A dry airmass was in place across the Southeast on the 10th, but not quite dry enough for dangerous or critical fire weather conditions. A wildfire did still manage to develop across north Georgia.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A dry airmass was in place across the Southeast on the 10th, but not quite dry enough for dangerous or critical fire weather conditions. A wildfire did still manage to develop across 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 Mar 10, 2:29 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 329 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THE SHORT TERM STARTS OFF QUIET BUT ENDS WITH A BANG. HIGH PRESSURE AND A DRY AIRMASS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MAINLY CLEAR SKIES BUT THAT WILL BEGIN TO CHANGE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. CURRENTLY THERE IS A WAVE DEVELOPING JUST OFF THE SE TX GULF COAST. THIS WAVE IS CURRENTLY NOT MAKING MUCH EASTERLY PROGRESSION BUT THAT IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER THE NEXT 12 HOURS. THIS DEVELOPING WAVE BEGINS TO PUSH DEEP GULF MOISTURE NORTHWARD TONIGHT AND WILL START TO SEE INCREASED CLOUD COVER OVER NORTH AND CENTRAL GA BY 12Z TUE. CEILINGS WILL LOWER SLOWLY THROUGH THE DAY WITH LIGHT SHOWERS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL GA BY 18Z-22Z TUE. THIS WAVE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THE DEEPER MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION TUE NIGHT/WED MORNING WHICH IS WHEN WE WILL SEE THE BULK OF THE PRECIPITATION FROM THIS SYSTEM. THERE IS VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY WITH THIS SYSTEM... SO FOR NOW STILL KEEPING THE MENTION OF THUNDER OUT OF THE FORECAST. BY 15-18Z WED THE SYSTEM WILL BE MAINLY OVER THE CAROLINAS BUT EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE WILL STILL SEE SOME PRECIPITATION THROUGH WED AFTERNOON. MOST PLACES ACROSS THE STATE SHOULD SEE 3/4 OF AN INCH OR LESS OF RAINFALL TUE NIGHT THROUGH WED AFTERNOON. TEMPS WILL BE A BIT ON THE WARM SIDE WITH DAY TIME HIGHS IN THE 60S AND 70S AND NIGHT TIME LOWS IN THE 40S AND 50S. 01 .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... NO MAJOR CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED AS GFS AND ECMWF CONTINUE TO SHOW CLEARING CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY EVENING BEHIND A COLD FRONT... WITH WINDY CONDITIONS AND STRONG COLD AIR ADVECTION ON TAP FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY. WINDS WILL DIMINISH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE DEEP SOUTH. STILL EXPECTING A FEW AREAS ACROSS MAINLY NORTH GA TO SEE FREEZING TEMPS THURSDAY MORNING... WITH MORE WIDESPREAD FREEZING TEMPS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY MORNING. MAY NEED A WIND ADVISORY FOR WEDNESDAY EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT... AND FREEZE WARNING FOR PARTS OF THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. EXTENDED MODELS SHOW AN UPPER DISTURBANCE BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY. THEN LONG RANGE MODELS DIFFER SIGNIFICANTLY... WITH GFS SHOWING A WEAK COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE SATURDAY NIGHT AND POSSIBLY ANOTHER ON MONDAY... WHILE THE ECMWF SHOWS A MUCH STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PUSHING ACROSS THE STATE SUNDAY-MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW GREATEST RAIN CHANCES ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH NO MENTION OF THUNDER AT THIS TIME. /39 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED AT 235 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2014/ 18Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITION EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD. THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE WIND SPEEDS. WINDS ARE OUT OF THE W TO NW IN THE 10-15KT RANGE GUSTING TO 25KT. THESE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO STAY FAIRLY GUSTY THROUGH 00Z TUE...THEN DIMINISH TO 8KT OR LESS THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD. CEILINGS WILL STAY VFR BUT MAY SEE SOME LOWER FEW TO SCT CLOUDS TUE MORNING AROUND 2500FT TO 3000FT. NO PRECIPITATION OR RESTRICTIONS TO VSBYS EXPECTED. //ATL CONFIDENCE...18Z UPDATE... CONFIDENCE HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS. 01 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 47 79 59 68 / 0 20 90 80 ATLANTA 51 76 60 63 / 0 20 90 70 BLAIRSVILLE 42 73 56 59 / 0 20 90 80 CARTERSVILLE 45 76 58 65 / 0 20 90 70 COLUMBUS 54 78 60 71 / 0 30 90 60 GAINESVILLE 48 76 59 65 / 0 20 90 80 MACON 51 79 61 71 / 0 20 90 70 ROME 44 77 57 63 / 0 20 90 70 PEACHTREE CITY 45 77 57 66 / 0 20 90 70 VIDALIA 53 81 60 77 / 0 20 70 50 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...01 LONG TERM....39 AVIATION...01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1250 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111700- 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- 1250 PM EDT MON MAR 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY... SPREADING SHOWERS OVER THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM... EXCEPT POSSIBLY BRIEFLY WITH THE FRONT. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT... SOME AREAS WILL SEE FREEZING TEMPERATURES BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE AREA BY SUNDAY... BUT NO THUNDERSTORMS 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 Cove burned 0.1 acres and resulted in $1000 in damages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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