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FXUS61 KALY 300530
AFDALY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
130 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
MAINLY MINOR CHANGES WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. LOWERED TEMPS A FEW
DEGREES TONIGHT, AND ADDED SOME ISOLATED/PATCHY FOG TO THE FORECAST.
CONTINUED TO INCREASE POPS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
NEXT WEEK STILL LOOKS UNSETTLED WITH SEVERAL CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF WHICH MAY BE ON THE STRONGER SIDE.
KEY MESSAGES
1) MAINLY DRY AND SEASONABLE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY FOR EASTERN
NY AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND, WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW
NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING.
2) MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME
POTENTIALLY STRONG TO SEVERE, ARE LIKELY NEXT WEEK DUE TO A
STALLED FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEARBY.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...AS OF 1:55 PM EDT...CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS
A 1024 MB SFC HIGH CENTERED OVER SOUTHEAST PA, WHILE VISIBLE
SATELLITE IMAGERY IS SHOWING SOME FAIR-WEATHER CUMULUS CLOUDS
ACROSS THE REGION. TEMPERATURES SHOULD RUN NEAR TO SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL THIS AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S
AND LOW HUMIDITY, MAKING FOR A VERY NICE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
WHILE THE SFC HIGH BEGINS TO SLIDE OFF TO THE EAST TONIGHT,
TEMPERATURES SHOULD INITIALLY DROP QUICKLY AFTER SUNSET,
ALTHOUGH INCREASING HIGH CLOUDS ESPECIALLY AFTER MIDNIGHT WILL
KEEP LOWS A FEW DEGREES WARMER THAN LAST NIGHT FOR MOST AREAS.
IT WILL STILL BE A VERY COMFORTABLE NIGHT WITH TEMPERATURES
MOSTLY IN THE 50S, EXCEPT FOR SOME 40S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
PATCHY FOG IS POSSIBLE IN SOME OF THE TYPICAL RIVER VALLEY
AREAS AS WELL.
TOMORROW, AN UPPER-LEVEL SHORTWAVE APPROACHING FROM THE WEST AND
A LOW-LEVEL WARM FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTHWEST WILL LEAD
TO FURTHER INCREASING CLOUDS AS WELL AS SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS, MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. NBM HAS
BEEN SLOW TO CATCH UP TO THE CAM GUIDANCE, SO WE INCREASED POPS
INTO THE SLIGHT CHANCE TO CHANCE CATEGORY ACROSS MOST OF THE
REGION TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS OR A STORM APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE EASTERN CATSKILLS
AND MID HUDSON VALLEY. WHILE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR IS DECENT AT
>30-35 KT, INSTABILITY LOOKS FAIRLY LIMITED WITH ONLY UP TO ~500
J/KG PER THE LATEST HREF. WARM TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL AND
MEAGER MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATES WILL FURTHER LIMIT THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER. SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS ARE
POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY NIGHT IN ASSOCIATION
WITH ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE THAT WILL PUSH THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY BACK TO OUR SOUTH AND WEST AS A COLD FRONT. BEST CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW STORMS WILL REMAIN FOR THE MID HUDSON
VALLEY AND CATSKILLS, WITH THE REST OF THE REGION DRYING OUT AS
A RIDGE OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS DOWN FROM THE NORTH. SOME
ADDITIONAL PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS
THAT SEE RAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON/EVENING.
MONDAY LOOKS TO BE THE LAST TRANQUIL DAY ACROSS THE REGION. THE
RIDGE OF SFC HIGH PRESSURE SHOULD HELP KEEP THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WELL TO OUR SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE DAY, WITH MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS
SUGGESTING ABUNDANT MID-LEVEL DRY AIR AND A CAPPING INVERSION THAT
WILL KEEP OUR REGION DRY THROUGH AT LEAST THE EVENING, ALTHOUGH
SHOWER CHANCES INCREASE MONDAY NIGHT AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS BACK
NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. TEMPERATURES SUNDAY AND MONDAY WILL BE IN THE
UPPER 70S TO LOW 80S FOR VALLEY AREAS.
KEY MESSAGE 2...THE LONG TERM PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY A CLOSED
UPPER RIDGE CENTERED NEAR TENNESSEE, PLACING MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST
IN FAST W/NW FLOW ALOFT. MULTIPLE SHORTWAVE DISTURBANCES ARE
EXPECTED TO TRACK AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE OVER OUR
REGION. THIS WILL LEAD TO SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE WEEK, AND SOME MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE IF
1) THE AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY REMAINS CLOSE ENOUGH TO
OUR REGION AND 2) THE TIMING OF THESE DISTURBANCES ALIGNS WITH
PEAK DIURNAL HEATING...
AS THE BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH AS A WARM FRONT MONDAY NIGHT INTO
TUESDAY, THE FIRST UPPER SHORTWAVE WILL TRACK INTO OUR REGION. THERE
REMAINS SOME QUESTIONS AS TO THE EXACT POSITION OF THE WARM FRONT
AND TIMING OF THIS DISTURBANCE, BUT THERE IS SURPRISINGLY GOOD
AGREEMENT IN THE NUMERICAL GUIDANCE AT THIS LEAD TIME FOR AN MCS OR
DECAYING MCS TO TRACK INTO OUR REGION MONDAY NIGHT OR TUESDAY. IF
THIS SYSTEM IS A LITTLE SLOWER AND ARRIVES TUESDAY LATE MORNING OR
EARLY AFTERNOON, THEN THERE MAY BE ENOUGH INSTABILITY FOR SOME
STRONGER STORMS AS FORCING LOOKS QUITE STRONG AND DEEP-LAYER SHEAR
IS EXPECTED TO BE RATHER IMPRESSIVE AT >40 KT. PWATS ALSO INCREASE
TO 1-2 STD DEV ABOVE NORMAL PER THE NAEFS, SO SOME LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE EDGES OF ANY POTENTIAL
MCS WHERE THERE IS A BETTER CHANCE FOR TRAINING. WPC HAS PLACED OUR
REGION IN THE D3 AND D4 MARGINAL RISK ERO, BUT WILL NOTE THAT THE D3
INCLUSION IS REALLY FOR LATE MONDAY NIGHT AS MOST OF THE DAY MONDAY
WILL BE DRY.
FOR WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, CONFIDENCE IS LOWER, BUT THE PATTERN
REMAINS CONDUCIVE FOR ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND STORM CHANCES. AI/ML
GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO HIGHLIGHT WEDNESDAY AS HAVING THE BEST
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER, ESPECIALLY FROM I-90 SOUTH AND WEST.
SPC HAS PLACED THIS AREA IN THE EQUIVALENT OF A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER. HOWEVER, THIS WILL LARGELY DEPEND ON THE POSITION OF
THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. SOME SOURCES OF GUIDANCE (GFS) HAVE AN AREA OF
HIGH PRESSURE TO THE NORTHEAST PUSHING THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY BACK TO
OUR SOUTH AND WEST, WHICH WOULD LOWER SEVERE CHANCES, WHILE OTHERS
(EURO) KEEP THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY NEARBY WITH ENOUGH INSTABILITY
OVERLAPPING THE IMPRESSIVE DEEP-LAYER SHEAR FOR SEVERE WEATHER. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN WOULD REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORMS AS PWATS REMAIN
ELEVATED. WPC HAS US INCLUDED IN THE D5 MARGINAL ERO AS WELL.
THURSDAY, ANOTHER UPPER DISTURBANCE AND SFC LOW TRACKING NEARBY OR
TO THE NORTH COULD BRING ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR SOME STRONGER
STORMS, ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHERN/SOUTHWESTERN AREAS.
FORTUNATELY, THERE IS DECENT AGREEMENT IN THE NUMERICAL
GUIDANCE THAT THIS SYSTEM THURSDAY WILL PUSH THE FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WELL BACK TO OUR SOUTHWEST, WITH DRIER CONDITIONS,
COOLER TEMPERATURES, AND LOWER HUMIDITY EXPECTED IN ITS WAKE FOR
FRIDAY INTO NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/
THROUGH 06Z MONDAY... VFR CONDITIONS START OFF THIS TAF PERIOD,
WITH HIGH CLOUDS CONTINUING TO BUILD IN ACROSS THE REGION.
THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOW LEVEL STRATUS TO DEVELOP AT
KPSF, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO VIS/CIGS ARE EXPECTED AT
THIS TIME. WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WILL BEGIN TO
STRENGTHEN AFTER DAYBREAK TODAY AS CIGS CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY
LOWER, WITH SOME GUSTY CONDITIONS DEVELOPING BY THE AFTERNOON AT
ALL TERMINALS. THE CHANCE FOR SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO
INCREASE AFTER 18Z, WITH MORE CONFIDENCE OF CONSISTENT RAINFALL
AT KPOU AND KPSF THROUGHOUT THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS. THERE IS NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT AT THIS TIME, SO REFRAINED FROM INCLUDING THEM IN
THIS TAF CYCLE, ALTHOUGH CONFIDENCE COULD INCREASE DEPENDING ON
CLOUD DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. ANY SHOWERS THAT
DO DEVELOP COULD BRING BRIEF DROPS TO MVFR, AND WILL BEGIN TO
DISSIPATE AROUND AND SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET.
LOW-TO-MID LEVEL CIGS WILL PERSIST OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS
OF THIS TAF PERIOD, WITH MVFR CIGS EXPECTED AT KPSF, WHILE KGFL
AND KALB SHOULD REMAIN MARGINALLY VFR. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO
WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET, BECOMING CALM TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE AT ALL
TERMINALS THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD.
OUTLOOK...
MONDAY NIGHT: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. DEFINITE SHRA...TSRA.
TUESDAY: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. DEFINITE SHRA...TSRA.
TUESDAY NIGHT: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA...TSRA.
WEDNESDAY: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY SHRA...TSRA.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY SHRA...TSRA.
THURSDAY: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY SHRA...TSRA.
THURSDAY NIGHT: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA.
FRIDAY: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA.
ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MA...NONE.
VT...NONE.
DISCUSSION...35
AVIATION...23
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