063 FXUS62 KFFC 270547 AFDFFCArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 147 AM EDT Sat Sep 27 2025
...New 06Z Aviation Discussion...
.KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 135 AM EDT Sat Sep 27 2025
- Scattered showers and thunderstorms possible through Saturday, with the highest coverage in the afternoons and evenings.
- Cooler and drier conditions will kick off the long term.
- Uncertainty in the tropics will make the last half of the long term forecast tricky.
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.SHORT TERM... (This afternoon through Saturday) Issued at 221 PM EDT Fri Sep 26 2025
Lingering cold front over Georgia today is continuing to provide focus for isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. This feature will be the main driver of conditions through Saturday.
As mid-level low and associated cold front remain positioned over the area, it`s possible rain may not completely shut off overnight. Dense low level ceilings are expected to develop tonight, and with it low visibilities. Patchy dense fog is possible through Saturday morning. Improvement will occur from west to east, with PoPs largely confined to the eastern half of the state. Expect an end to the precip activity from west to east, as the mid-level low exits and draws the moisture with it.
The combination of the cold front, ample cloud coverage and precip activity will keep temperatures milder than recent days. Highs in the low to mid 80s are expected again Saturday. Morning lows will be in the upper 50s north to mid 60s south, and 1-2 degrees cooler on Sunday morning.
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.LONG TERM... (Sunday morning through next Thursday) Issued at 221 PM EDT Fri Sep 26 2025
Highs in the upper 70s and low 80s are expected across most of the CWA with lower temps possible in the higher elevations. Overnight lows will be in the low 60s and upper 50s with no threat of afternoon thunderstorms to ruin your plans. High pressure will keep conditions nice and dry for most of the area as well so if you work or play outside, the start of next week will be for you.
The tropics continue to make things tricky when we try and nail down the later part of next week. We are carefully watching Invest 94 in the Caribbean sea to see what it does. A few of the model solutions has it heading towards the eastern seaboard, but regardless of the possibility of landfall, it`s presence will likely dominate the major synoptic features. If it stays offshore, we`ll likely see a surge of dry air being inundated into the area. If it doesn`s stay offshore we definitely won`t be dry. NHC has us doing special weather balloon soundings for the next couple of days to assist with their forecast. As we have more information on the potential threat to the CWA we`ll pass it along, but for now it`s just something to keep an eye on.
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.AVIATION... (06Z TAFS) Issued at 135 AM EDT Sat Sep 27 2025
A frontal boundary remains just west of a line from CSG to RYY, with ISO SHRA and MVFR or lower CIGs and VIS along it. VFR conditions currently at ATL area sites, but MVFR to IFR CIGs are expected to move in through the morning hours, with patchy fog also possible. CIGs and VIS improve by mid to late morning, with VFR conditions the rest of the day outside of ISO SHRA/TSRA. Light and VRB winds this morning will turn NW as the front moves through the ATL area during the day. Winds then turn out of the E-NE late tonight into Sun AM.
//ATL Confidence...06Z Update... Low confidence on CIGs and VIS this morning.
Culver
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.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 63 81 65 77 / 10 10 20 30 Atlanta 66 84 68 81 / 0 10 10 20 Blairsville 58 79 60 76 / 10 20 10 40 Cartersville 62 85 65 83 / 0 10 10 20 Columbus 65 87 67 85 / 0 0 10 10 Gainesville 63 82 66 78 / 10 10 10 30 Macon 65 85 67 81 / 0 10 10 20 Rome 64 86 66 86 / 0 10 0 20 Peachtree City 63 84 65 81 / 0 10 10 20 Vidalia 67 86 68 82 / 10 30 20 40
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.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. &&
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SHORT TERM...31 LONG TERM....Vaughn AVIATION...Culver
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