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KEY MESSAGES

Updated at 212 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

- Following an overnight cold front passage, dry, breezy, and cooler weather spreads across the area Friday.

- Mostly clear skies and a warming trend over the weekend with high temps in the 60s.

- Generally dry through the long term period, with temperatures warming to well above average by Christmas Day.

SHORT TERM

(Today through Saturday) Issued at 212 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

A weakening line of gusty showers and storms associated with a cold front is actively moving through north and central Georgia early this morning, dropping 0.25-0.5 inches of rainfall as it goes. Following this frontal passage, deep northwest flow and surface high pressure will usher in a cooler and drier airmass for the end of the work week. By sunrise this morning, most of the area will be under clear skies with breezy northwest winds. High temps will only reach the upper 40s to low 50s across north GA, with mid to upper 50s across central GA. Under clear skies and weakening winds Friday night, overnight lows will fall to the upper 20s to low 30s. During the day on Saturday, the high pressure will shift off to the east, and winds will turn out of the south, initiating a warming trend. Skies will remain mostly clear, and high temps will climb into the upper 50s to low 60s, making for a very pleasant start to the weekend (spoiler alert, Sunday will be really nice too).

LONG TERM

(Saturday night through Thursday) Issued at 212 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

All of the interesting weather is found in the short term. But I'll do my best to make this part enjoyable too.

As the long term forecast picks up a relatively impressive ridge establishes itself across the southeast setting us up for plenty of dry weather. In fact, neither the Euro or the GFS have any meaningful precip for our CWA through the rest of the run. As the ridge builds through the weekend and into next week, temperatures will gradually climb with it. By the time Christmas day rolls around, we're expecting temperatures across the region to be in the low to mid 70s which is around 20 degrees higher than what we'd expect this time of year.

Overnight lows will continue to improve through the weekend and into next week as well. Overnight lows for Monday and Tuesday will drop to around freezing, but after that we're expecting lows to be limited to the 40s and 50s for the remainder of the week. If you're looking for a white Christmas, you might want to try Minnesota.

AVIATION

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 105 AM EST Fri Dec 19 2025

A front will move through the ATL area within the next hour, and the rest of the region over the next few hours. Ahead of the front, expect MVFR/IFR CIGs and southerly winds around 10G20kt. Along the front, SCT SHRA with ISO TSRA will create VRB and gusty winds, and MVFR-IFR CIGs and VIS. After the front passes through, CIGs rapidly improve to VFR with winds turning NW at 10-15 kts gusting 20-25 kts. By 14-15Z, VFR conditions expected across much of the region with SKC through the remainder of the period.

//ATL Confidence...06Z Update... Medium confidence on CIGs with the timing of the front overnight. High confidence on all elements from Friday morning on.

Culver

PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS

Athens 53 31 58 35 / 0 0 0 0 Atlanta 51 33 60 40 / 0 0 0 0 Blairsville 44 26 55 33 / 0 0 0 0 Cartersville 50 29 60 37 / 0 0 0 0 Columbus 56 32 62 38 / 0 0 0 0 Gainesville 51 33 56 37 / 0 0 0 0 Macon 58 31 61 35 / 0 0 0 0 Rome 53 29 64 40 / 0 0 0 0 Peachtree City 53 30 62 37 / 0 0 0 0 Vidalia 64 34 64 37 / 0 0 0 0

FFC WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES

None.