Weather for North Georgia
This forum will be used to provide a more detailed look at the weather in and around the north Georgia area.
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I was suspended. I have no idea why. They want you to appeal the suspension but how do you appeal something unknown? So I got an email today saying that they were not going to remove the suspension. I thought Twitter would be better with Elon but I guess it's not.
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Good morning! You may be hearing about the potential for severe weather across the southeast today, so I just wanted to help alleviate any fears concerning the weather for our area. We'll first start with the Storm Prediction Center's Day 1 Severe Weather Outlook, and I've copied the bits and pieces that are perinate to us. South Georgia is the bulls eye today. The greatest threat comes from severe wind gusts. This shows the probability of damaging thunderstorm winds or wind gusts of 50 knots or higher within 25 miles of a point. The hatched area indicates a 10% or greater probability of wind gusts 65 knots or greater within 25 …
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Good morning! I've been a slacker lately and only posting to Facebook, and that's not the way I'm suppose to do this. 🙂 What was suppose to be a pretty wet week now looks like it may not be quite as wet as initially thought across north Georgia. The frontal boundary that stalled to our south was anticipated to move back north, but now it appears it may stay south of the north Georgia area and keep the heavier rain away from us. The keyword here is "may". There are currently some showers to our west that are moving this way, and those "may" impact our area later today. I do think that most of the day should be pretty nice as well as tomorrow, but the waves…
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Good morning! There really isn't any weather to talk about, and that's the main reason I haven't been posting. I guess if you like cool weather at the end of May, then you ought to be perfectly happy with what we have. I however, would prefer warmer (more seasonable) temperatures and less wind. You can trust me when I say I don't want it hot, I hate temps in the 90's and would prefer highs in the low to mid 80's. We are stuck in a pattern called a Rex Block. The Rex block is nothing more than high pressure to the north and low pressure to the south. Because both pressure areas are roughly the same strength, the pattern is "stuck" until an imbalance is created a…
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Everything may get a little wonky for a few days as I install a different theme, add some enhancements, and get everything working again. It should all be working right now, but there are some items that still need tending to, as well as changing images and re-organizing.
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My wife and I have decided that we want to start a big new adventure.....
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Good morning! One more warm day is in store for the southeast before we start a pattern change. We can forget about the warmer weather for a while, as a cooler pattern will take hold and hang around into early May. The reason for the cooler air is because of a negative North Atlantic Oscillation or NAO. These patterns are normally more noticeable during the winter months, and highly desired if you like winter weather. A negative NAO is a blocking pattern that helps to keep the colder air locked up over the eastern US. The block is an area of higher pressure near Greenland, and that high prevents systems that come across the US from racing out to sea. Instead, t…
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Good morning! It's been a while since I've made a post, so I figured now was a good time! 🙂 Not much going on with the weather at the moment except for the normal spring events that we see year after year. We warm up and get rain, cool down and dry out, then we rinse and repeat. So far our events have been weak across north Georgia, with very little in the way of severe weather this season. I suspect that part of the reason is that we've had such a mild winter (except for the one period in December) so we're not seeing big clashes of cold and warm air. We've been relatively mild with 11 days in March with high temps 70 degrees and above here at the house, but I …
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Good morning! It's not like I've been making a lot of post lately anyway, but this will be the last one for about 11 days. We're leaving at 3AM tomorrow morning to drive to Ft. Lauderdale where we'll spend the night before leaving Sunday on a 7 day cruise to the Caribbean. 🙂 Maybe this will help make up for the lack of snow this winter, call it my consolation prize. LOL! We'll make stops at Princess Cays, St. Thomas, and St. Kitts before returning back on the following Sunday. As soon as we get back at 6 AM and disembark, we hop back in the car and drive to Key West for a couple of nights to recuperate 🙃 before heading back home. I may not do any weather post (unless…
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Good morning! Things have taken a slight turn for the worse today as parts of North Georgia are now in an "Enhanced Risk" area (3/5) for today. There inhibiting factors are not as inhibiting this morning, so the likelihood of seeing some severe weather has increased. Part of North Georgia is now under a "High Wind Warning" with wind gust 50+ mph. The tornado chance is still at 2% for most of the area except the far NW corner where the chance is up to 5%. Here is the current situation. A Tornado Watch is currently in effect for Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas this morning as the upper level low over Texas begins to strengthen and move …
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Good morning! And it is early, I'm starting this post at 2:55 AM and it doesn't look like we'll see any severe weather from this round of storms. The SPC said this in the most recent MCD: "However, based on forecast soundings, this is not expected to become sufficient to support more than very weak destabilization beneath relatively warm mid/upper levels with weak lapse rates. While it is possible that a few strong gusts may accompany convection spreading into the Carolina Piedmont during the next few hours, the risk for severe storms appears likely to remain generally low." EDIT: at 3:06 AM the NWS said they were going to cancel the Tornado Watch shortly. Watc…
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Good morning! We can officially say good riddance to the Winter of 2022-2023. That really wasn't much fun. While we did have some record breaking cold and snow around Christmas, that was pretty much the extent of the winter weather across north Georgia. We now turn our eyes to rain, thunderstorms, and the potential for severe weather. The action starts tonight and continues through Friday night. I'm not sold on any severe weather here because I believe that the bulk of the action will be further to our north, and by Friday we're on the weakening end of a front, so those storms start to fall apart as they reach Georgia. The Storm Prediction Center has all …
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Good morning! Only a few more days and Meteorological Winter will be over, and it hasn't been very much like winter. Today isn't going to be a bad day as, as we'll see the sun pop through the clouds a little more than yesterday, and that means our rain chances disappear for about 24 hours. We have a few very light showers lingering across north Georgia this morning but those should be dissipating as the morning progresses. With the brighter skies and some breaks in the clouds, our highs should climb to the 60-70's today, making for a very pleasant day. All of that begins to change tomorrow as a cold front begins its approach to the area. A surface low pres…
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Good morning! The big weather story this week is going to be the record breaking temperatures across the southeast, as an extremely stout high pressure takes control of our weather. This is not your ordinary February high pressure. Pressure anomalies of 2+ standard deviations above normal are expected between Tuesday and Friday, leading to temperatures that will run 15-25 degrees above normal. I've been here in Big Canoe since May 2020 which means I have two full winter temp records under my belt, (this is the third) and my highest winter temp I have recorded was 72.8º in the winter of December 2020 through February 2021. That record should easily be broken ove…
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Good morning! We've had what I would call a major change in the forecast for the weekend. During the early part of the week we've been watching the models track an upper level low across the country, and they ae now narrowing down the track and strength of that low. The models are showing agreement in the possibility of snow across the north Georgia area late Saturday night and into Sunday morning. Late winter upper level lows can be quite dynamic in nature, leading to winter conditions when there otherwise might not be any, and that may be the case with this system. I believe that the best chances of seeing some heavy snow will be in the mountains of North Car…
Last reply by NorthGeorgiaWX, -
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Good morning! I figured it was time to make a weather post, and not because there is something lurking on the horizon. I find it more and more difficult to talk about "normal" weather, and we've had a lot of that lately, but the next several weeks may bring a little more variety to our weather. The models are showing above normal temperatures for the next 10 days, but that doesn't mean we won't have below normal periods within that time frame. It also looks like we'll see below normal precipitation for the next several weeks as well, so for those of you that are tired of the rain, I should be hearing some joyful praise. 🙂 Today will have high clouds hangi…
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Good morning! Rain and more rain, nothing too interesting to talk about for the near future. After the rain ends this morning, we'll only see light rainfall totals through Wednesday, but heavier rain returns for Thursday and Friday that will bring our 5 day totals to 1.5-2.5". Our temperatures will remain fairly mild through the end of the day on Friday, but a cold front pushes through during the afternoon hours dropping our temperatures to 8-10 degrees below normal, just in time for the weekend. Other than a few breaks in the clouds on Tuesday, we can expect to have about 80-90% cloud cover through Friday, so don't expect to see a lot of sun this week. The morn…
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Good morning! We have a system coming in tomorrow that may cause a few issues for some folks, so let's take a look at the setup. There is a area of low pressure developing over Texas this morning, and that low will strengthen as it starts to race off to the northeast. A cold front will trail from the low and cross the state with winds that will reach advisory levels and potentially higher. I could see the need for a High Wind Warning across some of the higher elevations of the mountains, but as it currently stands, a Wind Advisory has been issued that covers just about the entire state starting at midnight tonight through midnight tomorrow night. Looking at the …
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Good morning! I know we've had a stretch of gloomy weather that I know everyone just loves, but it looks like we may have something on the horizon that may be of interest to many of you. There is a line of showers that is making its way into the state this morning, but it will be moving quickly across the area and bringing an end to the rain sometime around the noon hour. Friday and most of Saturday look to be pretty nice but the rain starts to creep back in late in the evening on Saturday. The heavier rain should remain to our south but we could still see close to an inch or so across North Georgia by Tuesday. All in all, the next 7 days will bring about 1.0"…
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I won't make a regular post today since there really isn't anything goin on right now. But here's a little bit from Larry Cosgrove with his thoughts on the upcoming period.
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Good morning! The severe situation has become more concerning this morning, as north Georgia is now in an "Enhanced Risk" area (3/5) for severe weather today. Some of the severe weather parameters are becoming concerning, and everything is coming into place for a severe weather event across north and central Georgia. The Significant Tornado values are now in the 3-5 range (out of 10) for most of north Georgia, but the greater threat comes in the form of damaging winds. There will be a very stout 50-60 mph low level jet right off the surface and the thunderstorms can and will tap into that wind and send that to the surface, and a dry layer in the mid levels will …
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Good Wednesday morning! A very mild day is in store for today as we transition from a dry to moist environment. We are now starting to get a strong flow of moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, and as the day progresses, our dewpoints will rise from the 30's and 40's to the 50's and 60's. The temperatures will accompany the rise in dewpoints, and even though we'll have cloud cover all day, it will end up being a fairly comfortable for the middle of January. Tomorrow is when the real action begins. Right now it looks like the severe weather will hold off until the late afternoon hours, but there could be isolated showers and thunderstorms out ahead of the main …
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Good morning! I figure I needed to make a post about the upcoming period, even though I'm not sure about the impacts here just yet. As you might have seen or heard, there is a system that will be swinging through the area next Friday/Saturday, and there is the potential for some wrap around moisture on the backside of the system. All of the models are showing it, including the ensembles, but it's very weak and not something I'd like to hang my hat on at the moment. If anything falls, it would be very light at best and I think the temperatures are going to be a little too warm. A more likely possibility is the chance for severe weather on Thursday in advanc…
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Good Friday morning! Today and most of tomorrow are looking to be nice and sunny with relatively mild temperatures. Saturday will start to see an increase in cloud cover and by Sunday the rain returns. This time it won't be as heavy as the last time, and I call it a nuisance rain with just a few tenths of an inch of rainfall. Next week brings another chance of precipitation in conjunction with what the NWS calls "an interesting feature". Interesting features in the heart of winter always gets your attention, and this is no different. 🙂 The models are showing a cut off upper level low that swings over the southeast bringing a broad shield of precipitation …
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Good morning! We're finally back from our trip, we got in late last night around 10:30 PM after the drive from hell. There was a one hour delay on the Florida Turnpike, and about 80 miles on I-75 was stop and go. Then we come back to this crappy weather that you've had to put up with for the last 5 days and it makes you want to go back on vacation. 🙂 There is going to be a chance for some severe weather later today and tomorrow, but today we are in a SPC Slight Risk (2/5) area for severe. While we have a pretty decent chance for severe weather across north Georgia, west central Georgia is in the area for the best chance. The severe parameters are at the le…
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