Category: Weather
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WEATHER: Red Flag Warning in effect for much of NWGA, real fire dangers in place for coming days ahead
It seems like the forecast is on repeat these days: warm weather, low humidity, and drought conditions are combining to make burning anything outdoors a serious danger for everyone in Northwest Georgia. A good swath of the northern half of the state in a line from Polk County up into the Georgia Mountains in Rabun…
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WEATHER: Fire Danger for Northwest Georgia remains to cap off the week
A Fire Danger Statement is still in place for Northwest Georgia as low humidity, breezy winds and temperatures set to rise toward the 80 degree mark, according to the National Weather Service Peachtree City office. Conditions are ripe once again for any outdoor fires to spread out-of-control, so NWS Peachtree City is once again asking…
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WEATHER: Fire danger elevated again today for all much of Georgia, temps back on the rise
The humidity remains low, the thermometer is on the rise and conditions are dry to the extreme. All of these elements have combined to make NWS Peachtree City meteorologists concerned that the potential for wildfires is high, especially if burning is done intentionally. As it was earlier in the week, the National Weather Service office…
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WEATHER: Danger of fire real concern for forecasters today
Well into the afternoon hours, low humidity and dry conditions throughout Georgia have officials concerned that fire weather is in the forecast for the coming days. Georgia remains under drought conditions throughout the state, and the forecast after a wet weekend have dried back up and provide the perfect fuel for brush fires that can…
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WEATHER: After warm start to April, slight cooldown to open first full week of month
Spring was in the air around Northwest Georgia over the past week after warm weather dominated the forecast, but then some rain moved in over the holiday weekend and Easter started off wet, but ultimately the sun came back out to start the week off around the region. However, that rain brought with it a…
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WEATHER: Easter weekend forecast calls for increasing rain chances
A sunny Good Friday will give way to cloudy skies and chances for rain, along with cooler temperatures for Easter proper per the latest National Weather Service forecast. Expect highs to cap off in the mid 80s for much of Northwest Georgia to cap off the opening days of April, but the holiday weekend will…
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WEATHER: Rain expected for holiday weekend after warm start to April
No kidding: the weather in Northwest Georgia is absolutely beautiful. NWS Peachtree City is expecting sunshine and warm temps to remain through the rest of the week, but expect some April showers to return to give the region a headache when it comes to Easter events planned for the weekend. Rain chances for Saturday were…
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WEATHER: Temps back on the rise heading into weekend, then mild days before another warmup
Back and forth the thermometer goes, where it’ll stop? Nobody knows. That seems to be the story of the forecast in Northwest Georgia over the past weeks as warm and cold change places for a couple of days at a time as winter turned to spring, and it’ll be more of the same through the…
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WEATHER: Spring chill coming as temps set to bounce through remainder of March
Expect sunshine to continue to dominate through the start of the week after a warm opening of the season, but those temps are going to come down with a wet weather set to move through during the midweek. The thermometer won’t be dropping too dramatically, but expect highs in the 60s and lows in the…
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WEATHER: Level 3 threat developing for severe storms overnight
Chances for strong winds, tornadoes impacting NWGA increasing as cold temps to follow The threat of severe weather is increasing by the hour according to the forecast from the National Weather Service, who expect the potential for high winds, tornadic activity and even hail overnight with a cold front pushing into the region. Then that…