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 "number": 1248,
 "headline": "Atlanta's forecast for Wednesday has moved 12\u00b0F colder",
 "standfirst": "65\u00b0F in the 20260928T00:00Z run, 53\u00b0F in the 20260929T18:00Z \u2014 the 2nd-largest revision of the 8 cities on the roster that moved at all. The current run's 10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour is 9\u00b0F.",
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  "place": "Atlanta",
  "state": "Georgia",
  "lat": 33.749,
  "lon": -84.388,
  "site_key": "georgia",
  "site_name": "Forecast Georgia",
  "site_url": "https://forecastgeorgia.com",
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 "edition": "2026-09-30",
 "published": "2026-09-30T04:25:12Z",
 "updated": null,
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 "body_html": "<p>Successive cycles do not merely refresh a forecast; they leave a trail. For Wednesday, October 7 at 12Z in Atlanta, that trail runs from <span class=\"mono\">65.0\u00b0F</span> in the <span class=\"mono\">20260928T00:00Z</span> cycle to <span class=\"mono\">53.0\u00b0F</span> in the <span class=\"mono\">20260929T18:00Z</span> \u2014 a move of <span class=\"mono\">-12.1\u00b0F</span> across 8 runs.</p><p>The change is larger than the run's own 10th-to-90th percentile spread \u2014 the guidance did not merely narrow, it moved off its previous position.</p><p class=\"note\">Model NBM-QMD, via api.weather.city /v1/history. Percentiles are the same run's own.</p>",
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   "text": "forecast revision for Wednesday at 12Z",
   "value": -12.1,
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   "period": "8 synoptic cycles",
   "source": "api.weather.city /v1/history (nbm-qmd)"
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  {
   "text": "10th-to-90th percentile spread at that hour",
   "value": 9.2,
   "unit": "\u00b0F",
   "normal": 12.1,
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   "of": null,
   "period": "current run",
   "source": "api.weather.city (nbm-qmd)"
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  "built_at": "2026-09-30T04:25:11Z",
  "model": "nbm-qmd",
  "cycle": "20260929T18:00Z",
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  "pairing_rule": "the same valid time read from successive synoptic cycles; the move is last run minus first run",
  "detector": "revision",
  "detector_version": "1",
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   "city": "Atlanta",
   "lat": 33.749,
   "lon": -84.388,
   "runs": 8,
   "valid": "2026-10-07T12:00:00",
   "first_run": "20260928T00:00Z",
   "last_run": "20260929T18:00Z"
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