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31-Dec-1969 7:00pm
| National Weather Service Forecast for:
Blue Ridge GA Issued by: National Weather Service Atlanta, GA |
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| Updated: 7:27 pm EDT May 11, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Tonight |
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Northwest wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. |
| Monday |
Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. North wind between 15 and 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. |
| Monday Night |
Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Northwest wind between 5 and 10 mph becoming calm. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. |
| Tuesday |
Sunny, with a high near 79. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm. |
| Tuesday Night |
A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind around 5 mph becoming east. |
| Wednesday |
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. |
| Wednesday Night |
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. |
| Thursday |
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. |
| Thursday Night |
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 54. |
| Friday |
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. |
| Friday Night |
A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 20%. |
| Saturday |
A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. |
| Saturday Night |
Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. |
| Sunday |
A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 75. |
Forecast from NOAA-NWS for Blue Ridge GA.
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NWS AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
000 FXUS62 KFFC 112228 AAA AFDFFC AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 630 PM EDT SUN MAY 11 2008 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... COLD FRONT HAS FINALLY PUSHED THROUGH THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CWA...AND DRIER DEW POINTS ARE SPREADING INTO THAT AREA. CLOSED LOW MOVING THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY SHOULD CONTINUE TO GIVE STRONG NORTHWEST FLOW TO THE CWA TONIGHT. WIND ADVISORY CURRENTLY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND THAT TIME...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTH. SOME WRAP AROUND CLOUDS SHOULD COME INTO NORTHERN ZONES OVERNIGHT. HAVE LEFT LOW POPS IN FOR THE EXTREME NORTHERN ZONES IN CASE A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOP ON SOUTHERN EDGE OF STRONG DYNAMICS. SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASING TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF NEXT COLD FRONT. HAVE INCLUDED A FEW SHOWERS FOR NORTHWEST CORNER AFTER MIDNIGHT. .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... HAVE MADE NO CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED. WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT BRINGS A SERIES OF IMPULSES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AHEAD OF A SOUTHERN STREAM UPPER TROUGH. CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD LOOKS OKAY. THERE MAY BE A DRY PERIOD LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY...BUT WILL NOT TRY AND TIME IT SINCE IT IS AT THE END OF THE EXTENDED. && .AVIATION... VFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH THIS FORECAST PERIOD. DRY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE REGION BEHIND AN EXITING COLD FRONT. VERY MOIST SOILS AROUND MANY OF THE TAF SITES DUE TO HEAVY RAIN THE PAST 24 HOURS...BUT PRETTY STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT IS EXPECTED TO PREVAIL THROUGH TONIGHT KEEPING WIND SPEEDS UP. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE LOWEST LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WELL MIXED PREVENTING ANY WIDESPREAD VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS. WIND GUSTS CURRENTLY IN THE 25 TO 35 KT RANGE WILL SUBSIDE SOME OVERNIGHT...BUT SHOULD REMAIN AT OR ABOVE 20 KTS MOST AREAS THROUGH 08Z. GRADIENT WILL BE SLOW TO RELAX AND GUSTY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN BY 14Z TO 16Z ACROSS THE AREA. WIND DIRECTIONS WILL REMAIN WEST TO NORTHWEST THROUGH THE FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 48 74 47 81 54 / 5 0 0 5 5 ATLANTA 50 72 51 80 58 / 5 0 0 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 49 68 41 77 53 / 30 20 5 5 20 CARTERSVILLE 47 73 44 79 55 / 5 10 5 5 20 COLUMBUS 53 78 51 85 59 / 5 0 0 5 5 GAINESVILLE 49 70 48 79 55 / 10 20 5 5 10 MACON 52 79 47 84 56 / 5 0 0 5 5 ROME 48 78 45 84 56 / 5 5 5 5 20 PEACHTREE CITY 47 73 44 81 52 / 5 0 0 5 5 VIDALIA 53 79 49 84 54 / 5 0 0 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: 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. && $$ 41