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FXUS61 KALY 171718
AFDALY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
118 PM EDT THU SEP 17 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WITH THIS FORECAST UPDATE.
KEY MESSAGES
1) A WEAK SURFACE LOW WILL BRING SHOWERS TO THE REGION THROUGH
THIS EVENING, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED.
2) DRY AND COOL WEATHER RETURNS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY, WITH ANOTHER
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EXPECTED TO BRING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ON
SUNDAY.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...
A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS BEGINNING TO TRACK EASTWARD
ACROSS THE REGION WHICH IS CURRENTLY LOCATED ACROSS THE WESTERN
MOHAWK VALLEY. AN AREA OF SHOWERS ARE ACCOMPANYING THIS LOW AND
ARE APPROACHING THE HUDSON VALLEY AND POINTS EAST AFTER PASSING
THROUGH AREAS TO THE WEST THIS MORNING. NO THUNDER HAS OCCURRED
WITH THIS ACTIVITY THUS FAR AND NO THUNDER IS EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP THROUGH THE REST OF THE DAY. THESE SHOWERS WILL PRODUCE
ANYWHERE FROM 0.25 TO 0.75 INCHES IN SOME AREAS THROUGH THIS
EVENING BUT WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY HYDROLOGICAL IMPACTS.
KEY MESSAGE 2...
A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA LATER TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM CANADA. PRIOR TO THE FRONTAL PASSAGE,
SOME LOW CLOUDS AND/OR FOG IS LIKELY WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
LINGERING. AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO FILTER IN LATER TONIGHT, THESE
CLOUDS AND FOG SHOULD BEGIN TO DISSIPATE. SUNSHINE RETURNS FOR
FRIDAY ALONG WITH DECREASING HUMIDITY. THERE WILL BE A LIGHT
BREEZE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST WHERE SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 20-25
MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGHS WILL
REACH THE UPPER 60S TO UPPER 70S. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE
WILL CROSS THE REGION FRIDAY EVENING WHICH WILL BRING A BRIEF
PERIOD OF HIGH CLOUDS, THOUGH WITH THE DRY AIR MASS IN PLACE,
TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE ABLE TO FALL QUICKLY. MOST AREAS WILL
FALL BACK INTO THE 40S WITH SOME MID TO UPPER 30S IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. SOME PATCHY FROST REMAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF
THE ADIRONDACKS, THOUGH OVERALL COVERAGE MAY NOT BE ENOUGH TO
WARRANT AN ADVISORY. ANOTHER MOSTLY SUNNY AND DRY DAY IS
EXPECTED SATURDAY BUT WITH CONTINUED COOLING ALOFT, IT WILL NOT
BE AS WARM AS ON FRIDAY WITH MOST AREAS ONLY REACHING THE 60S.
GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO BE CONSISTENT WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
TRACKING SOUTH OF OUR AREA (LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN PA) WITH
FAVORABLE UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT AND ISENTROPIC LIFT TO BRING A
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TO THE REGION. RAIN WILL BEGIN TOWARD
DAYBREAK SUNDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF SUNDAY EVENING AND NIGHT. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS WILL
LIKELY OCCUR ACROSS SOUTHERN AREAS WHICH WILL BE WITHIN THE AXIS
OF GREATEST MOISTURE (PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES GREATER THAN
1.50 INCHES) AND FORCING FOR ASCENT. CURRENT EXPECTED RAINFALL
AMOUNTS ARE AROUND 1 TO 2 INCHES FROM ALBANY AND POINTS SOUTH
WITH 0.25 INCHES TO 1.00 INCHES TO THE NORTH. MOST OF THIS RAIN
SHOULD BE BENEFICIAL DUE TO THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF
PRECIPITATION BUT WILL MONITOR FOR SOME LOCALIZED PONDING WATER
IN URBAN AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD SOME HEAVIER PERIODS OF
RAIN OCCUR, ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHERN AREAS. TEMPERATURES MAY NOT
GET OUT OF THE 50S FOR MOST AREAS ON SUNDAY.
WE CONTINUE TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A STALLED FRONTAL
BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL
ATTEMPT TO NOSE IN FROM THE NORTH. WHERE THE FRONT SETS UP WILL
DETERMINE WHEN CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION RETURN. RIGHT NOW, THE
HIGH LOOKS TO WIN OUT ON MOST DAYS BRINGING MAINLY DRY WEATHER,
THOUGH IF THE FRONT POSITIONS ITSELF SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTH,
THE CHANCES FOR SOME SHOWERS ON SOME DAYS WILL INCREASE. WILL
CONTINUE TO MONITOR TRENDS. REGARDLESS, TEMPERATURES LOOK TO RUN
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL DURING THIS TIME WITH HIGHS MAINLY IN THE
60S WITH SOME 50S IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS.
AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY...AS OF 6:25 AM EDT, GFL CURRENTLY SEEING
LIFR VSBYS AND CIGS DUE TO FOG/MIST, BUT ALL OTHER TERMINALS
REMAIN VFR WITH BKN TO OVC MID- LEVEL CLOUDS. MVFR CIGS HAVE
BEEN SLOWER TO DEVELOP THAN PREVIOUSLY EXPECTED, SO HAVE FURTHER
DELAYED ONSET OF MVFR CIGS AT ALB/POU/PSF FROM PREVIOUS TAF
ISSUANCE. WHILE GFL WILL CONTINUE TO SEE PERIODS OF IFR THROUGH
EARLY TO MID- MORNING, OTHER TERMINALS WILL GENERALLY STAY VFR
THROUGH MID TO LATE MORNING BEFORE CIGS TREND DOWN TO MVFR.
STILL EXPECTING SHOWERS TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM WEST TO
EAST EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WITHIN SHOWERS, MVFR VSBYS EXPECTED.
CIGS SHOULD TREND DOWN TO IFR AT ALB/GFL/PSF, BUT MAY REMAIN VFR
AT POU.
SHOWERS END 23-02Z, BUT WITH SUBSTANTIAL LOW-LEVEL MOISTURE
LINGERING EXPECTING ADDITIONAL FOG/MIST AND POSSIBLY LOW STRATUS TO
START TONIGHT. THIS WILL LAST UNTIL A COLD FRONT TRACKS THROUGH
THE REGION, BRINGING DRIER AIR AND INCREASING W/NW WINDS THAT
SHOULD HELP MIX OUT THE FOG/LOW STRATUS AND ALLOW CONDITIONS TO
RETURN BACK TO VFR FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE NIGHT. EXCEPTION
IS PSF WHERE UPSLOPE FLOW WILL RESULT IN MVFR/IFR STRATUS
PERSISTING THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD.
WINDS REMAIN LIGHT AND VARIABLE THROUGH LATE MORNING, THEN INCREASE
TO 4-8 KT FROM THE S/SE AT ALB/POU/PSF THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS DROP
BACK TO LIGHT AND VARIABLE AFTER SUNSET AT ALL TERMINALS AS SHOWERS
END, THEN INCREASE TO 4-8 KT AGAIN BEHIND THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE
AFTER 04Z TONIGHT.
OUTLOOK...
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. DEFINITE SHRA.
SUNDAY NIGHT: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA.
MONDAY: NO OPERATIONAL IMPACT. NO SIG WX.
MONDAY NIGHT: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA.
TUESDAY: LOW OPERATIONAL IMPACT. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHRA.
ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MA...NONE.
VT...NONE.
DISCUSSION...33
AVIATION...35
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