Weather for North Georgia
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Just thought I'd share a few tweets and images about the upcoming changes to the weather. Colder weather will be coming starting the 2nd week of December. The ensembles are all in.
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I posted some of this yesterday, and some of this is new today. We're are going to be entering a very active and cold period beginning around the 7-9th of December. Here are the current thoughts from a selection of meteorologist.
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Good morning! Hope you've been enjoying the nice cool weather we've had lately! The month has had a lot of temperature swings, but that is not out of the ordinary for November. The average temperature for the month has been about 3 degrees above normal across north Georgia, but the average for the last 7 days has been about 10-11 degrees below normal. The weather will be changing a little and this week should see our temperatures rising into the above normal range with an increase in dewpoints, and that will help to take the chill out of the air. There is a tiny chance for showers on Tuesday, but I don't think we'll see anything this far north. Right now T…
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Good morning! We're waking up to a sound on the roof that we haven't heard very often over the last 4 weeks or so, and no it's not Santa yet. There's nothing like starting the day with an ice cold rain to go along with that nice hot cup of coffee. I will say that this system that is impacting us today is one that in a few more weeks might be bringing snow instead of rain. The higher elevations are in the mid to upper 30's this morning, so just a little more cold air and we'd be in business here in the mountains. I would need a 9 degree drop, I'm sitting at 39 degrees right now. This rainfall is due to a shortwave that is rotating out ahead of a cold front that…
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Good evening! It was cold outside this morning! I had a low of 29.8º F and I know others were even colder. Today stayed below the forecast highs and I only reached 40 degrees here. Lows tonight are going to drop into the 20's for most areas across north Georgia, but Thursday, Friday, and Saturday will be even colder. We mostly likely will not get out of the 40's for highs this week and through the weekend. This is my third fall here and the computer automatically tracks the first and last freeze dates, and my first freeze of the season here at the house has been getting earlier and earlier. Of course three years is hardly a good sample but it is a trend. …
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Good morning! Now that Nicole is out of the way, we can focus on the cold weather that will impact north Georgia for the next several weeks. We're starting off this Saturday morning with our temperatures running about 13 degrees or so above normal, partially due to the leftover moisture from Nicole. But sometime during the early afternoon hours, the front will be entering the state and and bringing some pretty cold air along with it. The main push of the cold air will occur during the overnight hours, and by Sunday morning most areas across north Georgia will be sitting in the upper 20's, and those temps will be some 8-9 degrees below normal. That will be about…
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Good morning! There is a lot of active weather to talk about this morning as Tropical Storm Nicole spins her way westward toward the east coast of Florida. The latest update as of 4 AM EST this morning shows Nicole to be 270 miles to the east of West Palm Beach and moving west-southwest at 13 mph. Winds are now at 70 mph and Nicole is expected to be a hurricane later today and as it makes landfall late tonight. Nicole will begin to turn toward the northwest on Thursday as she begins her recurve toward Georgia. The current NHC track takes Nicole over Macon as she accelerates off to the northeast on Friday. Impacts for north Georgia will begin today as the …
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Good morning! Big changes are on the way, so get ready! First we have a tropical system to deal with, and once that exits to our northeast a strong fall cold front sweeps through the state on Saturday. Sub-Tropical Storm Nicole is churning about 400 miles ENE of the northwestern Bahamas this morning with 45 mph winds, and she is expected to turn toward the west to southwest and head toward the east coast of Florida. Nicole is a large storm with 40 mph winds extending up to 380 miles from the center so that will spread the impacts across a large area. The storm is expected to be near or at hurricane strength when it reaches the east coast of Florida, so anyone t…
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Good morning! We start off the day with cloudy skies, and I think that most of the day should continue that trend. We can expect a few more light showers as the day goes on as a line of drier air pushes into this moist atmosphere we're sitting in, but it will be like yesterday in that the showers will be light and brief. Monday looks to be pretty nice with the temperatures well above normal for this time of the year, but that begins to change on Tuesday and Wednesday as a wedge builds in from the northeast and drops our temperatures back to normal levels. We have a tropical system that may impact parts of Florida and then later parts of Georgia, so we're …
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Good morning! We start off the morning with very mild conditions as our winds shift to the south to southwest in advance of the approaching cold front that will arrive later this evening. Most of the day should be nice and warm and the majority of north Georgia should see highs in the low 70's. Later this afternoon we may see a few scattered showers out ahead of the main line of weather, but the main line of showers and thunderstorms will be arriving between the 8 pm to midnight timeframe, and some of those storms may be strong to severe. One saving grace for Georgia is that the line will be weakening as it starts its approach into the state, so the severe thre…
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Good morning! We start the last full week of October with a nice mild fall day with some high clouds passing by, but the weather begins to change tomorrow in advance of a fall cold front. Right now there is a conditional threat for some severe weather late Tuesday and into Tuesday night, so you need to stay aware. Currently the main threats are high wind gusts and the possibility of some small hail, but an isolated quick spin up tornado can't be ruled out, so please have a way of receiving weather alerts beginning later tomorrow and certainly into the overnight hours tomorrow night. The shear values are quite high but we'll be missing one very important ingredi…
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Good morning! The big story for the day is the chance for our first freeze of the season beginning tomorrow morning. It now looks as though we might see three mornings of freezing weather, so now is the time to bring in those sensitive plants if you have any, and don't forget the pets. The Freeze Watch has been changed to a Freeze Warning and expanded further south, while a Freeze Watch has been issued for points south of the warning. We're looking at about three mornings at or below freezing, so this will be an early cold weather outbreak and an early freeze for north Georgia. As I mentioned several post ago, the last several years have seen a very late f…
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Good morning! Enjoy the weather today and part of the day tomorrow, and then you need to break out the warm clothes. The well advertised cold front is slowly making it's way southeast. Today will be very warm much like yesterday, and tomorrow will be very mild through most of the day. Sometime around the early afternoon hours tomorrow the front will begin to push into the state, and that's when our temperatures and dew points start to fall. By Tuesday morning most everyone across north Georgia will be in the 30's and some areas across the higher elevations will dip below freezing. The high temperatures will probably not get out of the 40 degree range on Tu…
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Good morning! Just a short post today since there isn't anything going on with the weather at the moment. Today will be a beautiful fall football day, so I hope everyone can spend some time outdoors in this beautiful weather. Depending on where you live, the morning is starting off cold or warm. Here in Big Canoe, the warmer sites are those higher up in elevation while down below temperatures are in the upper 30's to low 40's. Because of the very dry air, those temperatures will rocket all the way up to almost 80 degrees today, and not far from that tomorrow. Monday begins the change in the pattern, and by Tuesday morning north Georgia will be looking at l…
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Good Thursday morning! Did everyone enjoy the rain? It wasn't a lot but it was a lot more than we've had for the last four weeks, so we'll just have to be happy for what we got. I measured 0.31" of rain while most of north Georgia saw less than 0.50". You need to go further south toward the Atlanta area before seeing higher totals. Today will be a pretty nice day. We'll dry out but remain fairly mild with highs near 70. The Friday temperatures will be slightly below normal, but Saturday and Sunday will be slightly warmer and closer to normal. Expect a pattern change beginning on Monday as a strong fall cold front approaches the area. Temperatures for Tues…
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Good morning! We're about halfway through the month and we're running well below normal for our mean temperature so far. This is the third month in a row that our temperatures have remained below normal, and I'm liking this a lot! 🙂 Today and tomorrow are going to be generally cloudy days where we'll have on and off rain showers. There will be a chance for some thunderstorms as well, so don't be surprised to hear a few rumbles of thunder later today and tomorrow. The cold front will push through on Thursday with some cooler and drier air and dry us out for half of the weekend. Moisture does return on Sunday in advance of an even stronger cold front on Monday/Tu…
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Good morning! With all of this sunny dry weather, there hasn't been much for me to talk about. I've had a nice break with the Petit Le Mans, multiple weekends with guest here at the house, and just life in general. I need a break every now and then or it starts to become more like a job than something I enjoy doing. People have often asked me why I don't try to make some money off of doing the weather, and that is very easy for me to answer, I don't want that commitment. I do this because I like doing it and it wouldn't be nearly as much fun for me if I had to do it. So that is the reason for the occasional breaks, they help to make it fun to do the weather instead o…
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Good morning! How are you liking this nice weather so far? Is it feeling more like fall now? One negative to the nice weather is the lack of rainfall. Even though the last 14 days has been very dry across most of Georgia, we are not in a drought situation at the moment. However, there is zero rain in the forecast for the next 7 days so the soil and plants will continue to dry and start to create elevated fire weather conditions. I have more details regarding the dry conditions in the post. Our temperatures will continue to remain below normal despite a tiny warm up on Wednesday through Friday when we might hit the low to mid 70s for highs. A dry cold fro…
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Good morning! We now have Hurricane Ian in the Caribbean this morning, and he's making his way northwest toward the Gulf of Mexico with 75 mph winds. Rapid intensification is expected to continue throughout the day and this evening and Ian is expected to be a major hurricane by the time it reaches the tip of Cuba later tonight. There are signs that Ian will stall just off the coast from Tampa, and if this happens, some very serious flooding and storm surge conditions will be coving the area. There is still a considerable amount of disagreement as to exactly what Ian will do once it gets into the Gulf. Later in the period shear and dry air entrainment will help …
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Good morning! More changes overnight regarding the anticipated track and strength of Ian, but before we jump into that, there will be a chance for some showers and possibly a thunderstorm today. Rain is ongoing across portions of north Georgia at 5:23 AM, and that will continue to push south and east through the morning. Rainfall amounts should be relatively light, so hopefully there won't be too many plans messed up. The more important weather topic is Tropical Storm Ian and where he's going to go. It's now looking like Ian will make landfall somewhere along the Florida panhandle during the early morning hours next Friday. The only catch is that there is still …
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Good morning! We now have Tropical storm Ian, and Ian is currently projected to make landfall somewhere around the Tampa area sometime around Wednesday. Ian is expected to be a CAT 3 hurricane at landfall according to the NHC. Keep in mind, track errors at 120 hours are 150 miles and 100 miles at 96 hours. AND... that doesn't mean that the track won't change. There is still a lot of uncertainty about what Ian will do after is passes by/over Cuba. Everyone along the west coast of the peninsula need to be prepared for a hurricane. It is still uncertain where Ian will go after landfall, but many of the models are bringing him back over Georgia, and some of the mod…
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Good morning! Only 7 days until the first of October, and those 7 days should feel very much like fall. The next 7 days should see highs in the mid 70's, and through Sunday the lows should be in the 50's, but starting Monday those will drop into the 40's for much of north Georgia and stay that way at least through Wednesday/Thursday. There will be a slight chance for a shower Sunday as a reinforcing shot of cooler and drier weather pushes in to the state, and that front will drop those night time temperatures into the 40's for 3-4 days. The main focus is on Tropical Depression Nine. A note, these images are only to be used as guidance and are not official foreca…
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Good morning! We will focus on Invest 98L once again this morning, and the signs are not good for the southeast. Just an FYI, the system coming off of the African coast may become Hermine first, which would mean that our Caribbean system will become Ian. The models have shifted west with the tracks, placing more of the southeast in the cone of uncertainty. Personally, If I lived in Florida or had some interest there, I would go ahead and make some preliminary plans for a hurricane. Tomorrow morning is going to feel 15-20 degrees cooler than this morning and the high temperatures are going to be close to what our lows have been for the last 3-4 days. Once w…
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Good morning! No, it isn't the start of fall just yet, that happens at 9:04 PM tomorrow. Everyone just naturally assumes the 21st is the day but it varies from year to year, hence the reason for September 1 being the start of meteorological fall. It doesn't really matter, it's going to be very warm today and most people are still thinking summer weather. After Thursday we cool back down to highs in the mid 70's. Everyone can relax, the heatwave is almost over. 🙂 On a more serious note, the tropical wave that is approaching the Windward Islands may become a serious threat to the US mainland over the next 7 days. Right now it's still called Invest 98L but the NHC…
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Good morning! Since Fiona decided to make a hard right, there hasn't been much weather to talk about. Fiona is now a major CAT 3 hurricane and is passing close to the Turks and Caicos while brushing most of the Bahamas. She will have an impact on Bermuda in the coming days, but will fortunately miss the US. There is one benefit that Fiona will pull in some cooler weather for a couple of days starting on Friday. I only hit a high of 80.3 yesterday, and I expect today through Thursday to be pretty much the same (EDIT: hit a high of 84.6 around 1 PM). My wife said someone told her that they can't believe it's so hot for September and I had to laugh. We can have so…
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