Widespread rain moved across central and portions of north Georgia on the 26th, with a light wintry mix over the mountains. However, a cooler and drier arimass did move into north Georgia during the afternoon bringing dangerous fire weather conditions to the mountain areas.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
Widespread rain moved across central and portions of north Georgia on the 26th, with a light wintry mix over the mountains. However, a cooler and drier arimass did move into north Georgia during the afternoon bringing dangerous fire weather conditions to the mountain areas.
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 26, 2:34 PM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 234 PM EST WED FEB 26 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO SHIFT EAST AND SOUTH AND SHOULD EXIT THE CWA BY THIS EVENING. CLEARING CLOUD COVERAGE LAGS BEHIND THE PRECIPITATION BUT EXPECT CLOUDS TO CLEAR ACROSS THE WHOLE CWA TONIGHT. WITH TROUGH AXIS SHIFTING EAST OF THE CWA...THE NORTHWEST FLOW TONIGHT WILL TRANSITION TO ZONAL FLOW TOMORROW. WITH COLDER AND DRIER AIR BEHIND THE FRONT...EXPECT MUCH LOWER MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THURSDAY MORNING WITH MOST AREAS ABOUT 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. THURSDAY WILL BE A QUIET WEATHER DAY ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE DRY CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S. BY THURSDAY NIGHT SFC RIDGE SLIDES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND THUS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE CWA. 11 && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MODELS STILL SHOWING INCONSISTENCIES LATER IN THE PERIOD SO HAVE ONLY MADE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. STILL CANNOT RULE OUT SOME LIGHT WINTRY PRECIP IN THE NORTHEAST FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS... BAKER PREV DISCUSSION... LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... /ISSUED 357 AM EST WED FEB 26 2014/ HIGH PRESSURE MAINTAINS CONTROL OF THE REGION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...AND MODELS HAVE INCREASINGLY BACKED OFF ON THE FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING POPS AS A DISTURBANCE TRAVERSES ACROSS THE TN AND OH VALLEYS IN THE UPPER LEVEL ZONAL FLOW. HAVE CONTINUED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE AREA...WITH CHANCE POPS IN THE FAR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES...BUT GIVEN THE MODEL RUN TO RUN TRENDS...THIS MAY BE OVERDONE. REGARDLESS...QPF WITH THIS EVENT IS EXTREMELY LIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT POSSIBILITY OF A WINTRY MIX IN THE NORTHEAST GA MOUNTAINS AS THE MOISTURE COMBINES WITH THE EARLY MORNING COOL TEMPERATURES. NO ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SHAPING UP TO BE A NICE WEEKEND...WITH NORMAL THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND LARGELY DRY CONDITIONS. EXTENDED MODELS HAVE FINALLY STARTED TO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT WITH THE SUNDAY NIGHT/EARLY MONDAY FRONT AS IT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. ALREADY HAVE LIKELY POPS ADVERTISED FOR THIS SYSTEM. MODELS DO DIFFER ON THE DURATION OF THE FRONTS INFLUENCE ON THE REGION. THE GFS STALLS THE FRONT OUT ACROSS THE STATE...WITH A SECOND WAVE OF HEAVY PRECIP MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...DRAGGING ANOTHER FRONT INTO THE AREA. ECMWF DIFFERS SIGNIFICANTLY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BEHIND THE INITIAL FRONT AND THEN KEEPING THINGS DRY UNTIL THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEK. FOR NOW HAVE TRIED TO FIND A COMPROMISE AND CURRENTLY ADVERTISE CHANCE POPS FOR TUESDAY. REGARDLESS...ANTICIPATE HEAVY RAIN TO ACCOMPANY THIS SYSTEM...AND STORM TOTAL QPF FOR LATE SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING IS GENERALLY AROUND 1 INCH OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER FOR NORTH AND NORTHWEST GEORGIA. 31 && .FIRE WEATHER... FUELS ARE WET ACROSS THE AREA. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS ACROSS FAR NORTH GEORGIA WHERE THERE ARE ISOLATED DRY AREAS. WITH RH DIPPING BELOW 25 PERCENT TOMORROW FOR 4+ HOURS ACROSS NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA...WILL HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE FAR NORTH CLOSELY. LATEST FORECAST KEEPS SUSTAINED WINDS ACROSS THAT AREA IN THE 10-15MPH RANGE...WITH ONLY ISOLATED AREAS EXPECTED TO REACH 15MPH. GUSTS SHOULD BE AROUND 20MPH. 11 && .AVIATION... 18Z UPDATE... CIGS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE BACK EDGE OF THE CLOUDS CONTINUE TO SINK SOUTHWARD. APPEARS AT THIS POINT THAT THE STRATOCU SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...CLOUDS WILL CLEAR OVERNIGHT. FOR THE MOST PART...SHOWERS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE TAF SITES. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS MCN...WHERE THEY COULD STILL SEE SOME PRECIP OVER THE NEXT HOUR. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON ALL ELEMENTS. 11 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 26 55 27 53 / 0 0 0 5 ATLANTA 23 49 29 53 / 0 0 0 5 BLAIRSVILLE 19 45 21 47 / 0 0 0 5 CARTERSVILLE 21 49 23 52 / 0 0 0 5 COLUMBUS 27 55 30 58 / 0 0 0 5 GAINESVILLE 26 51 28 49 / 0 0 0 5 MACON 26 57 26 57 / 5 0 0 5 ROME 19 49 22 52 / 0 0 0 5 PEACHTREE CITY 22 51 21 55 / 0 0 0 5 VIDALIA 34 60 33 60 / 10 0 0 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...11 LONG TERM....31/BAKER AVIATION...11
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1013 AM EST WED FEB 26 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-271515- 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- 1013 AM EST WED FEB 26 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT... A COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE STATE...WITH RAIN SHOWERS EXITING THE SOUTHEAST PORTION BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...AN ARCTIC HIGH WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION RESULTING IN VERY DRY CONDITIONS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. WITH BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... THE DRY AND UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY NIGHT. AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS SHOULD MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR POSSIBLE ACTION TO PROTECT SENSITIVE VEGETATION. A WEAK DISTURBANCE LOOKS TO SKIRT ACROSS MAINLY NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT. WHILE THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS SYSTEM...A LOW CHANCE OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION IN THE NORTHEAST CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THE MOMENT. ANOTHER COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH ACROSS THE AREA NEAR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WHILE INSTABILITY LOOKS TO BE LIMITED WITH THIS...PRECIPITATION IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO BE MAINLY SHOWERS. PLEASE MONITOR FUTURE UPDATES FOR ANY CHANGES. .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 Rocky Point burned 0.5 acres and resulted in $300 in damages.
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