854  
FNUS71 KALY 181244  
FWSALY  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR ROSENDALE STREET FEATIVAL...UCDES  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY  
844 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0900 EDT ON JULY 18.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
 
PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT ALB.STORMREPORT@NOAA.GOV, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS  
OR CONCERNS WITH THIS FORECAST.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF WHICH WILL  
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE, WILL TRACK THROUGH EASTERN  
NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY. PARTICULARLY FOR ULSTER  
COUNTY, AN INITIAL ROUND OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SHOWERS AND  
POTENTIAL NON- SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS MORNING BEFORE  
THE PROBABILITY FOR HEAVIER DOWNPOURS AND POTENTIAL SEVERE  
THUNDERSTORMS INCREASES FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SHOULD A THUNDERSTORM  
REACH SEVERE STRENGTH, DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY  
THREAT. HOWEVER, AN ISOLATED TORNADO AND LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE  
RULED OUT. THE GREATEST PROBABILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR  
ULSTER COUNTY FALLS BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM THIS EVENING, BUT  
SHOWERS AND ADDITIONAL NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD LINGER AS  
LATE AS 2 AM TOMORROW MORNING. OUTSIDE OF THIS CONVECTION, THERE  
ARE AIR QUALITY ALERTS IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE DAY DUE TO SMOKE  
DRIFTING INTO THE AREA FROM WILDFIRES IN CANADA.  
   
REST OF TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SMOKE THROUGH  
THE DAY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LATE IN  
THE MORNING. SHOWERS THROUGH THE DAY. CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 79.  
MIN HUMIDITY........71 PERCENT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...79.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING SOUTH 6 TO 10 MPH WITH  
GUSTS TO AROUND 24 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND  
AFTERNOON.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.63 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........73 79 91 97 90 93 90 90 94  
WEATHER COV.....CHC DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF DEF  
WEATHER TYPE....RW SMK RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).30 40 90 90 80 80 80 80 90  
TEMP............71 74 77 78 77 76 79 78 78  
RH..............76 74 71 74 82 87 79 82 85  
APARNT TMP (F)..71 74 77 78 77 76 79 78 78  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S S S S S S S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.3 6 8 8 9 10 9 9 9  
SURFACE WND GST.10 15 20 20 22 22 24 23 22  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING  
PARTLY CLOUDY (45-55 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.  
MAX HUMIDITY........97 PERCENT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...78.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND  
21 MPH IN THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT BECOMING  
LIGHT, THEN BECOMING NORTHWEST AROUND 5 MPH  
EARLY IN THE MORNING.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.30 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........94 96 94 83 84 76 61 60 60 64 62 48  
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).90 90 80 70 70 60 40 30 10 0 0 0  
TEMP............78 77 77 74 73 73 72 71 70 70 67 66  
RH..............82 82 82 93 97 93 93 93 93 90 97 97  
APARNT TMP (F)..78 77 77 74 73 73 72 71 70 70 67 66  
SURFACE WND DIR.S S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W NW  
SURFACE WND SPD.9 8 7 6 6 6 6 5 3 3 3 5  
SURFACE WND GST.21 21 20 18 18 18 18 15 14 13 13 14  
   
SUNDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY (15-25 PERCENT).  
CHANCE OF PCPN......0 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 81.  
MIN HUMIDITY........42 PERCENT.  
MAX APPARENT TEMP...81.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).NORTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 7 MPH.  
PCPN AMOUNT.........0.00 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........42 19 6 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 5 2  
WEATHER COV.....  
WEATHER TYPE....  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  
TEMP............65 64 66 68 72 75 77 79 79 80 81 79  
RH..............93 93 84 76 64 56 52 47 47 44 42 45  
APARNT TMP (F)..65 64 66 68 72 75 77 79 79 80 81 79  
SURFACE WND DIR.NW NW NW N NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW  
SURFACE WND SPD.5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 6  
SURFACE WND GST.15 16 16 15 14 15 15 15 16 15 15 14  
 

 
FORECASTER...37  
REQUESTED BY...MICHAEL MADISON  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
.TAG 2617656.0/ALY  
.DELDT 07/18/26  
.FORMATTERVERSION 2.0.0  
.EMAIL MMAD@ULSTERCOUNTYNY.GOV  
 
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