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FXUS61 KALY 260530
AFDALY
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
130 AM EDT MON OCT 26 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WITH THIS FORECAST UPDATE.
KEY MESSAGES
1) CONTINUED HIGH CONFIDENCE IN MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS
PERSISTING THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1...
A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM SE CANADA WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS. A
FEW LIGHT SHOWERS MAY OCCUR IN THE W. ADIRONDACKS, OTHERWISE THE
FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH DRY WITH JUST INCREASING MID LEVEL
CLOUDS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT, TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO WARM INTO
THE MID TO UPPER 60S IN VALLEY AREAS. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE
NORTHWEST LATE IN THE DAY, WITH GUSTS OF 15-20 MPH DEVELOPING,
WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 25 MPH. A COLDER AIR MASS WILL FILTER IN
TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES. ANOTHER
LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SE FROM CANADA, PROVIDING
CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS. THE HIGH SHIFTS SOUTH/EAST OF OUR
REGION WED NIGHT INTO THU, WITH A MILDER S/SW FLOW DEVELOPING.
THIS WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO WARM BACK TO ABOVE NORMAL
LEVELS. ANOTHER MOISTURE-STARVED COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS
THROUGH THU NIGHT INTO FRI, WHICH MAY BRING A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS
TO AREAS WELL NORTH/WEST OF ALBANY. YET ANOTHER AREA OF HIGH
PRESSURE LOOKS TO BUILD IN OVER THE UPCOMING WEEKEND BRINGING
TRANQUIL WEATHER, ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN
SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL.
AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY...VFR CONDITIONS ARE MAINLY EXPECTED TO
PREVAIL THROUGH THE 24 HOUR TAF PERIOD. SOME FOG COULD DEVELOP
AT KGFL BEFORE THICKER HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS MOVE IN, SO WILL
MENTION TEMPO FOR BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS FROM 07Z-09Z, ALTHOUGH
CONFIDENCE IS LOW. FOG MAY DEVELOP IN VICINITY OF KALB ALONG THE
HUDSON/MOHAWK RIVERS, BUT W/NW FLOW SHOULD KEEP THICKER FOG
AWAY FROM THE TERMINAL. OTHERWISE, JUST INCREASING HIGH LEVEL
CLOUDS WILL OCCUR INTO THIS MORNING AND THICKER MID LEVEL CLOUDS
WITH A COLD FRONT PASSING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. CIGS SHOULD REMAIN AT VFR LEVELS. WINDS WILL BECOME
SOUTHERLY THIS MORNING AROUND 3-6 KT, THEN SHIFT TO NORTHWEST
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND INCREASE TO 5-10 KT THIS AFTERNOON.
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 15-20 KT ARE EXPECTED AT KALB/KPSF.
OUTLOOK...
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY: 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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