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FXUS61 KALY 160537
AFDALY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
137 AM EDT WED SEP 16 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
CAPPED POPS AT LIKELY VALUES FOR AREAS WEST OF ALBANY ON
THURSDAY, AS IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A WASHOUT AT THIS TIME WITH
SCATTERED/NUMEROUS COVERAGE OF SHOWERS. ALSO LOWERED NBM
DEWPOINTS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
KEY MESSAGES
1) TEMPERATURES MODERATE BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS FOR
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, ALONG WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY AND
CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS.
2) DRY AND COOL WEATHER RETURNS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, BEFORE
UNSETTLED CONDITIONS POSSIBLY DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...
HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTS EAST OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST TONIGHT,
WITH WARMER AIR ALOFT MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. SO TEMPERATURES
WILL BE NOT AS COLD AS LAST NIGHT. ALSO TEMPERATURES WILL WARM
BACK ABOVE NORMAL ON WED, WITH A MIX CLOUDS AND SOME SUNSHINE.
HIGHS EXPECTED TO REACH THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80F IN MOST
VALLEYS. OTHER THAN A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS TONIGHT
IT SHOULD BE MAINLY DRY. A WEAKENING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH
FROM THE NW ON WED, BUT LIMITED FORCING/MOISTURE WILL LIKELY
ONLY RESULT IN A FEW SPRINKLES IN SOME SPOTS. THE FRONT WASHES
OUT AND BECOMES DIFFUSE OVER THE AREA WED NIGHT, WITH DRY, MILD
AND SLIGHTLY HUMID CONDITIONS.
THE NEXT APPRECIABLE CHANCE OF SHOWERS ARRIVES ON THU, AS A
WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK EAST ALONG THE
OLD/DIFFUSE FRONT. MAIN TIME FRAME LOOKS TO BE LATE THU A.M.
INTO THU P.M. MOST NUMEROUS SHOWERS LOOK TO MOVE ACROSS AREAS
FROM AROUND ALBANY NORTH/WEST. WILL ONLY MENTION A SLIGHT CHANCE
OF THUNDER WEST OF ALBANY, AS DESPITE INCREASING MOISTURE (PWAT
ANOMALIES OF +1 TO +3 STDEV) LIMITED INSTABILITY OF < 500 J/KG
SBCAPE IS FORECAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY LINGER INTO THU
EVENING FROM AROUND ALB SOUTH/EAST, THEN DRYING EXPECTED THU
NIGHT WITH CONTINUED MILD TEMPERATURES.
KEY MESSAGE 2...
UPPER LEVEL TROUGHING DEVELOPING ACROSS SE CANADA WILL SEND A
COLD FRONT SOUTHWARD ACROSS OUR REGION THU NIGHT, RESULTING IN A
COOLER AND DRIER AIR MASS FILTERING IN ON FRI. DRY/COOL
CONDITIONS SHOULD PERSIST INTO SAT, AS HIGH PRESSURE TRACKS
EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN QUEBEC. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE
BELOW NORMAL FRI NIGHT AND SAT. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS LOOKS
TO ARRIVE SAT NIGHT INTO SUN, AS A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE AND
FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACH FROM THE WEST. WHILE AT LEAST SOME
MEASURABLE RAINFALL APPEARS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
DURING THIS TIME, THERE IS LOW CONFIDENCE IN AREAL
COVERAGE/DURATION OF SHOWERS AND QPF AMOUNTS.
AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY...FLYING CONDITIONS ARE VFR AT ALL TERMINALS AS
OF 1:35 AM EDT, WITH MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE
DURATION OF THE TAF PERIOD. A WEAKENING LINE OF SHOWERS COULD BRING
A FEW SPRINKLES TO ALB/GFL WITHIN THE FIRST FEW HOURS OF THE TAF
PERIOD, BUT EXPECTING ANY RAIN TO BE VERY LIGHT WITH LITTLE TO NO
OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CAN'T RULE OUT SOME MVFR STRATUS DEVELOPING AT
GFL/PSF FOR A FEW HOURS LATE TONIGHT/EARLY THIS MORNING, BUT
CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY LOW WHETHER OR NOT THIS WILL HAPPEN. ANY
STRATUS LIFTS BY 15Z WITH VFR CONDITIONS AND BKN MID-LEVEL CLOUDS
THROUGH SUNSET THIS EVENING. SOME ADDITIONAL MVFR STRATUS WILL BE
POSSIBLE AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF
PERIOD, WITH SOME FOG/MIST POSSIBLE IF ANY BREAKS IN THE STRATUS
DEVELOP.
WINDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE
NIGHT AT GFL/POU/PSF, BUT WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 KT AT ALB FROM THE
S/SE. THIS MORNING, ALL TERMINALS SEE S WINDS (LOCALLY S/SW AT POU
AND W/SW AT PSF) AT 5-10 KT DEVELOP, LASTING THROUGH SUNSET THIS
EVENING AT WHICH POINTS WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE AGAIN FOR
ALL TERMINALS.
OUTLOOK...
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA.
THURSDAY: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY SHRA.
THURSDAY NIGHT: MODERATE OPERATIONAL IMPACT. CHANCE OF SHRA.
FRIDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.
FRIDAY NIGHT: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.
SATURDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.
SATURDAY NIGHT: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY SHRA.
SUNDAY: HIGH OPERATIONAL IMPACT. LIKELY SHRA.
ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MA...NONE.
VT...NONE.
DISCUSSION...07
AVIATION...35
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