An arctic high pressure area was moving toward the Southeast on the 23rd. Very weak forcing aloft allowed for a few showers to develop across central Georgia during the afternoon, but the rest of the area remained dry.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
An arctic high pressure area was moving toward the Southeast on the 23rd. Very weak forcing aloft allowed for a few showers to develop across central Georgia during the afternoon, but the rest of the area remained dry. While critical fire weather conditions were not met, a wildfire did still start in north 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 23, 2:55 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 255 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... A COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM THE MIDDLE ATLANTIC BACK THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY. ANOTHER WEAK FRONT/LOW PRESSURE TROUGH IS SITUATED ACROSS THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. SHORTWAVE ENERGY KEEPS INTERACTING WITH THE BOUNDARY ACROSS FLORIDA...PROVIDING ENOUGH LIFT AND FOCUS FOR WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. MOST OF THE CWFA HAS REMAINDER DRY TODAY...EXCEPT THE VERY SOUTHERN TIER OF ZONES. MODELS PROG ANY PRECIP OVERNIGHT TO REMAIN RIGHT ALONG THE FL/GA BORDER...SO WILL CONTINUE THE HIGHEST POPS IN THAT REGION. WITH THE MOIST ATMOS IN THE SOUTH...PATCHY FOG WILL BE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED RAIN TODAY. THE COLD FRONT TO THE NORTH WILL MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE CWFA LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW AND SETTLE ACROSS CENTRAL FLORIDA BY MONDAY NIGHT. MODELS ARE NOT PROGGING MUCH PRECIP WITH THE BOUNDARY...SO HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW. NW WINDS WILL LIKELY GUST TO AROUND 20 KT...ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTH TOMORROW. NLISTEMAA .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... NO MAJOR CHANGES EXPECTED IN THE EXTENDED FORECAST. MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE NEARLY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. A REINFORCING COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...WITH A DRY AND COLD AIR MASS PUSHING QUICKLY INTO THE STATE BEHIND IT. FOR NOW...BASED ON THE MODELED TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING...COULD SEE A WINTRY MIX IN FAR NORTH GEORGIA...GENERALLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS /ABOVE 1500 FT/. MODELED SOUNDINGS FOR THIS AREA SUGGEST THE BETTER MOISTURE WILL BE FARTHER SOUTH...AND THAT ANY WINTRY PRECIP SHOULD RESULT IN MINIMAL /IF ANY/ ACCUMULATIONS. AS THE SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION INTO LATE WEDNESDAY AND A COOLER AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE STATE...THERE IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY THAT RESIDUAL MOISTURE ACROSS NORTHEAST GEORGIA COULD ONCE AGAIN SPIT OUT SOME FLURRIES IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. FOR NOW...HAVE KEPT ACCUMULATIONS TO LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH AND ONLY IN AREAS ABOVE 1500 FT. UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS IS HIGH AND WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATEST MODEL RUNS TO EVALUATE THE WINTER PRECIP POTENTIAL. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE STATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING IN EARLY WEEKEND. MODELED TEMPERATURES FOR THE END OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD VARIES 15 DEGREES OR MORE BETWEEN THE LONG RANGE MODELS. HAVE GENERALLY GONE WITH THE WARMER TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHICH MATCH NICELY WITH NEIGHBORING OFFICES. 31/01 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE PERIOD. MID LEVEL CIGS AROUND 5KFT SHOULD BECOME BKN/OVC OVERNIGHT BUT BREAK AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. ALSO...WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM THE SW TO NW BEHIND THE FRONT. FREQUENT GUSTS TO AROUND 20KT WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY TOMORROW. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL ELEMENTS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 45 63 41 63 / 10 5 10 30 ATLANTA 45 61 43 63 / 10 0 10 40 BLAIRSVILLE 36 53 34 56 / 10 0 10 40 CARTERSVILLE 40 57 37 60 / 10 0 10 40 COLUMBUS 51 67 47 66 / 20 10 10 50 GAINESVILLE 43 60 39 58 / 10 0 10 30 MACON 51 68 46 68 / 20 5 10 40 ROME 39 57 37 58 / 10 0 10 40 PEACHTREE CITY 44 62 40 64 / 10 5 10 40 VIDALIA 56 70 49 70 / 40 10 10 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...NLISTEMAA LONG TERM....01 AVIATION...NLISTEMAA
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 318 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-242030- 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- 318 PM EST SUN FEB 23 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... RAIN SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CENTRAL GEORGIA. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS ALSO POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. AT THIS TIME THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CONFINED TO AN AREA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS..TO PERRY...TO SWAINSBORO AND UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A WINTRY MIX TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY IN THE NORTH GEORGIA MOUNTAINS...GENERALLY ABOVE 1500 FEET. LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .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 Hickey burned 5.9 acres and resulted in $15,000 in damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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