FNUS72 KFFC 171558 FWSFFC SPOT FORECAST FOR NEWTONCOWIPPTRX...EM NEWTON COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA 1158 AM EDT TUE APR 17 2012 UPDATED FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0814 EDT ON APRIL 17. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 1100E OBSERVATION AT INCIDENT...TEMP 76 F, DP 61 F, RH 58 PERCENT, WIND SSW 5 MPH. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT OVER NORTH GEORGIA WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR WINDER THROUGH CONYERS TO GRIFFIN. THE FRONT 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. .REST OF TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........PARTLY SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. SHOWERS BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 80. 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) 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).........52 52 69 79 WEATHER COV.....S CHC S CHC NUMRUS NUMRUS WEATHER TYPE....RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP............70 78 80 79 RH..............75 57 50 55 20 FT WIND......W 3 W 6 SW 7 SW 7 20 FT WIND GUST. 9 10 10 DISPERSION IDX..8 31 28 30 LVORI...........3 3 2 1 CWR.............20 20 70 70 $$ FORECASTER...FRANTZ REQUESTED BY...JODY NOLAN TYPE OF REQUEST...HAZMAT .TAG 20120417.NEWTO.01/FFC