Atlanta, Georgia 7 Day Weather Forecast

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FXUS62 KFFC 070540
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Peachtree City GA
1240 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2026



...New 06Z Aviation Discussion...

.KEY MESSAGES...
Updated at 1239 AM EST Sat Mar 7 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.

&&

.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...
(06Z TAFS)
Issued at 1239 AM EST Sat Mar 7 2026

IFR with a few obs of LIFR are possible from 10-14Z. Improvement to
low MVFR is expected by 16Z. TSRA confidence is increasing after 00Z
and will run until 05Z, Winds will be light and out of the SE until
16Z when a wind shift to the SW is expected as winds pick up to 8-
12kts.

//ATL Confidence...06Z Update...

Medium to high on all elements.

Vaughn

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Athens          61  74  59  79 /  70  70  20  30
Atlanta         62  72  60  79 /  70  80  30  40
Blairsville     56  69  53  74 /  90  70  20  30
Cartersville    61  73  58  79 /  90  80  20  40
Columbus        61  76  61  81 /  50  80  30  40
Gainesville     61  72  59  77 /  80  70  20  30
Macon           61  79  61  82 /  30  60  30  30
Rome            64  78  61  82 /  90  70  20  40
Peachtree City  61  73  59  79 /  70  80  40  40
Vidalia         63  85  63  85 /  10  30  20  20

&&

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

$$

SHORT TERM...RW
LONG TERM....96
AVIATION...Vaughn