
This is what Peachtree City had to say at 5:25 AM EST
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
525 AM EST WED DEC 7 2005
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY)
SOME WINTER WEATHER LOOKS TO BE MOVING INTO N GA OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48 HOURS. AS FOR TODAY SHOULD SEE INCREASING CLOUDS AS FLOW ALOFT BECOMES SOUTHWESTERLY AND SUB TROPICAL JET APPROACHES FROM THE GULF. THINGS ARE BEGINNING TO SET UP FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME MIXED (RA/IP/ZR) PRECIP BY THU MORNING AS NEXT SYSTEM APPROACHES. WAA PATTERN DEVELOPS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA BY TONIGHT AND PRECIP SHOULD SPREAD SLOWLY NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THU MORNING. THERE WILL BE A SHALLOW LAYER COLD DRY AIR IN PLACE OVER N GA WITH THE WEAK WEDGE BUILDING IN AS THE PRECIP MOVES NORTHWARD. MODELS ALSO SHOWING GOOD ISENTROPIC LIFT SETTING UP WHICH WILL CREATE SOME DECENT EVAPORATIVE COOLING IN THAT AREA. THE ONLY PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE THE LACK OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO BRING GOOD PRECIP INTO N GA. THE BEST CHANCE OF ANY MIXED PRECIP WILL BE BETWEEN 06Z-12Z THU BUT THE MOISTURE WILL BE JUST MOVING INTO N GA AT THAT TIME. FOR NOW ONLY EXPECTING A FEW HOURS OF ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION BEFORE IT TURNS OVER TO ALL RAIN BY 15Z. RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA ALL DAY THU INTO FRI MORNING. THERE MAY BE ANOTHER CHANCE OF MIXED PRECIP THU NIGHT/FRI MORNING AS THE SYSTEM IS EXITING TO THE EAST BUT IT WILL ALL DEPEND ON HOW DEEP THE WEDGE GETS BY THAT TIME. FOR NOW WILL PUT A MENTION OF RA/ZR FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM POLK COUNTY TO CLARKE COUNTY AND INCLUDING THE NORTHERN ATLANTA METRO COUNTIES. IF ANY MIXED PRECIP DOES OCCUR FRI MORNING IT SHOULD BE SHORT LIVED AS SYSTEM WILL HAVE MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA BY 12Z FRI.
.LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)
THIS NEXT SYSTEM MOVES EAST OF THE AREA FRIDAY MORNING WITH A HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING IN THROUGH SUN. DRY WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY WHEN SECOND SYSTEM SWINGS THROUGH. THIS SYSTEM KEEPS WEAKENING FROM RUN TO RUN SO WILL NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT TO SEE JUST WHAT WILL HAPPEN FOR NOW WILL CONTINUE WITH CURRENT FORECAST OF A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN TUE/WED.