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FXUS61 KALY 071045  
AFDALY  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY  
645 AM EDT MON SEP 7 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WITH THIS FORECAST UPDATE.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1) TRANQUIL WEATHER WITH NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL  
TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THROUGH TUESDAY.  
 
2) CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW THUNDERSTORMS  
INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THURSDAY, BUT SEVERE  
WEATHER AND/OR FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
 
KEY MESSAGE 1...  
 
HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE LOWER GREAT LAKES EARLY THIS  
MORNING, WILL TRACK EAST INTO NY STATE TODAY. THIS WILL PROVIDE  
CONTINUE COOL MORNINGS AND SEASONABLY WARM DAYTIME TEMPERATURES  
TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. PATCHY FOG WILL LIKELY OCCUR IN TYPICAL  
FAVORED RIVER/SHELTERED VALLEYS INTO EARLY THIS MORNING AND  
AGAIN TONIGHT. A SHORT-WAVE TROUGH ALOFT AND WEAK COLD FRONT  
WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW ENGLAND ON TUE BRINGING SOME EXTRA CLOUDS,  
HOWEVER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BECOME RE-ESTABLISHED BY LATE TUE.  
 
KEY MESSAGE 2...  
 
AFTER A MULTI-DAY STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER, UNSETTLED CONDITIONS  
ARE EXPECTED WED INTO EARLY THU AS A PROGRESSIVE UPPER LEVEL  
TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED FRONTAL SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.  
INITIALLY ON WED, SHOWERS WILL BE MAINLY CONFINED TO AREAS  
NORTH/WEST OF ALBANY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM'S WARM FRONT,  
WITH SHOWERS SPREADING SOUTH/EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA  
WED NIGHT INTO EARLY THU AS THE SYSTEM'S COLD FRONT SWEEPS  
THROUGH THE AREA. WILL ONLY MENTION SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER DUE  
TO LIMITED INSTABILITY. DEEP LAYER MOISTURE DOES INCREASE, WITH  
PWAT ANOMALIES FORECAST TO RISE TO +1 TO +2 STDEV, SO MOST  
AREAS SHOULD SEE AT LEAST SOME RAINFALL ALTHOUGH FLOODING IS NOT  
ANTICIPATED DUE TO LACK OF CONVECTION AND PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT  
OF THE SYSTEM. IT WILL TURN HUMID BEFORE A DRIER AIR MASS STARTS  
TO BUILD BACK IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON THU. IT WILL ALSO  
TURN BREEZY DURING THIS TIME, FIRST WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS ON WED,  
THEN WESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT ON THU WITH  
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 20-30 MPH.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /12Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/  
 
THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING DRY CONDITIONS  
AND MAINLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH MUCH OF THE 24 HOUR TAF PERIOD.  
ANY LINGERING FOG AT KGFL SHOULD DISSIPATE BY 13Z, THEN VFR  
CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL THE REST OF THE DAY. THERE COULD BE  
SOME FOG AT KGFL AGAIN TONIGHT, BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOWER AS  
INCREASING HIGH/MID LEVEL CLOUDS MAY INHIBIT FOG SOMEWHAT. WINDS  
TODAY WILL BECOME NORTH-NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO 7-10 KT WITH  
GUSTS AROUND 15 KT BY LATE MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE TO LESS  
THAN 5 KT TONIGHT.  
 
OUTLOOK...  
 
TUESDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
WEDNESDAY: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA.  
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. BREEZY. DEFINITE SHRA...TSRA.  
THURSDAY: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. BREEZY. CHANCE OF SHRA...TSRA.  
THURSDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
FRIDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
FRIDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
SATURDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.  
 
 
   
ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
CT...NONE.  
NY...NONE.  
MA...NONE.  
VT...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...07  
AVIATION...07  
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