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FXUS61 KBTV 021830  
AFDBTV  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
230 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY THROUGH MUCH  
OF NEXT WEEK, RESULTING IN LITTLE OR NO RAINFALL. HAZY SKIES  
WILL BE WITH US THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND ASSOCIATED WITH  
WILDFIRE SMOKE. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL FOR MOST OF THE  
PERIOD WITH COOL MORNINGS AND WARM DAYS.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/  
 
AS OF 230 PM EDT SATURDAY...DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE AS AN  
EXPANSIVE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER THE  
NORTHERN US. WILDFIRES IN NORTHERN SASKATCHEWAN CONTINUE TO BE A  
SOURCE OF SMOKE FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN CANADA AND THE  
NORTHEASTERN US AS HIGH ALTITUDE WINDS TAKE THE SMOKE EASTWARD  
AND SOUTHWARD OVER TIME. SATELLITE IMAGERY AND OTHER SURFACE  
OBSERVATIONS SHOW THERE CLEARLY IS SOME HAZE ALREADY IN NORTHERN  
NEW YORK AND NORTHERN VERMONT AS SKIES HAVE BECOME MILKY IN  
APPEARANCE. HAVE ADDED HAZE WORDING TO THE FORECAST THROUGH  
TOMORROW NIGHT BASED ON THE UPSTREAM OBSERVATIONS AND CONTINUED  
WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.  
 
A FRONTAL SYSTEM IN NORTHERN CANADA WILL HELP OUR LOW LEVEL WINDS  
BECOME MORE SOUTHERLY TONIGHT, WHICH WILL SLOW THE EXPANSION OF  
LOWER ALTITUDE SMOKE. UNFORTUNATELY FOR THOSE IN  
WESTERN/NORTHERNMOST NORTHERN NEW YORK, BASED ON OBSERVATIONS IN  
OTTAWA, CANADA THIS AFTERNOON OF RAPIDLY DEGRADED AIR QUALITY AND  
THE WESTERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW IN PLACE RIGHT NOW, HAZE WILL PROBABLY  
THICKEN/LOWER IN THIS AREA LATER TODAY. THAT SOUTHERLY SHIFT IN THE  
WINDS WILL SUPPORT SOME IMPROVEMENT IN THE HAZE TONIGHT. THESE WINDS  
WILL ALSO KEEP TEMPERATURES A BIT MILDER TONIGHT THAN LAST NIGHT,  
POTENTIALLY 10 DEGREES OR SO, AND REDUCE THE COVERAGE AND DURATION  
OF VALLEY FOG FURTHER. DENSE FOG MAY BE LIMITED TO THE VICINITY OF  
THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AND A FEW OTHER RIVERS IN EASTERN VERMONT.  
THINK THERE WILL BE ENOUGH NEAR-SURFACE WIND AND DRY LOW LEVEL AIR  
TO MINIMIZE ANY POSSIBLE IMPACT OF SMOKE ON FORMATION OR INTENSITY  
OF FOG, BUT THIS COULD BE MORE OF AN ISSUE FOR TOMORROW NIGHT, WHICH  
WILL OTHERWISE CONTINUE THE QUIET WEATHER PATTERN.  
 
TOMORROW WILL BE ANOTHER DRY DAY WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING ABOVE  
NORMAL INTO THE LOW TO MID 80S AS TEMPERATURES AT 850 MILLIBARS WILL  
BE A FEW DEGREES HIGHER THAN TODAY. UPSTREAM IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO,  
NEAR-SURFACE WINDS WILL BE OUT OF THE WEST-NORTHWEST WHICH SHOULD  
TRANSPORT MORE SMOKE INTO THE AREA. LATEST HRRR-SMOKE DATA SUGGESTS  
TIMING FOR POSSIBLE IMPACTS DUE TO SMOKE AT GROUND LEVEL COULD  
DEVELOP IN NORTHERN NEW YORK DURING THE MORNING AND SPREAD INTO  
NORTHERN VERMONT PRIMARILY IN THE AFTERNOON. LIKE TONIGHT, ENOUGH  
SOUTHERLY FLOW ACROSS OUR REGION WILL TEND TO LIMIT SOUTHWARD EXTENT  
OF THE SMOKE, AND ALSO REDUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE SIGNIFICANT  
VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS/AIR QUALITY EFFECTS. WHILE UNLIKELY TO BE AS  
SIGNIFICANT AS THE SMOKE LAST SATURDAY, JULY 26TH, THOSE SENSITIVE  
TO SMOKE SHOULD MONITOR GUIDANCE FROM THE VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL  
RESOURCES AND NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/  
 
AS OF 230 PM EDT SATURDAY...A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP  
SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE REGION MONDAY MORNING, CAUSING WINDS TO  
TURN BACK TO NORTHERLY. THIS PATTERN COULD LEAD TO ANOTHER PLUME  
OF WILDFIRE SMOKE TO SETTLE SOUTHWARD INTO THE REGION.  
CONVECTIVE ALLOWING MODELS ALSO SHOW SOME SHOWERS TRYING TO  
DEVELOP NEAR/AHEAD OF A SECONDARY FRONT SINKING SOUTHWARD DURING  
THE AFTERNOON, PARTICULARLY IN NORTHERN NEW YORK WITH SLIGHT  
PREFERENCE IN THE ADIRONDACKS. GIVEN THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL  
RIDGING AND UNFAVORABLE LOW LEVEL DRYING SCENARIO, COVERAGE OF  
ANY SHOWERS WOULD BE MINIMAL WITH A LARGELY MOSTLY SUNNY DAY  
EXPECTED; POPS ARE BELOW 10% AT THIS TIME. THE AIR MASS SHOULD  
REMAIN DRY WITH VERY LITTLE INSTABILITY DEVELOPING. THE PRESSURE  
GRADIENT ALSO LOOKS WEAK ENOUGH TO KEEP WIND SPEEDS MODEST WITH  
GUSTS PROBABLY BELOW 15 TO 20 MPH. LOWEST HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY  
BE IN OUR SOUTHERN VERMONT VALLEYS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL RISE  
INTO THE UPPER 80S; THE COOL AIR ADVECTION WILL HAPPEN SOONER  
FARTHER NORTH AND HELP LIMIT HIGH TEMPERATURES TO THE LOW TO MID  
80S AGAIN. LIGHTENING WINDS MONDAY NIGHT SHOULD LEAD TO A COOL  
NIGHT WITH PATCHY VALLEY FOG A GOOD BET; THERE IS GOOD POTENTIAL  
FOR ENHANCED FOG DUE TO PRESENCE OF NEAR-SURFACE SMOKE.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/  
 
AS OF 230 PM EDT SATURDAY...ANOMALOUSLY STRONG HIGH PRESSURE  
OVER EASTERN CANADA WILL BUILD SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST US  
ON TUESDAY, LIKELY NEAR RECORDS FOR THIS TIME YEAR ON  
WEDNESDAY, BEFORE WEAKENING A BIT LATER IN THE WEEK. AS A  
RESULT, MORE DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH TEMPERATURES WARM BUT  
NOT HOT. WHILE THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS  
THURSDAY AFTERNOON (15-19%), THE PATTERN SUGGESTS IT WILL BE  
ANOTHER DRY DAY. GENERALLY THE AIR MASS WILL TEND TO REMAIN  
MODERATELY DRY WITH A MODEST INCREASE IN SOUTHERLY FLOW FRIDAY  
INTO SATURDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGINS MOVING TO OUR EAST.  
 
LOOKING AHEAD JUST BEYOND THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS, THE 8-14 DAY  
OUTLOOK SHOWS VERY HIGH (80-90%) PROBABILITY OF ABOVE NORMAL  
TEMPERATURES IN OUR REGION. WOULD EXPECT IN COMBINATION WITH THE  
RIDGE BREAKING DOWN AND OPPORTUNITY FOR HEAT AND HUMIDITY TO  
RETURN WITH EVENTUAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND HEAVY RAIN  
POTENTIAL TO END OUR STRING OF DRY CONDITIONS.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY...ASIDE FROM POTENTIAL FOG AT MPV OVERNIGHT,  
MORE VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT ALL SITES THROUGH THE  
PERIOD. THE DURATION AND INTENSITY OF FOG SHOULD BE LESS THAN  
LAST NIGHT WITH MORE WIND JUST OFF THE DECK; GREATEST CHANCES  
ARE BETWEEN 09Z AND 12Z, BUT WOULD EXPECT PERSISTENT FOG MAY  
LAST FOR ONLY A COUPLE OF HOURS. AT THE SAME TIME, WILDFIRE  
SMOKE WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES SLIGHTLY ACROSS THE AIRSPACE,  
BUT IT IS UNLIKELY TO CAUSE OBSCURATIONS. GREATEST POTENTIAL  
FOR HAZE/6SM OR LOWER VISIBILITIES IS AT MSS, WHICH IS MORE  
LIKELY AFTER 10Z.  
 
BREEZY CONDITIONS AT MSS ARE PRESENT WITH SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW  
LEADING TO 15-20 KT GUSTS THROUGH ABOUT 00Z, AND SOUTHEASTERLY  
FLOW OF NEAR 10 KNOTS AT PBG WILL ALSO TAPER OFF TOWARDS THAT  
TIME. OTHERWISE, MOST SITES WILL REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE WITH  
A TREND TOWARDS LIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS, ESPECIALLY AFTER 12Z  
SUNDAY.  
 
OUTLOOK...  
 
SUNDAY NIGHT: VFR. NO SIG WX.  
MONDAY: VFR. NO SIG WX.  
MONDAY NIGHT: VFR. NO SIG WX.  
TUESDAY: VFR. NO SIG WX.  
TUESDAY NIGHT: VFR. NO SIG WX.  
WEDNESDAY: VFR. NO SIG WX.  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: VFR. NO SIG WX.  
THURSDAY: VFR. NO SIG WX.  
 
 
   
BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
VT...NONE.  
NY...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS...KUTIKOFF  
NEAR TERM...KUTIKOFF  
SHORT TERM...KUTIKOFF  
LONG TERM...KUTIKOFF  
AVIATION...KUTIKOFF  
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