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

68°F20°C
Fog And Mist
- Feels Like:68.0°F20°C
- Dew Point:64°F°C
- Humidity:87%
- Winds: Calm Calm
- Pressure:29.97 in1015 hPa
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Astronomical
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Sunrise:
Sunset:7:11 AM EDT
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Moonrise:
Moonset:1:35 AM EDT
4:26 PM EDT
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Neighborhood Weather
Discussions
750 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2010 .UPDATE... WILL SEND A QUICK UPDATE JUST TO RAISE POPS IN SOUTH AND WEST ZONES WHERE LIGHT RAIN LINGERS. RAIN SHOULD MOVE OUT OVERNIGHT... SO MADE NO CHANGES TO POPS AFTER 06Z. OTHERWISE ONLY SOME TWEAKS TO HOURLY TEMPERATURES. UPDATED ZONES WILL BE OUT SHORTLY. TDP && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 254 PM EDT SUN AUG 29 2010/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... STRONG UPPER HIGH CONTINUES OVER THE MID-ATLANTIC AND WILL BE THE DOMINATING WEATHER FEATURE...OR LACK-OF-WEATHER FEATURE AS THE CASE MAY BE...FOR THE SHORT-TERM. WEAK DISTURBANCE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO PULL MOISTURE INTO THE SOUTHEAST ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE HIGH...BUT OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS OR SO THE DISTURBANCE WILL BE ABSORBED INTO THE LARGER FLOW AS THE RIDGE EXPANDS. HAVE ONLY INCLUDED SLIGHT CHANCE POPS EXTREME SOUTHWEST ZONES OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...OTHERWISE THE SHORT- TERM REMAINS PRECIPITATION-FREE. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN NEAR TO JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL INITIALLY...ESPECIALLY WITH LINGERING CLOUD COVER...BUT WILL WORK THEIR WAY UP A DEGREE OR TWO TOWARD MIDWEEK. BIASES INDICATE THAT BOTH THE MAV AND MET HAVE BEEN TOO COOL LATELY...BUT WITH THE DRIER AIR MOVING IN FEEL A COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE BIAS-ADJUSTED TEMPS AND A MAV/MET BLEND IS WARRANTED. IN GENERAL...A FAIRLY PLEASANT COUPLE OF DAYS IN STORE FOR US. BY THE END OF THE SHORT-TERM...THE WAVETRAIN ELONGATES AS EARL BARRELS HIS WAY UP THE WESTERN ATLANTIC...STRONG ENOUGH TO PUSH NORTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HIGH. THIS SHOULD BE OF LITTLE CONSEQUENCE TO GEORGIA AS WE WILL BE WELL INTO THE SUBSIDENCE ZONE...UNLESS WE SEE A MAJOR SHIFT IN THE TRACK WHICH IS UNLIKELY. LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO DOMINATE THROUGH MIDWEEK AS EARL MOVES NORTH ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. STRONG SHORTWAVE IN SOUTHWEST CANADA WILL PASS THROUGH THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND GREAT LAKES THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...PUSHING EARL TO THE EAST...THOUGH HOW FAR EAST WILL REMAIN TO BE SEEN. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF WANT TO BRING A WEAK FRONT INTO THE SOUTHEAST ON FRIDAY...PUSHING THROUGH OVER THE WEEKEND. THE 00Z ECMWF IS SLIGHTLY FASTER AND DRIER...BUT BOTH MODELS HAVE AN UPPER HIGH BUILDING IN BY SUNDAY. FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES AT THIS TIME WITH HOW THEY HANDLE WHAT WILL LIKELY BE FIONA...THE GFS WEAKENS THE SYSTEM AND PICKS IT UP IN THE LONGWAVE TROUGH WHILE THE 00Z ECMWF KEEPS IT ON PRETTY MUCH A DUE WEST TRACK. 12Z ECMWF NOT QUITE AS STRONG AS THE 00Z RUN BUT WITH A SIMILAR IDEA WITH THE WESTWARD TRACK. SO FOR NOW THE EXTENDED IS MOSTLY DRY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SATURDAY AS THE WEEK FRONT PASSES THROUGH...WITH TEMPERATURES HOVERING JUST ABOVE NORMAL. TDP AVIATION...00Z UPDATE... SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH AND WEST GEORGIA WITH A LARGE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING INTO NE GA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE MAINLY OUT OF THE E TO SE AT LESS THAN 10KT OVERNIGHT...INCREASING TO 10 TO 15KT AFTER 13Z MONDAY. DRIER AIR MOVES IN ACROSS THE STATE FROM THE EAST TONIGHT WHICH SHOULD KEEP THE STATE PRECIPITATION FREE AFTER 06Z MON. CEILINGS VFR SHOULD REMAIN VFR OVERNIGHT....EXCEPT SOME MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE CSG TO MCN AFTER 08Z WHERE SOME RAIN FELL DURING THE EVENING. VISIBILITY UNRESTRICTED EXCEPT LOCALLY 3 TO 5SM IN FOG 08Z TO 13Z. ATL CONFIDENCE... HIGH CONFIDENCE ON WINDS AND WIND SPEEDS. MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON CELINGS...AND VSBYS. 41 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 67 89 66 92 64 / 5 5 5 5 5 ATLANTA 70 87 70 89 68 / 10 10 5 5 5 BLAIRSVILLE 64 84 61 86 57 / 5 5 5 5 5 CARTERSVILLE 68 87 64 91 60 / 10 10 5 5 5 COLUMBUS 71 88 70 90 68 / 20 10 5 5 5 GAINESVILLE 69 87 67 90 66 / 5 5 5 5 5 MACON 69 89 68 90 65 / 10 10 5 5 5 ROME 70 89 64 92 60 / 20 10 5 5 5 PEACHTREE CITY 68 86 63 89 61 / 20 10 5 5 5 VIDALIA 70 89 70 91 70 / 5 5 5 5 5 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && $$