653 FXUS62 KFFC 012330 AFDFFC Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Peachtree City GA 730 PM EDT Sun Jun 1 2025 ...New 00Z Aviation Discussion... .SHORT TERM... (This afternoon through Monday) Issued at 219 PM EDT Sun Jun 1 2025 Key Messages: - Mostly dry conditions and hazy/smoky sky will persist through Monday - Isolated showers and storms near the TN/GA stateline and/or mountain areas late this afternoon/evening. Partly to mostly cloudy elsewhere. Northwesterly flow aloft continues to advect smoke from the Canadian wildfires across the southeast. At this time there are no surface visibility restrictions (per surface observations) from smoke as this remains suspended well above ground. Additionally, the latest HRRR guidance indicates visibilities should remain up through Monday but we`ll continue to monitor. A mid-level trough is currently moving across the Lower MS Valley bringing slightly higher coverage of clouds to North GA today in addition to the Cu field that`s beginning to develop. This combined with the smoke has given the sky a persistent milky/opaque appearance. This trend will continue through the remainder of the day. A stray shower and/or thunderstorm remains possible late this afternoon and evening across North GA near the TN/GA stateline. Noting drier trends in the latest hi-res guidance thus trended drier in the forecast for North GA this afternoon. Again, a shower and/or storm remains possible but chances remain quite isolated. The mid-level trough should be east of the area by mid-day Monday at which point mid to upper ridging and surface high pressure will begin building over the Southeast. This will result in continued dry weather and seasonal temperatures to North and Central Georgia to start the work week. Temperatures are forecast to fall into the upper 50s to low 60s (57-64 degree range) overnight -- though temperatures in the mountains may fair in the 53 to 57 degree range. Forecast high temperatures will climb into the 80s areawide on Monday (perhaps in the low to mid 70s in the mountains). Temperatures Monday Night will be more mild with readings in the 60s. 07 && .LONG TERM... (Tuesday morning through next Saturday) Issued at 219 PM EDT Sun Jun 1 2025 Key Messages: - Dry and warm weather through Wednesday. - Increasing moisture/humidity and thunderstorm activity by the end of the week and into the weekend. Conditions will remain dry and warm through the middle of the week as a strong upper level ridge sits across the Southeast U.S.. The dry airmass in place and subsidence from the ridge will squash any chances for diurnal convection across north and central Georgia on Tuesday. There is only a slight chance for showers or a thunderstorm on Wednesday across southeast areas of central G, where the ridge will have less influence. High temperatures will be just above normal, reaching the upper 80s to low 90s each day. On Thursday and Friday, the ridge will be kicked east over the western Atlantic as troughing pushes into the Midwest and another trough nudges over Georgia from the south. In response, low-level flow will turn south-southeasterly over Georgia, bringing increasingly humid air into the area. With high temperatures still in the upper 80s to low 90s, the higher humidity will make it feel like a typical (oppressive) mid-summer day in south. The lessening influence of the ridge combined with increased moisture will allow for diurnal showers and thunderstorms to return each day, with better chances on Friday. Chances for showers and storms could increase further over the weekend as a reinforcing shortwave trough and associated cold front push into the Tennessee Valley. This could bring a risk for severe thunderstorms, but uncertainty is high this far in advance. With a cooler airmass and increased cloud cover, high temperatures over the weekend will return to the mid to upper 80s. Culver && .AVIATION... (00Z TAFS) Issued at 728 PM EDT Sun Jun 1 2025 VFR through taf. Winds generally W at 3 to 8 kts tapering off through the evening. Remain light to variable through Monday, though generally NW. Winds turn E Monday night, but remain light. Some haze remains psbl through period, though no vsby restrictions anticipated. //ATL Confidence...00Z Update... High all elements. SM && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... Athens 60 85 63 86 / 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 63 86 66 87 / 0 0 0 0 Blairsville 54 80 57 81 / 0 0 0 0 Cartersville 59 86 62 88 / 0 0 0 0 Columbus 63 88 66 91 / 0 0 0 0 Gainesville 61 84 63 85 / 0 0 0 0 Macon 62 87 64 89 / 0 0 0 0 Rome 59 87 61 89 / 0 0 0 0 Peachtree City 60 86 63 88 / 0 0 0 0 Vidalia 65 89 68 90 / 0 0 0 0 && .FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... None. && $$ SHORT TERM...07 LONG TERM....Culver AVIATION...SM