Sunday was the most persistent, long term wind event I can remember since moving to the ATL (excluding tropical events and even those weren't lengthy).

From the time when the thunderstorms blew in around 5am Sunday morning, the winds howled and howled some more.

As the clouds cleared and sunshine broke through, mixing quickly began and the high winds aloft transferred to the surface.  There didn't seem to be many lulls either; it seemed to be consistently breezy to gusty throughout the entire day.  ATL clocked its highest windspeed at 45 mph out of the west.  MGE had a gust of 43 mph.

Even after the sun set, the high winds continued into the overnight hours.

As the coastal low peaks around 990 mb late Monday morning near Delmarva, the surface gradient along the East Coast is quite tight.  Winds across north Georgia continue to be very gusty...around 20 to 40 mph out of the northwest.

It's a fairly dry northwesterly flow with dew points in the mid 40s but relative humidity is around 50%...not terrible.  Lower RH values can be found in south Georgia and the majority of Florida (excluding south Fla.)  It's here where Red Flag warnings are in effect.