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Area forecast discussion 
National Weather Service Peachtree City Georgia 
210 am EDT sun Sep 7 2008 


Short term /today through Tuesday/... 
NAM/GFS pretty close in the short term. The 500 mb ridge will remain 
nearly stationary from the Atlantic and across south Georgia/North Florida and 
into the northern Gulf through Tuesday. The surface boundary across 
central Georgia will lift back north as the low level flow begins to 
respond to a combination of the surface ridge to our northeast and 
Ike to our south producing an onshore flow off the Atlantic. This 
will bring higher dewpoints and a chance of showers and thunderstorms 
during the afternoon and evening on Monday. A 500 mb short wave moving 
across the Midwest and an associated cold front will move into the 
Tennessee Valley Tuesday bringing a better chance of thunderstorms 
to mainly north Georgia Tuesday. 


Long term /Tuesday night through Saturday/... 
long term is highly dependent on the track of Ike although consensus 
of the GFS/European model (ecmwf) indicates that as Ike moves into the Gulf the 500 mb 
ridge rebuilds just over Georgia and Florida. This pushes Ike into the western 
Gulf leaving Georgia in the afternoon and evening thunderstorms through the 
long term with plenty of Atlantic moisture to work with. No big 
temperature swings expected through the long term. 


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Preliminary point temps/pops... 
Athens 92 70 89 69 88 / 5 0 20 10 30 
Atlanta 88 71 88 70 87 / 0 0 20 10 20 
Blairsville 84 63 81 64 80 / 5 5 20 10 40 
Cartersville 87 65 87 67 86 / 0 5 20 10 40 
Columbus 90 71 91 71 90 / 10 0 20 10 20 
Gainesville 87 70 86 69 84 / 5 5 20 10 40 
Macon 92 71 90 70 91 / 10 0 20 10 20 
Rome 90 64 89 68 89 / 0 5 20 10 40 
Peachtree City 89 66 89 66 88 / 0 0 20 10 20 
Vidalia 96 73 93 73 93 / 30 0 20 10 20 


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Ffc watches/warnings/advisories... 
none. 
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