Forecast and Conditions for Fortson, Georgia

Updated: 6:51 PM EDT on May 10, 2008
Observed at Columbus, Georgia
Temperature 83 °F / 28 °C
Humidity 53%
Dew Point 64 °F / 18 °C
Wind West at 7 mph / 11 km/h
Pressure 29.76 in / 1008 hPa (Falling)
Conditions Clear
Visibility 8.0 miles / 12.9 kilometers
Clouds Clear (CLR) : -
Yesterday's Maximum 84 °F / 28 °C
Yesterday's Minimum 67 °F / 19 °C
Normal high 82 °F / 27 °C
Normal low 60 °F / 15 °C
Record high 94 °F / 34 °C (1955)
Record low 44 °F / 6 °C (1984)
Yesterday's Heating Degree Days 0
Yesterday's Cooling Degree Days 11
Sunrise06:44 AM (EDT)
Sunset08:28 PM (EDT)
Moon Rise11:42 AM (EDT)
Moon Set01:21 AM (EDT)
Moon Phase
Tornado Watch
Statement as of 6:03 PM EDT on May 10, 2008


Tornado Watch 294 remains in effect until 900 PM EDT for the
following locations


GA
. Georgia counties included are

Baldwin Barrow Bibb
Bleckley Bryan Bulloch
Burke Butts Candler
Carroll Chatham Chattahoochee
Clarke Clayton Cobb
Columbia Coweta Crawford
crisp DeKalb Dodge
Dooly Douglas Effingham
Emanuel Evans Fayette
Fulton Glascock Greene
Gwinnett Hancock Haralson
Harris heard Henry
Houston Jasper Jefferson
Jenkins Johnson Jones
Lamar Laurens Liberty
Lincoln long McDuffie
McIntosh Macon Marion
Meriwether Monroe Montgomery
Morgan Muscogee Newton
Oconee Oglethorpe Paulding
Peach Pike Polk
Pulaski Putnam Richmond
Rockdale Schley Screven
Spalding Stewart Sumter
Talbot Taliaferro Tattnall
Taylor Telfair Toombs
Treutlen Troup Twiggs
Upson Walton Warren
Washington Webster Wheeler
Wilcox Wilkes Wilkinson





Forecast as of 5:53 PM EDT on May 10, 2008

Tornado Watch 294 in effect until 9 PM EDT this evening...
Rest of Tonight
Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms early...then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
Sunday
Showers and thunderstorms likely in the morning...then partly sunny with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Windy. Some thunderstorms may be severe in the morning. Highs in the lower 80s. West winds 20 to 30 mph. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy. Windy...cooler. Lows in the lower 50s. West winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to the northwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.
Monday
Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s. Northwest winds 5 to 15 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s. North winds up to 10 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny with a 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 80s.
Wednesday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.
Thursday
Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Windy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Thursday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 60s.
Friday
Partly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Windy. Highs in the lower 80s.
Friday Night
Partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s.
Saturday
Mostly sunny with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Windy. Highs around 80.
Copyright © 2008 The Weather Underground, Inc.