Rome, Georgia 7 Day Weather Forecast

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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
835 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

...Evening Update...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 822 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

- Temperatures will remain well above normal (15-20+ degrees)
  through the forecast period, threatening some daily records.

- A few thunderstorms may become strong to severe from Saturday
  afternoon into late evening, capable of producing isolated damaging
  wind gusts.

- Scattered showers and thunderstorms can be expected each day into
  early next week.

&&

.UPDATE...
Issued at 822 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

A few lingering showers and thunderstorms out there this evening
-- north/northeast metro and northeast of Cordele. This activity
 should continue to diminish over the next few hours. Overnight,
 expect lower clouds and patchy dense fog to fill in across
 portions of Central Georgia and any areas that received notable
 rainfall. Morning lows will be mild with values in the 60s (50s
 at the higher elevations). Few updates were made to reflect
 latest trends, otherwise, forecast is on track.

&&

.SHORT TERM...
(This afternoon through Saturday)
Issued at 220 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

Temperatures have soared this afternoon, already into the 80s for
many locations by 1 PM, and already exceeding the daily record high
for Atlanta with more possible records possible before the afternoon
is over. Aside from the heat, summerlike spotty showers and isolated
thunderstorms have begun developing within the weakly-forced
environment. These will persist into this evening within the south-
southwest flow before gradually diminishing tonight. Sticking with
the summer theme, overnight lows will only dip into the 60s (near
normal highs for early March).

Saturday will start much the same as the last several days with
areas of low clouds and patchy fog that will scatter and lift
through early afternoon. The Atlantic ridge that has been the
primary driver of our weather over the past several days will begin
to lose its grip to some degree on Saturday as a cold front
approaches the state. Dry weather will largely prevail through the
first half of the day into the afternoon, allowing plenty of time
for heating and for temperatures to again near or reach daily
records highs.

By late Saturday afternoon and evening the aforementioned cold front
as well as an ongoing squall line will approach northwest Georgia.
Some additional scattered showers and thunderstorms will also likely
develop in advance of the line Saturday evening.  Intensity will
likely be on a slow downward trend as this line pushes into
northwest/north Georgia, and shear will be gradually weakening
during this time as well. Even so, a low-end risk for strong to
potentially damaging wind gusts will exist as activity progresses
southeastward Saturday evening. The "Marginal Risk" from SPC
outlines this potential across roughly the northwest half of the
area late Saturday with lesser concern farther southeast as the line
continues to weaken headed into Saturday night.

&&

.LONG TERM...
(Sunday morning through next Thursday)
Issued at 220 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

On Sunday, and over the course of the extended, much of the
Southeast will be presided over by the western edge of a subtropical
ridge at the surface. A steady stream of warm, moist
south/southwesterly flow will support unseasonable warmth through at
least next Wednesday, along with truly summer-like chances for
diurnally-enhanced showers and thunderstorms each day. Any
disturbances traversing mid-level flow will serve to increase
coverage of showers and thunderstorms beyond typical "summertime"
distributions. Warm temperatures and PWATs on the order of 1.2-1.6"
-- generally above the 90th percentile, and potentially approaching
daily maximum values climatologically -- will support efficient
rainfall producers, though patchy nature should help to mitigate
more than nuisance flooding from occurring.

As a broad cold front slowly works its way to the southeast through
early Monday, the western vestiges of our persistent surface high
will be nudged offshore, briefly weakening southwesterly return
flow. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will be highest and most
widespread on Sunday as the front makes its way into north Georgia,
before fizzling out midway through the area early Monday (as they
tend to do), with unremarkable impacts to sensible weather
otherwise. Temperatures will be just a tick lower on Sunday and
Monday as a result of more pervasive cloud cover, but will rebound
quickly as the high noses back atop central Georgia.

A stronger cold front is poised to sweep across the Southeast on
Thursday, bolstering rain chances and providing relief from
unseasonably warm temperatures to round off the week next week.

Highs each day through Wednesday will be in the upper 70s to upper
80s (aside from Sunday, where areas north of I-20 will feel the
effects of the weak cold frontal passage and top out in the lower
70s), with lows in the mid-50s to lower 60s each night. Tuesday is
likely to be the warmest day of the year thus far, with 90 not out
of the question for portions of far southeast central Georgia, and
overnight lows some 13 to 30 (!) degrees above average for March.

On Thursday and Friday, highs will be in the more seasonable 60s to
70s (far southeast central Georgia may still rise into the 80s pre-
frontal passage), with lows in the upper 40s to lower 60s.

Will need to continue to monitor the potential for record highs
(and record high minimums) to be challenged or broken nearly every
day in the extended -- see Climate section for more details.

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 625 PM EST Fri Mar 6 2026

SCT -shra/tsra continue across North GA impacting mainly the
northern sites (RYY/PDK/FTY/ATL/AHN) at this time tapering off
around 02z. Though iso shra may linger up to 05-06z. Cigs at
4-7kft will prevail and lower to at least MVFR as early as 08z and
lasting through 15z. IFR and areas of fog are also possible
at MCN and in areas that received rainfall. Improvement to low VFR
3.5-5kft is expected between 16-18z. Erratic winds can be expected
with any tsra, otherwise, SSW to SSE winds at 5-10kts, tapering to
less than 5kts after 03z, then picking up from the SW at 6-10kts
after 15z.

//ATL Confidence...00Z Update...

Medium confidence.

07

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          61  78  61  74 /  30  30  70  70
Atlanta         62  81  62  72 /  30  40  70  80
Blairsville     58  74  56  69 /  40  50  90  70
Cartersville    62  81  61  73 /  30  40  80  80
Columbus        62  84  61  76 /  30  30  40  70
Gainesville     61  77  61  72 /  40  50  80  70
Macon           62  83  61  79 /  20  20  30  50
Rome            65  85  64  78 /  30  40  80  80
Peachtree City  61  81  61  73 /  30  40  70  80
Vidalia         64  85  63  85 /  10  10  10  30

&&

.FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.
&&

$$

SHORT TERM...RW
LONG TERM....96
AVIATION...07