKIN...MURRAY...PICKENS...TOWNS...UNION...WHITE. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....17 AVIATION...01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 358 AM EST MON NOV 25 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-260900- 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 EST MON NOV 25 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. A STRONG AREA LOW PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN GULF OF MEXICO WILL MOVE TO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS WILL SPREAD RAIN ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BEGIN AS FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...BUT CHANGE BACK OVER TO RAIN BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY MORNING. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE FREEZING RAIN...SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY STATEMENT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TUESDAY THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY. LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE MINOR FLOODING. A SECOND ROUND OF WINTER PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN GEORGIA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN AND SNOW MIX WILL BECOME ALL SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FEET. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH ON GRASSY AREAS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA WITH AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT REQUESTED BUT SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF ICING CONDITIONS TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THROUGH THE WEB BY GOING TO WEATHER.GOV/ATLANTA.
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 FLT burned 0.1 acres and resulted in $200 in damages.
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