Dry high pressure was in place across the area, and a few locations especially in northwest Georgia were able to briefly experience critically low relative humidity values during the afternoon.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Dry high pressure was in place across the area, and a few locations especially in northwest Georgia were able to briefly experience critically low relative humidity values during the afternoon.
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 8, 1:03 PM EST, 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 103 PM EST FRI NOV 8 2013 .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 629 AM EST FRI NOV 8 2013/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... /ISSUED AT 328 AM EST FRI NOV 8 2013/ LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS A COOL DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE MID AND LOWER MS VALLEY REGIONS THIS MORNING. THE SURFACE RIDGE WILL DRIFT EASTWARD ACROSS THE TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THEN SETTLE ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL REGION EARLY ON SATURDAY. AS A RESULT... EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH AT LEAST TONIGHT AS A FEW HIGH CLOUDS STREAM ACROSS FROM THE WEST. THE HIGH CLOUDS MAY THICKEN A BIT ON SATURDAY... HOWEVER... MOST AREAS SHOULD STILL SEE AT LEAST PARTLY SUNNY CONDITIONS SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE COOL NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WIND FLOW WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH TONIGHT. THEN A WARMING SOUTHEAST WIND RETURNS TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY... ALLOWING TEMPS TO CLIMB INTO THE MID AND UPPER 60S SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SHOULD SEE SOME PATCHY FROST EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE TYPICAL COLD SPOTS... AS SOME AREAS SEE TEMPS DIP INTO THE LOWER-MID 30S UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES AND CALM WINDS. LEANED CLOSE TO A MAV AND MET BLEND FOR TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE SHORT TERM. 39 LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... /ISSUED AT 328 AM EST FRI NOV 8 2013/ GUIDANCE IN DECENT AGREEMENT FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST PORTION OF THE LONG TERM AS MAINLY ZONAL FLOW AND DRY CONDITIONS PERSIST. A WEAKENING SFC HIGH IS PROGGED TO SLIDE EASTWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...RESULTING IN PRIMARILY A NW TO NE WIND SHIFT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. WE CAN EXPECT NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS AND PARTLY CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH EARLY WEEK. THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN WILL BE WITH THE EVOLUTION OF A RELATIVELY HIGH AMPLITUDE UPPER TROUGH PROGGED TO DIG INTO THE EASTERN CONUS FOR MIDWEEK. GFS AND CMC GUIDANCE CONTINUE TO SHOW A LESS PROGRESSIVE AND MORE BENIGN SOLUTION...KEEPING THE AREA MOSTLY DRY AS THE BACKDOOR FRONT PUSHES THROUGH TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH LIMITED AVAILABLE MOISTURE. HOWEVER...THE ECMWF REMAINS THE OUTLIER WITH BREAKING OFF DEEPER TROUGH ENERGY INTO A STRONG CUTOFF LOW...H5 538 DAM...FOR WEDNESDAY. THIS SOLUTION COULD ALSO DRAW IN SOME WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE TO PARTS OF THE NORTH AND EAST AND POTENTIALLY MAKE FOR AN EARLY TASTE OF WINTER. HAVE COORDINATED WITH SOME OF SURROUNDING OFFICES TO LEAN MORE TOWARD THE CONSENSUS AND NOT BUY IN ON THE ECMWF UNTIL MORE AGREEMENT OR CONSISTENCY IS MADE THAT FAR OUT IN THE FORECAST. LOOKS LIKE TIMING IS DECENT ENOUGH ON BACKDOOR FRONT AND ANY LINGERING MOISTURE TUESDAY NIGHT TO WARRANT SLIGHT TO LOW CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS ACROSS NORTH GA. WILL CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE MAINLY SLIGHT POPS FOR SHOWERS WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT BASED ON AFOREMENTIONED UNCERTAINTY WITH UPPER TROUGH. EVEN GOING WITH A FORECAST MORE SIMILAR TO THE GFS...THERE LOOKS TO BE STRONG CAA BEHIND THE FRONT TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND TEMPS LOOK TO BE 10-15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH GA WOULD NOT BE OUT OF THE QUESTION FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...AND LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT COULD FLIRT WITH THE COOLEST OF THE SEASON. WILL GO WITH UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S FOR MOST OF THE AREA...THOUGH OF COURSE WILL HAVE TO MONITOR MODEL TRENDS CLOSELY FOR ANY CHANGES AS THE ROBUST ECMWF SOLUTION BRINGS WIDESPREAD LOW TO MID 20S ACROSS THE AREA. BAKER FIRE WEATHER... /ISSUED AT 328 AM EST FRI NOV 8 2013/ DRY HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY... ALLOWING A FEW AREAS TO BRIEFLY EXPERIENCE CRITICALLY LOW RH VALUES DURING THE AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME AS THE CRITICALLY LOW RH VALUES SHOULD BE BRIEF... WINDS WILL BE 10 MPH OR LESS... AND FUELS ARE ABOVE CRITICAL NUMBERS. DESPITE THE NUMBERS... CAUTION IS ADVISED AS FUELS WILL DRY SOME TODAY... AND LOWERING RH VALUES SHOULD BE MONITORED CLOSELY DURING THE AFTERNOON. 39 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. WINDS ARE FLIP FLOPPING BETWEEN NW AND NE RIGHT NOW BUT EXPECTING THEM TO TURN NE THEN EVENTUALLY SE THROUGH SAT MORNING. WINDS SPEEDS EXPECTED TO STAY 10KTS OR LESS. NO PRECIPITATION OR RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS EXPECTED. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 62 35 63 43 / 0 0 5 5 ATLANTA 61 40 63 46 / 0 0 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 57 32 61 38 / 0 5 5 5 CARTERSVILLE 60 35 63 41 / 0 0 5 5 COLUMBUS 65 40 67 49 / 0 0 5 5 GAINESVILLE 60 38 62 45 / 0 5 5 5 MACON 65 34 67 44 / 0 0 5 5 ROME 61 33 63 40 / 0 0 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 61 33 63 40 / 0 0 5 5 VIDALIA 66 38 69 50 / 0 5 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....TDP AVIATION...01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 342 AM EST FRI NOV 8 2013 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-090845- 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- 342 AM EST FRI NOV 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE BEHIND THE PREVIOUS COLD FRONT ALLOWING FOR ISOLATED AREAS OF PATCHY FROST ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA THIS MORNING AND POSSIBLY AGAIN LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. UNCERTAINTY EXISTS WITH THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM NEAR MIDWEEK THAT COULD BRING THE COLDEST TEMPS OF THE SEASON TO THE AREA. PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FORECAST FOR ANY CHANGES MADE WITH FUTURE UPDATES. .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 Hwy 286 burned 3.4 acres and resulted in $1000 in damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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