FXUS62 KFFC 172209 AAA
AFDATL

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
610 PM EDT THU JUL 17 2003

.UPDATED TO INCLUDE AVIATION DISCUSSION...

.OVERVIEW...CURRENT CONVECTIVE DEVELIPMENT ALONG OLD TROF OVER 
CENTRAL GA AND ALONG CLASSIC CIRRUS STREAK CREATED CLOUD LINE. GIVEN 
WET ATMOSPHERE, WILL INCLUDE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN REMARK IN FORECAST 
FOR TONIGHT. PREFER ETA, BUT ALL MODELS CLOSE. 

.SHORT TERM...EAST US TROF PERSIST WITH RODGE BUILDING WEST. UPPER 
TROF REINFORCED BY VORT AND COOLER AIR FRI AND SAT. THE SURFACE TROF 
PERSIST FRIDAY, WITH A FRONT MOVING INTO GA SATURDAY AS A STORNG 
VORT DROPS INTO EAST US TROF, THUS REINFORCES TROF. THUS POPS HIGHER 
FRIDAY NITE INTO SATURDAY. HIGHS WILL COOL A LITTLE SATURDAY WIHT 
MORE LCOUDS AND PRECIP.

THROUHG OUT THE PERIOD, LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. 
ALL SHOULD MONITOR THE SITUATION ANS IFA THUNDERSTOMS DEVELOPS, BE 
PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO SAFE GUARD LIVES AND 
PROPERTY AS HAS HAD TO BE DONE LAST FEW DAYS. 

.EXTENDED...THE PATTERN OF A EAST US TROF WITH A W US RIDGE WILL 
CONTINUE WITH MINOR MODIFICATIONS. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL STAL IN 
GA OVER THE WWEKEND, SLOWLY WASHES OUT AND ANOTHER EFFECT THE STATE 
WED-THU. MODLES IN GENERAL CONSENSUS. 

CONFICENCE GOOD. 

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...

KATL 72 90 72 89 / 20 20 30 40
KAHN 70 91 70 90 / 30 30 30 40
KGVL 69 89 68 88 / 20 20 30 40
KRMG 70 90 69 90 / 10 10 20 40
KCSG 73 93 73 93 / 40 30 30 40
KMCN 72 92 71 93 / 40 30 40 40

.ATL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
GA...NONE.

.AVIATION DISCUSSION...
POOL OF MOIST AIR BEING CREATED OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON MAY PROVIDE A SOURCE FOR LOW CLOUDS AND/OR FOG LATER
TONIGHT. AS WEAK SURFACE LOW RETROGRADES TOWARD ALABAMA...A WEAK
SOUTHERLY FLOW SHOULD DEVELOP OVER GEORGIA...ESPECIALLY THE 
EASTERN HALF OF STATE. THIS SOUTHERLY FLOW COULD TRANSPORT MOISTURE
FROM THE MCN AREA TOWARD THE AHN AREA. WILL CONSIDER LOW CLOUDS
AND FOG FOR THOSE LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY TOWARD DAYBREAK. 
ELSEWHERE...UNLESS SURFACE FLOW SWINGS AROUND MORE SOUTHEASTERLY
THAN EXPECTED...ONLY A BRIEF PERIOD OF MVFR FOG/HAZE ANTICIPATED
AROUND SUNRISE.  
 

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