936  
FXUS61 KBTV 271736  
AFDBTV  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT  
136 PM EDT TUE MAY 27 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
 
A LARGE RIDGE OF SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL RULE THE PATTERN  
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST THROUGH MID WEEK, BRINGING WARMER AND DRIER  
WEATHER. SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGES WILL BREAK DOWN TOWARDS  
THE END OF THE WEEK, AND SHOWER CHANCES WILL INCREASE AS A LOW  
PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE GREAT LAKES REGION, CROSSING  
OUR FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
 
 
AS OF 129 PM EDT TUESDAY...SOME VERY SPOTTY LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE  
DEVELOPED OVER HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NEK AND OVER THE NORTHERN  
ADIRONDACKS, THOUGH COVERAGE IS ISOLATED. HAVE INCREASED  
MOUNTAIN POPS SLIGHTLY FOR THE AFTERNOON, OTHERWISE FORECAST IS  
IN GOOD SHAPE WITH NO OTHER UPDATES NEEDED. PREVIOUS DISCUSSION  
FOLLOWS...  
 
SURFACE AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGES BUILDING OVER THE REGION WILL  
KEEP OUR WEATHER QUIET AND OUR TEMPERATURES WARM FOR TODAY  
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY, HAVE GONE  
ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR TEMPERATURES AND BELOW GUIDANCE FOR DEWPOINTS  
AS ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO DRY OUT. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES  
TODAY WILL RANGE THROUGH THE 70S. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT  
WILL THEN DROP INTO THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. WARM AIR ADVECTION  
WILL PICK UP ON WEDNESDAY, AND WE WILL HAVE SIMILAR TEMPERATURES  
TO TUESDAY. MODELS INDICATE SMALL CHANCE FOR SHOWERS WEDNESDAY  
AFTERNOON IN NORTHERN NEW YORK AHEAD OF NEXT APPROACHING SYSTEM.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/
 
 
AS OF 327 AM EDT TUESDAY...A CUTOFF UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL PUSH  
EAST FROM THE GREAT LAKES AND REJOIN THE CIRCULATION OVER THE  
REGION ON THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. A PERIOD OF RAIN WILL OCCUR  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE OCCLUDING SURFACE LOW ASSOCIATED WITH  
THIS CUTOFF LOW PASSES BY TO THE NORTH. SOME MODEL GUIDANCE  
TRIES TO DEVELOP A SECONDARY LOW OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST  
DURING THE DAY THURSDAY, NOTABLY THE GFS AND MANY OF ITS  
ENSEMBLES. IF THE SECONDARY LOW DOES NOT DEVELOP, THERE WILL  
LIKLEY BE SHOWERS DUE TO STRONGER FORCING WITH THE PRIMARY LOW  
AND POTENTIAL CONVECTION FROM THE SUBSEQUENT COLD FRONTAL  
PASSAGE. IF THE SECONDARY LOW DEVELOPS OFF THE COAST, IT WILL  
TAKE MOST OF THE ENERGY FROM THE PRIMARY LOW AND MOST OF THE  
RAIN SHOULD REMAIN TO THE SOUTH. THERE WOULD ALSO BE A LESS OF A  
DEFINED FRONT AND COOLER CONDITIONS, SO CONVECTION WOULD BE  
UNLIKELY. AFTER THIS FIRST SYSTEM MOVES OUT, FRIDAY SHOULD BE  
RELATIVELY DRY, THOUGH A LARGE SCALE TROUGH WILL BE MOVING IN  
FROM THE WEST, AND A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS CANNOT BE RULED OUT.  
TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE RELATIVELY SEASONABLE, WITH HIGHS  
GENERALLY IN THE 60S AND 70S, AND LOWS IN THE 50S.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/
 
 
AS OF 327 AM EDT TUESDAY...AS THE CUTOFF LOW REJOINS THE  
CIRCULATION, IT WILL DEEPEN THE INCOMING TROUGH AND INVIGORATE A  
SHORTWAVE PIVOTING AROUND IT. A POTENT SURFACE LOW LOOKS TO  
DEVELOP WITH THIS SHORTWAVE OVER MID- ATLANTIC AND MOVE UP INTO  
THE REGION AS ANOTHER NOR'EASTER ON SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.  
WHILE THERE IS VARIATION IN THE FORECAST STORM TRACK, ENSEMBLE  
MEANS OF MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE INDICATE THE CURRENT MOST  
LIKELY TRACK OF THE CENTER OF THE LOW IS OVER SOUTHERN NEW  
ENGLAND AND INTO MAINE, YET ANOTHER STORM THAT MAY TAKE AN IDEAL  
SNOW TRACK IF IT WAS WINTER. THE DIFFERENCE WITH THIS SYSTEM  
COMPARED TO THE ONE AT THE END OF LAST WEEK AS THAT IT WILL BE  
MUCH FASTER MOVING, AND SHOULD BE MOSTLY OUT OF THE REGION LESS  
THAN 24 HOURS AFTER IT ENTERS, THOUGH LINGERING CLOUDS AND  
DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL THEREFORE BE  
LESS, WITH GEFS, EPS AND CAN ENSEMBLE PROBABILITIES OF MORE THAN  
AN INCH OF RAIN AROUND AND UNDER 10 PERCENT. BEHIND THIS LOW,  
THE LARGE SCALE TROUGHING LOOKS TO REMAIN FOR THE REST OF THE  
WEEKEND BEFORE RIDGING GRADUALLY BUILDS IN FOR NEXT WEEK. COOLER  
TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER SHORTWAVE  
PASSAGE KEEP SHOWER CHANCES INTO MONDAY, THOUGH ANY OF THOSE  
WOULD LIKELY BE LIGHT AND HAVE LESS AREAL COVERAGE.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
 
 
THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN PREDOMINANTLY VFR  
AT ALL TAF SITES FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH HIGH PRESSURE  
REMAINING IN CONTROL. THE ONLY EXCEPTION MAY BE THE DEVELOPMENT  
OF SOME VALLEY FOG IN EASTERN VERMONT, THOUGH CONDITIONS LOOK  
LESS FAVORABLE THAN THEY DID THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. GIVEN LIGHT  
FLOW JUST OFF THE SURFACE AND ANOTHER DAY OF DRYING, HAVE LEFT  
MENTION OF FOG OUT OF THE TAFS. HOWEVER, THERE IS AROUND A 20 TO  
30 PERCENT CHANCE THAT KMPV MAY SEE SOME BRIEF BR/FG EARLY IN  
THE MORNING. OTHERWISE, WINDS WILL BE LIGHT AND OF VARIABLE  
DIRECTIONS, MAINLY DRIVEN BY LOCAL TERRAIN INFLUENCES.  
 
OUTLOOK...  
 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: VFR. CHANCE SHRA.  
THURSDAY: MAINLY MVFR, WITH AREAS VFR POSSIBLE. LIKELY SHRA.  
THURSDAY NIGHT: MAINLY MVFR, WITH AREAS IFR POSSIBLE. CHANCE  
SHRA.  
FRIDAY: MAINLY VFR, WITH LOCAL MVFR POSSIBLE. CHANCE SHRA.  
FRIDAY NIGHT: VFR. CHANCE SHRA.  
SATURDAY: MAINLY VFR, WITH LOCAL IFR POSSIBLE. LIKELY SHRA.  
SATURDAY NIGHT: MAINLY MVFR, WITH LOCAL IFR POSSIBLE. CHANCE  
SHRA.  
SUNDAY: MAINLY MVFR, WITH AREAS VFR POSSIBLE. CHANCE SHRA.  
 

 
   
BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
VT...NONE.  
NY...NONE.  
 

 
 

 
SYNOPSIS...NEILES  
NEAR TERM...DUELL/NEILES  
SHORT TERM...MYSKOWSKI  
LONG TERM...MYSKOWSKI  
AVIATION...DUELL  
 
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