Blairsville, GA 30512 Weather

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north and central Georgia.

Day one

Tonight:

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

Days two through seven

Saturday through Thursday:

No hazardous weather is expected through Saturday.

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible by midweek associated with an approaching frontal system. No widespread severe weather is expected at this time.

Spotter information statement

Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight.

: New 06Z Aviation Discussion:

Key messages

- Near-seasonal high temperatures through the next 7 days, with warmer than normal overnight lows.

- Isolated to scattered light rain showers return to parts of the area early Sunday through Sunday night.

- Increasing potential for more widespread showers and storms from mid to late next week.

Short term

(Today through Saturday) Issued at 228 AM EDT Fri Oct 30 2026

Dry conditions will continue through the majority of the short-term forecast, with a shifting pattern taking shape late Saturday into Sunday. At the mid levels, a ridge across our region will dampen as a shortwave trough ejects into the ArkLaTex region this evening. As it does, an increase in mid to upper level clouds will filter into the region overnight and remain in place through Saturday. At the surface, high pressure centered over the Mid-Atlantic will drive a wedge front through the area on Saturday, reinforcing northeast winds with afternoon gusts up to 20-25 mph. This will set up the possibility of a few isentropically forced showers around the area Saturday afternoon, but precipitation total will be very limited through Saturday night due to the drier low level air associated with the wedge. This outcome aligns with guidance trending lower on QPF totals, keeping amounts under a quarter of an inch for the weekend.

The most likely outcome is a dry evening for trick-or-treat and other festivities Saturday evening. Temperatures will be warm today, about 5-10 degrees above normal, with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and lows in the upper 50s to low 60s across our area. With the increased cloud cover on Saturday, high temperatures will drop a few degrees, but conditions will remain above normal through the short term.

Long term

(Saturday night through Thursday) Issued at 228 AM EDT Fri Oct 30 2026

Like the previous AFD mentioned, our forecast continues to feature reduced rain chances on Sunday, with the most likely scenario being showers confined to the western half or so of the forecast area. Why? The global ensembles depict strong surface high pressure anchored across the Eastern Seaboard through the day, with a passing shortwave trough aloft. A "wedge" will result from this setup, with moisture advection atop supporting the potential for the aforementioned showers (or drizzle, per some forecast soundings) on Sunday, and the potential shifting across the rest of the state Sunday night into Monday morning. The chances for rain are essentially nil on Monday and Tuesday as persistent regional high pressure reinforces the wedge across north and central Georgia.

The synoptic scale pattern will change at midweek. Longwave troughing will set up aloft over the Eastern CONUS Wednesday and Thursday, but there are differences among the global ensembles regarding the strength of the troughing, plus jet streak placement/where wind maxima set up aloft (as the previous AFD discussed). This will impact the footprint of resulting surface low pressure and thus where rainfall is maximized. At this time, there is general consensus among the global ensembles that total rainfall will be maximized roughly along and north of the I-85 corridor, with totals ranging from 1 to 3 inches. That said, this could change as the aforementioned uncertain variables become better handled by the global and eventually regional/convective-allowing models. These variables will also impact parameters (such as deep-layer shear) that govern the potential for strong to severe storms. For now, it is safe to say that Wednesday and Thursday could be rainy and cloudy for some of north and central Georgia.

Aviation

(06Z TAFS) Issued at 105 AM EDT Sat Oct 31 2026

VFR at all sites thru the period. VRB wind picks up from the E at 6-12kts by 10z with gusts up to 24kts by 15z continuing periodically thru at least 00z. Cigs 10-20kft, with Sct Cu 5-7kft by or shortly after 00z.

//ATL Confidence: 06Z Update:

High confidence on all elements.

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Preliminary point temps/pops

Athens 54 67 52 71 / 0 10 20 0 Atlanta 58 66 56 71 / 10 30 30 0 Blairsville 50 61 47 65 / 10 10 10 10 Cartersville 55 66 53 72 / 20 20 20 0 Columbus 60 72 57 77 / 20 30 30 10 Gainesville 56 63 54 68 / 10 10 10 10 Macon 57 72 55 76 / 10 30 40 10 Rome 54 65 51 72 / 20 30 20 0 Peachtree City 55 67 52 73 / 10 30 30 0 Vidalia 60 76 59 78 / 10 10 40 10

Watches, warnings and advisories

None.