- Atlanta, Georgia, United States (30301)
- WxZone: GAZ045ICAO: KPDKLat: 33.79NLon: 84.19W
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Currently

56°F13°C
Fair
- Feels Like:56.0°F13°C
- Dew Point:36°F°C
- Humidity:47%
- Winds:NW 5 mphNW 8 kph
- Pressure:30.05 in1018 hPa
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Sunrise:
Sunset:7:41 AM EDT
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Moonrise:
Moonset:9:23 AM EDT
11:47 PM EDT
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Neighborhood Weather
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440 AM EDT FRI MAR 19 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... RATHER ZONAL SOUTHERN STREAM JET EXTENDING ROUGHLY BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEG LATITUDE FROM NORTHERN MEXICO ACROSS THE GULF AND THROUGH FLORIDA. A SHORTWAVE MID/UPPER TROPOSPHERIC RIDGE WAS TO OUR WEST THIS MORNING AND WILL BUILD ACROSS GEORGIA TODAY AS A SURFACE HIGH ALSO SLIDES CROSSES THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. THE SUBSIDENCE FROM THIS DEEP LAYER RIDGE WILL KEEP SKIES CLEAR AND TEMPERATURES MILD AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMATOLOGICAL AVERAGES TODAY AND SATURDAY. A NORTHERN STREAM TROUGH DIGGING INTO THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST TODAY WILL BUCKLE THE LONGWAVE PATTERN GENERATING A DEEPENING UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON SATURDAY WHICH MOVES INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY SUNDAY. SEVERAL LOBES OF VORTICITY ROTATE AROUND THE UPPER LOW INTO GA UNDERNEATH CONSIDERABLE DIFFLUENCE AHEAD OF APPROACHING H2 JET STREAK. INSTABILITY MINIMAL (CAPES GENERALLY LESS THAN 200 J/KG) BUT WITH FAIRLY STRONG DYNAMICS EXPECT SOME THUNDER ON SUNDAY IN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RAIN AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT NEARING FROM THE WEST. PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS TYPICALLY AROUND A HALF INCH AND POSSIBLY UP TO AN INCH EXPECTED WITH THIS FAIRLY FAST MOVING SYSTEM. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... FROPA EXPECTED FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS GA SUNDAY EVENING WITH PRECIP WINDING DOWN BY MIDNIGHT MONDAY OVER THE LOCAL AREA. THE LOW LEVEL COLD POOL ACCOMPANYING THE UPPER LOW AS IT MOVES INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY AND SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE WITH A BLOB OF H8 TEMPS IN THE -1 TO -7 DEG C RANGE CROSSING THE AREA TN AND NRN AL/GA MONDAY MORNING. INSTABILITY STRATO CU/SHOWERS/DRIZZLE LIKELY ON MONDAY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES/WET BULBS PROBABLY JUST A TAD TOO HIGH FOR ANYTHING BUT COLD RAIN AT THE SURFACE IN MOST AREAS...BUT GFS THERMAL PROFILES AT THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS OF THE NORTH GA MOUNTAINS LOOK SUPPORTIVE OF A A RAIN/SNOW MIX...GENERALLY ABOVE 3000-3500 FEET. PLAN TO KEEP ALL RAIN FOR NOW...BUT WILL MONITOR MODEL TRENDS AS THE NAM/SREF SHOULD COME INTO FOCUS ON THIS BETTER THAN THE GLOBAL MODELS. LINGERING INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW SLIDING TO OUR EAST REMAINS THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...BEFORE HIGH PRESSURE AND A WARMER AIRMASS BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THAT WILL LEAD TO A MID-WEEK RETURN OF ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS. RRH && .AVIATION... NO SIGNIFICANT WX CONCERNS AND VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY. UPPER RIDGE AXIS TO SLIDE ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. AFTER AFTER RIDGE AXIS PASSES...HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM APPROACHING THE PLAINS WILL REMAIN WELL WEST OF THE AREA. COULD SEE FEW MID CLOUDS NEAR TOP OF MIXED LAYER THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOT LIKELY. SFC WINDS WILL REMAIN WEST 4-8KTS THROUGH THE PERIOD. SNELSON && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 75 43 76 51 64 / 0 0 5 10 80 ATLANTA 70 47 73 51 63 / 0 0 5 20 80 BLAIRSVILLE 68 39 67 47 59 / 0 0 5 20 80 CARTERSVILLE 71 39 73 49 62 / 0 0 5 30 80 COLUMBUS 73 44 74 52 65 / 0 0 5 30 80 GAINESVILLE 72 46 72 52 61 / 0 0 5 20 80 MACON 75 42 74 50 67 / 0 0 5 10 80 ROME 72 40 72 49 62 / 0 0 5 30 80 PEACHTREE CITY 71 39 73 48 64 / 0 0 5 20 80 VIDALIA 75 48 77 54 71 / 0 0 5 10 70 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$