854  
FXUS61 KALY 150056  
AFDALY  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY  
756 PM EST THU NOV 14 2024  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND WITH  
TEMPERATURES TRENDING BACK TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL VALUES THIS  
WEEKEND. A COLD FRONT MAY BRING SOME LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO THE  
AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/  
 
A SURFACE ANTICYCLONE REMAINS CENTERED OVERHEAD THIS EVENING,  
SPRAWLING SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.  
HOWEVER, CLOUDS HAVE INCREASED ACROSS THE REGION COURTESY OF AN  
UPPER-LEVEL CUTOFF LOW AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE CYCLONE EMBEDDED  
ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST GREAT LAKES/NORTHERN OHIO VALLEY. THESE  
CLOUDS, HIGH, THOUGH GRADUALLY BECOMING THICKER IN NATURE, HAVE  
STALLED RADIATIONAL COOLING WITH TEMPERATURES NOT HAVING CHANGED  
MUCH OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS. HOWEVER, SUFFICIENT COOLING  
PRIOR TO THE EXPANSION OF COVERAGE ENABLED THE FALLING OF  
TEMPERATURES INTO THE LOW TO UPPER 30S WITH ISOLATED POCKETS OF  
UPPER 20S.  
 
THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY AS THE  
AFOREMENTIONED DISTURBANCE ALOFT AND SURFACE LOW TRACK SOUTH AND  
EAST TOWARD THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION. SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH  
THIS SYSTEM WILL BE KEPT AT BAY AS WE, WITH RIDGING REMAINING  
DOMINANT ALOFT AND HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE, BECOME  
SQUEEZED BETWEEN THIS AND A SECONDARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WELL  
TO OUR EAST IN THE WESTER ATLANTIC. SO ONCE AGAIN IT WILL BE A  
DRY NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES LOOKING TO FALL WIDELY INTO THE  
20S.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/  
 
THE AFOREMENTIONED CUTOFF LOW WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTH AND  
EAST OF THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW, ITS ASSOCIATED  
SURFACE CYCLONE SIGNIFICANTLY WEAKENING INTO A SURFACE WAVE. THE  
ADJACENCY OF THE PASSAGE OF THIS DISTURBANCE, HOWEVER, WILL  
INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION  
WITH THE WESTERN ATLANTIC LOW RETROGRADING TOWARDS NOVA SCOTIA  
TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE GRADIENT ACROSS WESTERN NEW ENGLAND.  
WINDS IN THESE AREAS WILL BECOME BREEZY TOMORROW WITH A LIGHTER  
BREEZE ELSEWHERE COURTESY OF THE DOMINANT HIGH. CLOUDS WILL  
CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW, BECOMING  
MAINLY CLEAR BY THE AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS REACHING THE MID/UPPER  
40S TO LOW 50S WITH POCKETS OF UPPER 30S AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS  
AND MID 50S IN THE LOWER MID-HUDSON VALLEY.  
 
WHILST THE INLAND DISTURBANCE MOVES OFFSHORE AT THE CAROLINAS  
AND THE WESTERN ATLANTIC LOW CONTINUES TO RETROGRADE NORTH AND  
WEST, HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING WILL BEGIN TO BUILD TOWARDS THE  
REGION FROM CENTRAL CONUS TOMORROW NIGHT. DRY, MAINLY CLEAR  
CONDITIONS WILL THEREFORE PERSIST TOMORROW NIGHT WITH LOWS  
FALLING TO THE MID/UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S WITH A SUFFICIENT BREEZE  
LOOKING TO KEEP THINGS MIXED AND LIMIT ATMOSPHERIC DECOUPLING.  
THE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD EAST AND AMPLIFY UPSTREAM  
THROUGH SATURDAY AS THE ONCE OCEANIC LOW LOOKS TO MOVE INTO NEW  
BRUNSWICK. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL THEREFORE INCREASE ONCE  
AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION, LEADING TO BREEZY CONDITIONS SATURDAY  
WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID/UPPER 40S AT HIGH TERRAIN  
REGIONS AND 50S IN LARGE VALLEY AREAS. LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT WILL  
THEN FALL TO THE MID/UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S ONCE AGAIN.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/  
 
WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINFALL IS STILL NOT EXPECTED THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY, WITH JUST SOME SPOTTY SHOWERS POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT  
INTO MONDAY AS A MOISTURE-STARVED SYSTEM TRACKS ACROSS QUEBEC  
WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THE REGION. SOME  
GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH  
MONDAY. FAIR WEATHER SHOULD RETURNS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AS  
HIGH PRESSURE NOSES IN FROM CANADA.  
 
MODELS DIVERGE ENOUGH BY THURSDAY WHERE FASTER SOLUTIONS BRING  
RAIN TO THE AREA BY THURSDAY ASSOCIATED WITH A LARGE UPPER LEVEL  
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL U.S. SLOWER  
SOLUTIONS KEEP THE AREA DRY THROUGH THURSDAY.  
 
TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY DROPPING TO  
NEAR SEASONABLE DURING THE REST OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/  
 
THROUGH 00Z SATURDAY...VFR CONDITIONS ARE IN PLACE ACROSS ALL  
TERMINALS THIS EVENING WITH HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED JUST TO OUR  
NORTH. HIGH CLOUDS HAVE SPREAD INTO THE REGION AS A RESULT OF A  
NEARBY DISTURBANCE, BUT CEILINGS WILL REMAIN VFR DESPITE  
EXTENSIVE COVERAGE. AS THE DISTURBANCE BEGINS TO PULL AWAY  
THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW, CLOUD COVER WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE  
WITH WINDS BECOMING A LITTLE BREEZY GENERALLY OUT OF THE NORTH-  
NORTHWEST. SUSTAINED SPEEDS WILL REMAIN NEAR OR UNDER 10 KT  
WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT POSSIBLE AT KPSF.  
 
OUTLOOK...  
 
FRIDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
SATURDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
SATURDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
SUNDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
SUNDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
MONDAY: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA.  
MONDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
TUESDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
 
 
   
FIRE WEATHER  
 
RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRIDAY FOR SOUTHERN VERMONT, BERKSHIRE  
COUNTY MA AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT.  
 
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR EASTERN NY ON SATURDAY.  
 
A NORTHWESTERLY BREEZE WILL PICK UP ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WITH  
GUSTS IN SOME SPOTS BETWEEN 20 AND 25 MPH AND RH VALUES  
LOWERING TO 25 TO 40 PERCENT EACH AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL FIRE  
WEATHER PRODUCTS MAY THEREFORE BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REGION.  
WHILE A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY,  
A WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY  
NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
CT...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR CTZ001-013.  
NY...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY  
AFTERNOON FOR NYZ208-209.  
MA...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR MAZ001-025.  
VT...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 7 AM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR VTZ036>038.  
 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS...SND  
NEAR TERM...GANT  
SHORT TERM...GANT  
LONG TERM...SND  
AVIATION...GANT  
FIRE WEATHER...SND  
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