Athens, Alabama 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
319 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025

...Morning Area Forecast Discussion...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 304 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025

 - Record to near record warmth is anticipated through Christmas
   and into the upcoming weekend.

 - Parts of north GA could see light rain showers Friday into
   Saturday, but more appreciable rainfall potential is expected
   between Sunday afternoon and Monday morning.

 - A cold front early next week looks to bring a noticeable cool-
   down.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(Today through Thursday)
Issued at 304 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025

The main storyline for the next few days across North and Central
GA will be the potentially record setting warm temperatures. The
primary driver of this will be a strong and expansive mid-level
ridge covering most of the Continental US. With Georgia set on the
northeast side of the ridge axis, low to mid-level flow will be
out of the W/NW and continuously pump an anomalously warm airmass
over the state. This is already evident in low temperatures early
this morning, with most areas in the 50s, which is at or above
the typical high temperature for this time of year. As we move
through the morning and into the afternoon, the low clouds over
north GA will gradually scatter out, with most of the region
eventually seeing sunny skies. Temperatures will soar to near or
above record levels by mid to late afternoon, reaching the low to
mid 70s in north GA, and mid to upper 70s in central GA. One thing
that could throw a wrench into any record temperatures is
stubborn cloud cover, especially across far NW GA. For reference,
temperature records for the climate sites over the next few days
are in the Climate section below.

Tonight into Christmas morning, temperatures will gradually cool
back down into the 50s. We will have to watch out for the
potential development of areas of dense fog due to the
combination of warm dewpoints, mostly clear skies and light winds.
Any fog or low clouds in the morning will again gradually scatter
out to mostly clear skies by Thursday afternoon, with high temps
again climbing into the low to mid 70s in north GA, and mid to
upper 70s in central GA.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Thursday night through Tuesday)
Issued at 304 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025

Friday through Sunday:

Anomalously warm temperatures will be with us through the
weekend, with high temperatures some 15-22 degrees above average
and low temperatures some 18-28 degrees above average. Friday
through Saturday, the stout mid-/upper-level ridge that will be
responsible for the very warm, mainly dry weather this holiday
week will have largely weakened and shifted east as a more
progressive pattern takes hold aloft. It is still looking like a
mid-level shortwave trough passing over the Ohio River Valley
Friday afternoon into early Saturday could spread isolated to
scattered light showers across portions of north Georgia.

On Sunday, ensemble guidance continues to depict phasing of the
polar and subtropical jet streams over the Great Lakes and Ohio
River Valley, which will support the progression of surface low
pressure and a cold front across the Mississippi River Valley and
Tennessee River Valley. The result will be showers increasing in
coverage from west to east across the area from Sunday afternoon
through early Monday morning. At this juncture, continuing to
leave thunder out of the forecast, as ensemble guidance is not
generating any instability and the progged synoptic pattern does
not seem conducive for deep convection.

Early Next Week:

Behind the cold front will be strong northwest flow and cold air
advection (CAA), which will bring a significant cool-down Monday
into Tuesday. We are currently looking at as much as a 20-30
degree temperature difference between highs on Sunday (mainly in
the 70s) and highs on Monday (as chilly as the 40s across north
Georgia). Additionally, there is a signal that winds could be
quite breezy Monday into Monday night, as flow in the lower-/mid-
levels is progged to be relatively strong. On top of this, the
cold air mass settling in will be dry, so hazardous fire weather
conditions may return. Stay tuned.

&&

.AVIATION...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1214 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025

VFR at all sites to start TAF period. An area of low VFR 030-050
CIGs across NW GA is slowly moving into the north side of the ATL
area sites. These will likely push over the rest of the ATL area
sites through the morning hours. Current TAF has CIGs staying VFR
at ATL, but there`s a chance these fall to MVFR. CIGs gradually
lift and scatter out by late morning to early afternoon. Light
winds overnight flip to NW after sunrise at around 5-9 kts.

//ATL Confidence...06Z Update...

Medium for CIGs through this morning. High on all other elements.

Culver

&&

.CLIMATE...
Issued at 304 AM EST Wed Dec 24 2025

Records for 12-24

               Max Temperature         Min Temperature
  Station      High        Low         High        Low
  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
   KAHN      77 1964     27 2022     64 2015      7 2022
                                                    1983
   KATL      73 2016     27 2022     65 2015      3 1983
   KCSG      79 1984     31 2022     66 2015      9 1989
   KMCN      77 2015     32 2022     66 2015     10 1989
                1964                                1983



Records for 12-25

               Max Temperature         Min Temperature
  Station      High        Low         High        Low
  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
   KAHN      77 2015     22 1983     64 2015      3 1983
                1982
                1955
   KATL      75 2015     17 1983     63 2015      0 1983
   KCSG      78 2015     24 1983     66 2015      8 1983
   KMCN      78 2016     25 1983     61 2015      7 1983
                2015                    1982
                1982                    1932



Records for 12-26

               Max Temperature         Min Temperature
  Station      High        Low         High        Low
  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
   KAHN      77 2021     30 1980     61 1987      9 1983
                2015
   KATL      77 2015     26 1935     61 1987      5 1983
   KCSG      80 1987     33 1983     64 1987     10 1983
   KMCN      77 2015     33 1902     62 2015      9 1983
                1987
                1982



Records for 12-27

               Max Temperature         Min Temperature
  Station      High        Low         High        Low
  -------  ----------  ----------  ----------  ----------
   KAHN      74 2016     33 1917     64 2015     11 1935
   KATL      75 2015     27 1892     65 2015     12 1925
   KCSG      79 2015     35 1925     65 2015     18 1902
   KMCN      79 2015     35 1902     63 2015     17 1902


&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          76  54  74  56 /   0   0   0  10
Atlanta         74  55  73  55 /   0   0   0  10
Blairsville     68  50  68  52 /  10  10  10  20
Cartersville    74  53  73  54 /   0   0   0  10
Columbus        76  53  75  52 /   0   0   0  10
Gainesville     74  54  71  57 /   0   0   0  10
Macon           77  52  76  53 /   0   0   0  10
Rome            77  55  76  57 /   0   0  10  10
Peachtree City  75  52  74  53 /   0   0   0  10
Vidalia         78  55  77  55 /   0   0   0   0

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...Culver
LONG TERM....Martin
AVIATION...Culver