A surface high was in place across the Southeast, and with upslope flow across north Georgia, a few light showers developed in the afternoon and evening. While no critical fire weather conditions developed, a small wildfire start in central Georgia.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A surface high was in place across the Southeast, and with upslope flow across north Georgia, a few light showers developed in the afternoon and evening. While no critical fire weather conditions developed, a small wildfire start in central Georgia.
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 Feb 17, 2:41 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 241 PM EST MON FEB 17 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... WEAK FRONT IS STILL PROGGED TO PUSH THROUGH THE CWA TONIGHT. ALREADY SEEING SOME THE EFFECTS FROM THIS WITH INCREASED CLOUD COVERAGE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE. MODELS ARE ALL CONSISTENT WITH BRINGING SHOWERS INTO NORTH GEORGIA TONIGHT. HAVE EXPANDED THE LIKELY POPS WESTWARD TO INCLUDE ALL OF FAR NORTH GEORGIA IN LIKELY POPS. CHANCES DECREASE SOUTHWARD AND ONLY A SLIGHT CHANCE ACROSS THE CSG TO MCN AREA. AMOUNTS WITH THIS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH. BEHIND THIS FRONT...ISOLATED SPOTS WILL DROP INTO THE LOW TO MID 30S TONIGHT...BUT THIS SHOULD BE BEHIND THE PRECIPITATION. FOR THE MOST PART...CLOUDS CLEAR OUT QUICKLY ACROSS NORTH AND PARTS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA ON TUESDAY. FRONT HANGS UP AS A BOUNDARY ACROSS SOUTH GEORGIA ON TUESDAY AND LIFTS NORTHWARD INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. ECMWF IS SUGGESTIVE OF PRECIP ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA DURING THE DAY ON TUESDAY...HOWEVER SREF...GFS AND NAM ARE ALL DRY. HAVE HELD OFF ON THE MENTION OF ANY POPS UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTHWARD TUESDAY NIGHT THOUGH...MODELS ARE CONSISTENT WITH DEVELOPING PRECIP ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INCLUDED CHANCE POPS ACROSS NORTH GEORGIA...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW WITH HOW IT WILL PROGRESS ACROSS CENTRAL GEORGIA FIRST AND OVERALL TIMING. GFS MUCAPE IS SHOWING 500J/KG SO HAVE ALSO INCLUDED A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER WITH THIS SYSTEM. 11 .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... CURRENT LONG TERM REMAINS ON TRACK WITH SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY IN A MARGINAL SHEAR AND CAPE ENVIRONMENT. CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO CLEAR QUICKER THAN YESTERDAYS MODELS HAD PROJECTED BUT CURRENT GRID SET HANDLES THIS WELL AND NO CHANGES PLANNED. DEESE && .PREV DISCUSSION...LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... /ISSUED 356 AM EST MON FEB 17 2014/ MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH A STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY POSSIBLY PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR A FEW SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS A SERIES OF WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES EMBEDDED IN THE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT TRAVERSE THE STATE. RAIN CHANCES INCREASE ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GEORGIA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO THE LOWER MS VALLEY. THIS COLD FRONT PUSHES INTO NW GA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT... THEN ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH BOTH THE ECMWF AND GFS ARE BEGINNING TO SUGGEST ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL PASSAGE ON FRIDAY AS THE MAIN UPPER SUPPORT AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW LIFT WELL TO THE NORTH... WILL CONTINUE TO WORD FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY DUE TO DAYTIME HEATING AND MODERATE LOW LEVEL WIND SHEAR NOTED. PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY OVER THE WEEKEND AS ECMWF SHOWS A DRY SATURDAY... WHILE THE GFS LIFTS FRIDAY'S FRONT BACK ACROSS THE AREA. BOTH MODELS SHOW A CHANCE OF SHOWERS ON SUNDAY... BUT NO THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE WEEKEND AT THIS TIME. 39 AVIATION... 12Z UPDATE... /ISSUED 648 AM EST MON FEB 17 2014/ INITIAL VFR CONDITIONS HIGH CLOUDS...THEN CIGS BUILD IN NEAR 5 KFT AROUND 22Z AND DECREASING TO MVFR /POSSIBLY LOWER/ AFTER 02Z TONIGHT WHEN BEST SHOWER CHANCES MOVE IN MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN SITES. CIGS SHOULD IMPROVE AFTER ABOUT 08Z TUESDAY FROM THE NORTH. WINDS SHOULD START OUT EAST THIS MORNING...SE FOR AFTERNOON THEN BACK SW TO WEST OVERNIGHT...THEN FINALLY NW FOR EARLY MORNING TUESDAY. MAGNITUDES SHOULD STAY UNDER 10 KTS THROUGH PERIOD. //ATL CONFIDENCE...12Z UPDATE... MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON OVERNIGHT CIGS. HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELSE. BAKER AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... CLOUDS ARE THE INITIAL CONCERN IN THE FORECAST. HAVE SEEN SOME LOWER CLOUDS RANGING FROM 1-2.5KFT ACROSS EASTERN ALABAMA. THINK THAT THESE LOWER CLOUDS SHOULD DISSIPATE/ERODE AS THEY PROGRESS EASTWARD AND THUS ONLY 5-7KFT CLOUDS SHOULD MAKE IT INTO TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS CSG WHERE THE LOWER CLOUDS HAVE ALREADY PUSHED IN. WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY THOUGH PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE ATL AREA. WIND SHIFT FROM THE EAST/SOUTHEAST IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT IN THE 02-04Z RANGE. LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AT ATL AND AHN...BUT SHOULD BE LIGHT AND SHORT LIVED. //ATL CONFIDENCE... 18Z UPDATE... LOW CONFIDENCE ON CIGS. HIGH CONFIDENCE ON WIND AND VSBY. 11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 41 66 49 71 / 40 20 30 20 ATLANTA 45 65 53 69 / 50 20 30 20 BLAIRSVILLE 36 62 42 63 / 60 20 30 20 CARTERSVILLE 39 64 47 66 / 50 20 30 20 COLUMBUS 50 70 53 73 / 20 20 20 20 GAINESVILLE 39 64 49 66 / 50 20 30 20 MACON 46 70 51 74 / 20 20 20 20 ROME 39 63 47 64 / 60 20 30 20 PEACHTREE CITY 41 65 48 70 / 40 20 20 20 VIDALIA 49 73 53 74 / 5 10 20 20 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM....DEESE AVIATION...11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 431 AM EST MON FEB 17 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-181115- 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- 431 AM EST MON FEB 17 2014 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. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHWEST GEORGIA THURSDAY NIGHT AND THEN ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONTAL SYSTEM. .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 Star burned 4.87 acres and resulted in no damages.
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