995  
FXUS61 KALY 080613  
AFDALY  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY  
213 AM EDT WED OCT 8 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS  
MORNING IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE, WITH MUCH COOLER  
AIR FILTERING INTO THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD  
FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT. FAIR  
WEATHER AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED FRIDAY  
INTO SATURDAY.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/  
 
AS OF 210 AM EDT, COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING FROM THE SW  
ADIRONDACKS AND WESTERN MOHAWK VALLEY. A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO  
MODERATE RAIN ENCOMPASSES MOST OF THE REGION OUTSIDE OF FAR  
NORTHERN HERKIMER/HAMILTON COUNTIES. EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO  
MODERATE RAIN TO CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK OUTSIDE OF THE SW  
ADIRONDACKS.  
 
RAIN WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT SOUTH/EAST THIS MORNING, ENDING FOR  
MOST AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF ALBANY BY MID MORNING, AND BY  
MIDDAY FOR MOST AREAS. HOWEVER, WITH MAIN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH  
STILL POISED TO PASS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON, CAN NOT RULE OUT  
ISOLATED AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING SHOWERS/SPRINKLES ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS, UPPER HUDSON VALLEY AND  
SOUTHERN VT. OTHERWISE, IT WILL BE BREEZY TODAY WITH  
NORTH/NORTHWEST WINDS OCCASIONALLY GUSTING UP TO 25 MPH. MAX  
TEMPS SHOULD REACH THE LOWER/MID 60S THIS AFTERNOON WITHIN  
VALLEY AREAS AND 50S FOR MOST HIGHER ELEVATIONS, ASSUMING SOME  
BREAKS OF SUN DEVELOP.  
 
SECONDARY COLD FRONT LOOKS TO DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE REGION  
OVERNIGHT. THIS LOOKS TO PROVIDE AT LEAST OCCASIONAL CLOUD COVER  
AND ALSO ALLOWS FOR A BREEZE TO PERSIST. THESE FACTORS MAY LIMIT  
COOLING POTENTIAL TONIGHT, WITH AREAS MAINLY WEST OF THE HUDSON  
RIVER, ESPECIALLY HIGHER ELEVATIONS, EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE  
LOWER/MID 30S WITH MAINLY UPPER 30S/LOWER 40S ELSEWHERE. THERE  
COULD BE SOME LOWER/MID 30S ACROSS HIGHER TERRAIN OF SOUTHERN  
VT. WE HAVE ISSUED A FROST ADVISORY FOR WESTERN AREAS LATE  
TONIGHT, WHERE MIN TEMPS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO DROP INTO THE  
LOWER/MID 30S. ALTHOUGH ACTUAL FROST FORMATION MAY BE SOMEWHAT  
LIMITED DUE TO SOME CLOUDS/WIND, COLD TEMPERATURES COULD STILL  
HAVE IMPACTS ON SENSITIVE VEGETATION IN THESE AREAS. SHOULD MORE  
CLEARING/LESS WIND OCCUR FARTHER EAST, COLDER MIN TEMPS AND  
ADDITIONAL FROST/FREEZE HEADLINES MIGHT BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS  
OF SOUTHERN VT.  
 
MOSTLY SUNNY AND CHILLY FOR THURSDAY, WITH HIGH TEMPS IN THE 40S  
ACROSS HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND 50S FOR VALLEY AREAS, ALTHOUGH IT  
IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME VALLEY AREAS ONLY REACH THE LOWER 50S.  
THIS SETS THE STAGE FOR A COLD THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY MORNING  
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES GIVEN  
THE COLD/VERY DRY AIR MASS WITH PWAT'S DROPPING < 0.25" AND HIGH  
PRESSURE BUILDING OVERHEAD. A FREEZE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL  
OF EASTERN NY AND ADJACENT WESTERN NEW ENGLAND OUTSIDE OF THE  
SW ADIRONDACKS WHERE THE GROWING SEASON HAS ENDED.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/  
 
AFTER A COLD/FROSTY START, MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED  
FRIDAY WITH AFTERNOON TEMPS REACHING THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S.  
CHILLY FOR FRIDAY NIGHT THOUGH NOT QUITE AS COLD AS THURSDAY  
NIGHT. LOWS IN THE 30S FOR MANY AREAS WITH SOME UPPER 20S  
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN AREAS. ADDITIONAL FROST/FREEZE  
HEADLINES WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR PORTIONS OF THE REGION,  
ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF ALBANY INTO SOUTHERN VT/WESTERN  
MA.  
 
FAIR WEATHER CONTINUES INTO SATURDAY, BEFORE THE POSSIBILITY FOR  
SOME UNSETTLED CONDITIONS INCREASES FOR SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY  
NEXT WEEK, DEPENDING ON THE TRACK OF A DEVELOPING COASTAL STORM  
OFF THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC COAST. BEST CHANCE FOR SOME RAIN  
LOOKS TO BE MAINLY SOUTH/EAST OF ALBANY LATE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY  
WHERE SOME CHANCE POPS (25-30%) ARE INDICATED, WITH LOWER POPS  
(15-20%) FARTHER NORTH AND WEST.  
 
NEAR SEASONABLE TEMPS SATURDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 60S, COOLING  
SUNDAY-MONDAY INTO THE UPPER 50S/LOWER 60S DUE TO MORE CLOUDS  
AND POSSIBLE SHOWERS. EVEN COOLER MAX TEMPS COULD OCCUR SHOULD  
WIDESPREAD STEADY RAINFALL DEVELOP. OVERNIGHT LOWS MAINLY IN THE  
40S. SLIGHT WARMING BY TUESDAY WITH HIGHS BACK IN THE 60S FOR  
MOST AREAS.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/  
 
THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY...VARIABLE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE TERMINALS  
EARLY THIS MORNING AS A COLD FRONT CONTINUES ITS SOUTHWARD  
PROGRESSION THROUGH THE REGION, BRINGING WIDESPREAD RAIN AND LOW  
STRATUS CEILINGS. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL RATES HAVE BEEN NOTED  
ESPECIALLY AT KALB AND KGFL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS, WITH  
ADDITIONAL BATCHES OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO COME  
OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING. THEREFORE, PERIODS OF IFR  
CEILINGS AND POSSIBLY VISIBILITY WILL BE LIKELY FOR ALL TERMINALS  
THROUGH 14-17Z OR SO BEFORE RAIN MOVES OUT WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE  
FRONT AND CEILINGS BEGIN TO MIX OUT. A GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO MVFR  
CEILINGS WILL OCCUR THROUGH LATE MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE  
CEILINGS POTENTIALLY DISSIPATE ALTOGETHER, YIELDING VFR CONDITIONS  
EVERYWHERE BY LATE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE BREEZY THROUGHOUT THE  
DURATION OF THE 06Z CYCLE, INITIALLY OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST.  
HOWEVER, UPON THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT THIS MORNING, WINDS WILL  
VEER TO THE NORTHWEST. SUSTAINED SPEEDS WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 10 TO  
15 KT THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THIS PERIOD WITH ATTENDANT GUSTS OF 20 TO  
25 KT. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING AS THE  
TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE GRADIENTS SLACKEN.  
 
OUTLOOK...  
 
THURSDAY NIGHT-SATURDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
SUNDAY: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA.  
 
 
   
ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
CT...FREEZE WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR  
CTZ001-013.  
NY...FREEZE WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR  
NYZ038>041-043-047>054-058>061-063>066-082>084.  
FROST ADVISORY FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM EDT THURSDAY FOR NYZ038>040-  
047-048-051-058-063-082.  
MA...FREEZE WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR  
MAZ001-025.  
VT...FREEZE WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR  
VTZ013>015.  
 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS...05/24  
SHORT TERM...24  
LONG TERM...24  
AVIATION...37  
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