A persistent surface high pressure ridge brought very low afternoon relative humidity and dry fuels to the region for several days.
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The episode as NWS FFC wrote it up.
A persistent surface high pressure ridge brought very low afternoon relative humidity and dry fuels to the region for several days.
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 10, 6:25 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 625 PM EST MON NOV 10 2014 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... /ISSUED AT 245 PM EST MON NOV 10 2014/ HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD LET DRY WEATHER CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. LOW PRESSURE OFF THE GEORGIA/SOUTH CAROLINA COAST NOT EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE AREA. INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND APPROACHING FRONT WILL BRING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. MOISTURE LOOKS MINIMAL AT THIS TIME SO HAVE LIMITED POPS TO AROUND 20 PERCENT. NO INSTABILITY INDICATED SO NO CONVECTION MENTIONED. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT SHOULD STAY ABOVE FREEZING EXCEPT IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER. 41 .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... /ISSUED AT 245 PM EST MON NOV 10 2014/ THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF SYSTEMS IMPACTS THE AREA STARTING WEDNESDAY...BUT MOISTURE WITH THE FRONT IS INCREDIBLY ANEMIC AND SO POPS ARE AT BEST SLIGHT CHANCE...MAINLY JUST AN INCREASE IN CLOUD COVER. WE WILL DEFINITELY START SEEING CHANGES IN TEMPERATURES AFTER THE FRONT HOWEVER. ANOTHER STRONG SHORTWAVE ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE LONGWAVE TROUGH LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AND USHERS IN THE REALLY REALLY COLD TEMPERATURES. HIGHS ON FRIDAY ARE BELOW NORMAL FOR JANUARY...MUCH LESS NOVEMBER...WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S NORTH TO MID 50S SOUTH. THOSE COLDER TEMPERATURES LINGER THROUGH THE WEEKEND WITH ONLY SLIGHT MODERATION. ANOTHER ROUND OF BIG CHANGES COMES LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. ANOTHER DEEP SHORTWAVE TROUGH PUSHES THROUGH THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY WITH GULF MOISTURE SPREADING NORTH ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND SOUTHEAST. THE GOOD THING IS THAT THE ECMWF HAS NOW COME MORE INTO LINE WITH THE GFS LATE IN THE PERIOD AND IS NO LONGER ADVERTISING A SECONDARY SLUG OF MOISTURE FROM A CUTOFF MIDLEVEL LOW ON MONDAY...SO INSTEAD NOW BOTH MODELS ARE PUSHING MOISTURE OUT BY THIS TIME. GFS IS STILL A LITTLE FASTER BUT AT LEAST THEY ARE TRENDING MORE SIMILAR. SO WITH THAT...PRECIPITATION OVERSPREADS THE AREA ON SUNDAY WITH LIKELY POPS ACROSS NORTHWEST ZONES. THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME QUESTION WITH POPS AND LOW TEMPERATURES FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. LOWS ARE GENERALLY IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S...AND FOR NOW SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT LOOK TO BE JUST A LITTLE ON THE WARM SIDE...BUT WE ARE STILL TALKING DAYS 6 AND 7 SO THIS COULD CHANGE. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT INTERESTS ESPECIALLY IN NORTH GEORGIA STAY TUNED TO THE FORECAST BECAUSE THE COMBINATION OF COPIOUS MOISTURE AND UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES DOES DEFINITELY LEAD TO SOME UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST. TDP && .AVIATION... 00Z UPDATE... VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE FORECAST. THERE COULD BE PATCHES OF FOG THAT COULD DROP VSBYS TO 3-5SM IN AHN/MCN LATE TONIGHT. WINDS WILL BE CALM/NEAR CALM...BECOMING WEST AROUND NOON TUESDAY. JUST A FEW CIRRUS CLOUDS THROUGH THE FORECAST...ALTHOUGH THE CIRRUS WILL THICKEN DURING THE AFTERNOON TUESDAY. //ATL CONFIDENCE... 00Z UPDATE... HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS. 17 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 41 72 49 71 / 0 5 5 20 ATLANTA 48 72 53 66 / 0 5 5 20 BLAIRSVILLE 37 69 47 62 / 0 5 20 20 CARTERSVILLE 40 71 48 63 / 0 5 20 20 COLUMBUS 42 75 53 72 / 0 5 0 20 GAINESVILLE 44 70 51 67 / 0 5 5 20 MACON 40 75 48 75 / 0 5 0 10 ROME 39 71 48 62 / 0 5 20 20 PEACHTREE CITY 37 72 48 67 / 0 5 5 20 VIDALIA 45 76 52 77 / 0 0 0 10 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...41 LONG TERM....TDP AVIATION...41
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 500 AM EST MON NOV 10 2014 GAZ001>009-011>016-019>025-027-030>039-041>062-066>076-078>086- 089>098-102>113-111100- BALDWIN-BANKS-BARROW-BARTOW-BIBB-BLECKLEY-BUTTS-CARROLL-CATOOSA- CHATTAHOOCHEE-CHATTOOGA-CHEROKEE-CLARKE-CLAYTON-COBB-COWETA- CRAWFORD-CRISP-DADE-DAWSON-DE KALB-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- 500 AM EST MON NOV 10 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL GEORGIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND NIGHT... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS WILL MOVE OVER THE AREA THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. OTHERWISE NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS 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 named Hawk Mountain resulted in 4.2 acres burned and $3000 in costs.
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