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

78°F26°C
Fair
- Feels Like:78.0°F26°C
- Dew Point:71°F°C
- Humidity:79%
- Winds:NW 7 mphNW 11 kph
- Pressure:29.94 in1014 hPa
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Sunrise:
Sunset:6:47 AM EDT
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Moonrise:
Moonset:10:50 PM EDT
10:54 AM EDT
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Neighborhood Weather
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317 AM EDT FRI JUL 30 2010 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... UPPER RIDGE WILL REMAIN CENTERED OVER THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. UPPER LOW EASTERN CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO SIT AND SPIN...INTERMITTENTLY DROPPING SHORTWAVES INTO THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. IN GENERAL...WE REMAIN IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...WITH AFOREMENTIONED INTERMITTENT SHORTWAVES ROTATING DOWN THE FLOW. FOR TODAY...ANOTHER HOT ONE. WILL CONTINUE THE HEAT ADVISORY/EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED YESTERDAY. NOT MUCH IN THE WAY OF RELIEF FROM THUNDERSTORMS EITHER...WE REMAIN IN A SUBSIDENCE ZONE IN THE WAKE OF ONE TROUGH AND AHEAD OF THE NEXT ONE. SOUNDINGS INDICATE SOME MID-LEVEL DRYING AND THUS PW VALUES DROP TO BETWEEN 1.5-1.75". HOT...HUMID...GENERALLY OPPRESSIVE. SHORTWAVE ALOFT PUSHES TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALL MODELS REALLY WANT TO FIRE UP THE CONVECTION IN THE LEE OF THE APPALACHIANS...DIFFERENCES ARE MAINLY WITH LOCATION WITH THE ECMWF CENTERING THE CONVECTION UP TOWARD VIRGINIA AND THE GFS/NAM HAVING THE MAX IN NORTHEAST GEORGIA INTO UPSTATE SOUTH CAROLINA. PW VALUES INCREASE TO OVER 2" AGAIN WITH CAPES WELL OVER 2000 J/KG...SO HAVE GONE WITH CHANCE POPS JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. SHORTWAVE FINALLY PUSHES THROUGH ON SUNDAY...BUT HAVE CONTINUED TREND OF CHANCE POPS ESPECIALLY EAST AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT. FORECAST TEMPS HAVE IN GENERAL BEEN A TAD ON THE COOL SIDE THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS...SO HAVE TAKEN A BIAS-ADJUSTED MAV/MET BLEND FOR MOST OF THE SHORT TERM. MET IS RUNNING COOLER THAN THE MAV ON HIGHS THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...ESPECIALLY ON SATURDAY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF CLOUD COVER. LEANED TOWARD THE SLIGHTLY WARMER GFS AS ITS MASS FIELDS LINE UP BETTER WITH THE PREFERRED ECMWF. .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... BROKEN RECORD CONTINUES INTO THE EXTENDED WITH RIDGE OVER THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES AND TROUGHINESS EXTENDING DOWN THE EAST COAST. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF DO STRENGTHEN THE RIDGE SOMEWHAT OVER OUR AREA THROUGH MIDWEEK...AT WHICH POINT THE GFS BRINGS A DEEP TROUGH ACROSS SOUTHEAST CANADA WHILE THE ECMWF KEEPS THE FLOW MORE ZONAL TO THE NORTH OF THE UPPER HIGH. HOWEVER...OVERALL DIFFERENCES ARE STILL MINOR...AND LEAD TO CONTINUED HOT CONDITIONS WITH TYPICAL SUMMERTIME MAINLY DIURNAL CONVECTION. TDP && .AVIATION... THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WAS RATHER LIMITED ON THURSDAY...AND EXPECT IT TO BE EVEN MORE SO TODAY AS A MID/UPPER LEVEL RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER GA...WITH THE CHANCE OF ANY SHRA/TSRA NEAR THE AIRPORTS EXCEEDINGLY LOW. MAINTAINED VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE TAF VALID PERIOD AT MOST LOCAL TERMINALS WITH MAINLY DIURNAL 4-5KFT CU...THOUGH EARLY MORNING HZ/BR MIGHT RESULT IN A BRIEF MVFR VIS RESTRICTION AT AHN THIS MORNING. LIGHT WINDS FROM THE NW THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH POSSIBLE SHIFT AROUND TO NE AFTER 12Z ON SATURDAY. ATL...CONFIDENCE...MEDIUM TO HIGH ON ALL ELEMENTS. 07 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... ATHENS 101 72 95 72 93 / 10 10 50 40 30 ATLANTA 97 75 95 75 93 / 10 10 40 30 30 BLAIRSVILLE 90 68 89 68 89 / 20 20 50 40 30 CARTERSVILLE 97 69 96 72 96 / 10 10 40 30 20 COLUMBUS 100 77 101 76 96 / 10 10 30 30 30 GAINESVILLE 96 74 92 73 91 / 10 10 50 40 30 MACON 100 75 98 74 95 / 20 10 40 30 30 ROME 98 69 96 72 96 / 10 10 40 30 20 PEACHTREE CITY 96 70 97 72 95 / 10 10 30 30 30 VIDALIA 101 78 100 77 96 / 20 10 40 20 40 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BLECKLEY...CRISP...DODGE...DOOLY...EMANUEL...JOHNSON... LAURENS...MONTGOMERY...PULASKI...STEWART...SUMTER...TELFAIR... TOOMBS...TREUTLEN...WEBSTER...WHEELER...WILCOX. HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: BALDWIN...BIBB...CHATTAHOOCHEE...CRAWFORD...GLASCOCK...HANCOCK... HOUSTON...JASPER...JEFFERSON...JONES...MACON...MARION...MONROE... MUSCOGEE...PEACH...PUTNAM...SCHLEY...TALBOT...TAYLOR...TWIGGS... UPSON...WARREN...WASHINGTON...WILKINSON. HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES: CLARKE...GREENE...MADISON...MORGAN...OCONEE... OGLETHORPE...TALIAFERRO...WILKES. && $$ TDP/RRH