FNUS72 KFFC 171326
FWSFFC

SPOT FORECAST FOR NEWTONCOWIPPTRX...EM NEWTON COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
926 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012

FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0814 EDT ON APRIL 17.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
A COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA THIS MORNING WILL GRADUALLY MOVE
TO CENTRAL GEORGIA BY THIS EVENING. A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES FROM THE
THE WESTERN GULF WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT WHICH WILL SLOW
ITS PROGRESS THROUGH THE STATE BY THURSDAY. AS THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS UNTIL MIDDAY...THEN SHOWERS LIKELY
                    AND CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 77.
MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WIND BECOMING WEST AROUND 5 MPH IN
                    THE MORNING. WIND BECOMING SOUTHWEST AROUND
                    7 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS
                    EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................70 PERCENT.
LAL.................1 UNTIL 1400...THEN 3.
MIXING HEIGHT.......INCREASING TO 4200-4800 FT AGL LATE IN THE MORNING.
TRANSPORT WINDS.....WEST WIND AROUND 5 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST WIND AROUND
                    10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
DISPERSION INDEX....7 INCREASING TO 18 LATE IN THE MORNING.
LVORI...............5.

TIME (EDT)      8 AM   10 AM  NOON   2 PM   4 PM
SKY (%).........62     62     62     79     79
WEATHER COV.....S CHC  S CHC  S CHC  LIKELY LIKELY
WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR
TEMP............61     69     73     76     77
RH..............99     75     63     54     50
20 FT WIND......CALM   W 3    W 6    SW 7   SW 7
20 FT WIND GUST.       5      9      10     10
DISPERSION IDX..9      11     16     22     17
LVORI...........8      4      2      2      2
CWR.............20     20     20     70     70

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FORECASTER...FRANTZ
REQUESTED BY...JODY NOLAN
TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT
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