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FXUS61 KALY 141724
AFDALY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
124 PM EDT MON SEP 14 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
CONTINUED TREND FROM PREVIOUS FORECASTS OF COOLER TEMPS THAN
NBM FOR TONIGHT, AND ALSO INCREASED WIND/WIND GUSTS FOR TODAY
GIVEN COLD AIR ADVECTIVE REGIME/DEEP MIXING AND PRESSURE RISES
IN WAKE OF COLD FRONT.
KEY MESSAGES
1) AUTUMN-LIKE COOLING FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH BELOW NORMAL
TEMPERATURES, WITH PATCHY FROST POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF SW
ADIRONDACKS.
2) MODERATING TEMPERATURES FOR MID TO LATE WEEK WITH
ISOLATED/SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...
MUCH COOLER AIR MASS WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY INTO
TONIGHT IN THE WAKE OF COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE COMBINATION OF
DECENT PRESSURE RISES AMID COLD AIR ADVECTION AND DEEP MIXING
SHOULD ALLOW FOR GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS AT TIMES TODAY REACHING
25-30 MPH. MAX TEMPS WILL REACH THE UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S IN
VALLEYS, AND ONLY 50S TO LOWER 60S ACROSS HIGHER HIGHER PEAKS OF
THE ADIRONDACKS AND SOUTHERN VT.
AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVERHEAD TONIGHT, WINDS WILL TREND TO
CALM AMID THE COOL AND VERY DRY AIRMASS WITH PWAT'S DROPPING TO
0.40"-0.50" (-1 TO -2 SD), ALLOWING FOR STRONG RADIATIONAL
COOLING TO COMMENCE AFTER SUNSET. LOW TEMPERATURES BY DAYBREAK
TUESDAY SHOULD FALL INTO THE 40S FOR MOST AREAS, EXCEPT MID TO
UPPER 30S ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN ADIRONDACKS/SOUTHERN
VT AND EASTERN CATSKILLS. SOME PATCHY FROST IS EXPECTED IN THE
MORE SHELTERED AREAS WITHIN THE SW ADIRONDACKS AND POSSIBLY
EASTERN CATSKILLS. HOWEVER, COVERAGE POTENTIAL FOR FROST LOOKS
ISOLATED AT THIS TIME, THEREFORE NO FROST ADVISORY ISSUANCE.
NEVERTHELESS, THOSE WITH SENSITIVE PLANTS/VEGETATION MAY WANT TO
TAKE PRECAUTIONS IN THESE AREAS AS MIN TEMPS DROP INTO THE
MID/UPPER 30S.
KEY MESSAGE 2...
TEMPS SHOULD REBOUND QUICKLY BY MIDWEEK, AS STRONG MID LEVEL
RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE REGION. MAX TEMPS SHOULD REACH AT LEAST
INTO THE 70S, WITH SOME POSSIBILITY (30-70%) FOR VALLEY AREAS
NEAR AND SOUTH OF ALBANY TO REACH NEAR OR ABOVE 80 WED/THU.
A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH COULD TRIGGER
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY, ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY REGARDING POTENTIAL
COVERAGE OF SHOWERS/STORMS, AND ALSO PLACEMENT OF HIGHEST
CHANCES, WHICH WILL BE TIED TO THE ACTUAL FRONTAL LOCATION WHICH
COULD STALL SOMEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION DURING THIS TIME.
AVIATION /18Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/
THROUGH 18Z/TUE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED PRIOR TO 06Z/TUE
FOR KGFL/KALB/KPOU/KPSF WITH FEW-SCT STRATOCUMULUS 3.5-5 KFT AGL
THIS AFTERNOON. WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN SOME PATCHY TO
LOCALIZED AREAS OF RADIATIVE MIST/FOG MAY FORM AT KGFL/KPSF AND
WE USED A TEMPO GROUP 08Z-11Z/TUE FOR KGFL FOR IFR/LIFR
VSBYS/CIGS, AND WE WERE LESS CONFIDENT AT KPSF AND PLACED SOME
MVFR RADIATIVE MIST AT KPSF AFTER 08Z/TUE. KALB WE KEPT VFR
WITH SOME SHALLOW MIST/FOG FORMING POSSIBLY, BUT IT IS UNCERTAIN
IF ANY MIST/FOG (IFR/LIFR LEVELS) DRIFTS IN ESPECIALLY OFF THE
MOHAWK TOWARDS 09Z-12Z/TUE. VFR CONDITIONS WERE KEPT IN FOR
KPOU. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS WITH A FEW CIRRUS AFTER 12Z-14Z/TUE
AT ALL THE TAF SITES.
NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS 8-15 KT WITH GUSTS 18-25 KT THIS
AFTERNOON DECREASE TO 10 KT OR LESS BETWEEN 22Z/MON-00Z/TUE. THE
WINDS BECOME LIGHT/VARIABLE TO CALM SHORTLY BEFORE OR JUST
AFTER 04Z/TUE. LIGHT SOUTHEAST WINDS INCREASE TO AROUND 5 KT BY
THE LATE MORNING.
ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MA...NONE.
VT...NONE.
DISCUSSION...24/15
AVIATION...15
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