Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
Issued by NWS Atlanta, GA
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276 FXUS62 KFFC 080029 AFDFFC Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 729 PM EST Sun Dec 7 2025 ...New 00Z Aviation Discussion... .KEY MESSAGES... Updated at 702 PM EST Sun Dec 7 2025 - Patchy dense fog and light rain across the area tonight into Monday morning, with total rainfall under a quarter-inch. - Seasonable temperatures with dry conditions from Monday through mid-week. - Rain chances return late Thursday through Friday. && .SHORT TERM... (This afternoon through Monday) Issued at 127 PM EST Sun Dec 7 2025 Fog continues to hold across much of the metro area with patches of dense fog also further south and in the northwest. Satellite shows dense low cloud cover across much of the area and in valleys of north Georgia. High cirrus, which moved in this morning, have acted as a blanket to keep the sun from burning off much of the fog and cloud cover. This required both an extension of the dense fog advisory earlier as well as the issuance of a special weather statement for patchy dense fog with vsby <1SM. Moisture will continue to stream into the area from the southwest aloft ahead of the next quick shortwave overnight tonight. A line of showers will move through the area tonight bringing light accumulations of generally <0.4" for much of the CWA. Cloud ceilings will remain low, holding dreary conditions well into tomorrow morning and early afternoon. Dry air moving in behind the system will help to clear out some clouds as we go into Monday night and Tuesday morning, though this is short lived. Winds out of the north will quickly transition back to near surface east flow, redeveloping the wedge and bringing a return to dreary cloudy conditions. Light wrap around moisture into the wedge in the far northeast mountains of the CWA may bring some light precipitation Monday night, however PoPs remain at a meager 15-20% for the small area. Should anything fall, temperatures may be close to freezing bringing a light wintry mix. No accumulations are expected and impacts, should anything even fall, will be limited to none. In all likelihood, precipitation may only be likely in a warmer solution which would not promote any frozen precip. && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday morning through next Saturday) Issued at 127 PM EST Sun Dec 7 2025 Tuesday and Wednesday are still on track to bring dry, sunny to mostly sunny conditions. Wednesday still looks to be noticeably warmer than Tuesday, as the airmass modifies and surface/low- level flow shifts from northerly to westerly in response to a northern stream shortwave/jet streak that will dive southward and eastward across the Ohio/Tennessee River Valleys. PoPs are lower on Thursday (only up to 20%) with this forecast package, and relegated to along and north of I-85, as the Pacific moisture accompanying said shortwave looks to be meager this far south. Showers (if they even occur) should be light and not amount to much rainfall. Ensemble guidance shows a stronger shortwave/jet streak barreling eastward across the central tier of the eastern CONUS Thursday evening into the weekend. This feature will drive a strong northwest flow, cold-air advection (CAA) response at/near the surface, evidenced by our current forecast for overnight/early morning lows to go from the mid-30s to mid-40s on Friday to the upper teens to lower 30s on Saturday. If this forecast comes to fruition, we could be greeted with some of the coldest air of the season thus far. && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 702 PM EST Sun Dec 7 2025 Ongoing IFR conditions at most sites will likely worsen to LIFR by 03Z tonight, and remain that way most of the night as showers move through the region and reinforce the very low CIGs. Conditions will slowly start to improve to MVFR during the day on Monday, potentially reaching VFR CIGs by the late afternoon. Winds light and variable overnight, turning out of the NW and increasing to around 10G20KT during the day on Monday. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... Medium confidence on CIGs and VIS. High on other elements. Culver && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 39 53 33 49 / 60 30 10 0 Atlanta 42 53 34 52 / 70 10 10 0 Blairsville 35 46 27 48 / 60 20 20 0 Cartersville 40 52 29 53 / 70 10 0 0 Columbus 45 56 34 55 / 60 10 0 0 Gainesville 40 53 34 50 / 60 20 20 0 Macon 43 56 34 53 / 50 20 0 0 Rome 43 55 32 55 / 60 10 0 0 Peachtree City 40 53 31 53 / 70 10 0 0 Vidalia 45 56 34 53 / 40 20 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...SM LONG TERM....Martin AVIATION...Culver