459  
FNUS71 KBGM 130939  
FWSBGM  
 
SPOT FORECAST FOR 2026 IMT STAM EXERCISE...NYS IMT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY  
539 AM EDT WED MAY 13 2026  
 
FORECAST IS BASED ON FORECAST START TIME OF 0800 EDT ON MAY 13.  
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER  
SERVICE.  
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY, WITH  
RAIN SHOWERS LINGERING THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. A BRIEF WINDOW  
OF PARTIAL CLEARING THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING  
COLD FRONT MAY RESULT IN A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL  
NY LATE IN THE DAY TODAY. WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS  
ARE NOT EXPECTED, AN ISOLATED STRONGER THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY  
GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IF THIS WOULD OCCUR,  
THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS WOULD BE BETWEEN 5PM AND 8PM THIS EVENING.  
ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON  
THURSDAY, BUT THERE WILL BE MORE DRY BREAKS COMPARED TO TODAY.  
   
TODAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT) THEN BECOMING PARTLY  
SUNNY (60-70 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS THROUGH THE  
DAY. CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......100 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 64.  
MIN HUMIDITY........62 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.  
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.28 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EDT) 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........98 91 85 85 83 82 82 84 82 66  
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY LKY CHC DEF LKY CHC  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........ CHC CHC CHC CHC  
CHC OF PCPN (%).100 90 70 70 70 60 50 70 70 60  
TEMP............46 48 50 52 55 58 59 61 63 62  
RH..............89 86 86 83 77 72 72 67 62 65  
SURFACE WND DIR.E SE SE SE S S S S S S  
SURFACE WND SPD.10 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12  
SURFACE WND GST.15 17 18 21 21 21 21 22 22 21  
   
TONIGHT
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (70-80 PERCENT). RAIN SHOWERS AND  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN  
CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS OVERNIGHT.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......90 PERCENT.  
MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 45.  
MAX HUMIDITY........96 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).SOUTH WINDS 6 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST  
LATE IN THE EVENING, THEN BECOMING LIGHT  
OVERNIGHT.  
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.27 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM  
SKY (%).........88 89 91 87 85 92 86 78 75 58 59 61  
WEATHER COV.....DEF DEF DEF LKY LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH  
CHC OF PCPN (%).80 80 90 70 70 70 50 40 40 30 20 20  
TEMP............62 61 57 55 53 52 51 50 49 48 47 46  
RH..............65 65 75 77 83 83 86 89 86 86 89 89  
SURFACE WND DIR.W SW S SE SW W W W W W W W  
SURFACE WND SPD.10 8 6 5 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2  
SURFACE WND GST.17 14 12 9 7 6 5 5 3 3 3 5  
   
THURSDAY
 
 
SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). CHANCE OF RAIN  
SHOWERS.  
CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT.  
MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59.  
MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT.  
SURFACE WINDS (MPH).LIGHT WINDS BECOMING NORTHWEST 5 TO 7 MPH LATE  
IN THE AFTERNOON.  
RAINFALL AMOUNT.....0.05 INCHES.  
 
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM  
SKY (%).........66 61 79 61 72 70 65 68 72 74 69 69  
WEATHER COV.....SCH CHC SCH SCH CHC SCH  
WEATHER TYPE....RW RW RW RW RW RW  
TSTM COV........  
CHC OF PCPN (%).20 10 10 10 10 10 20 20 30 10 10 20  
TEMP............46 45 47 47 51 53 54 56 57 58 58 57  
RH..............89 96 89 89 74 69 66 64 59 59 59 64  
SURFACE WND DIR.W W W W NW NW NW NW NW W W NW  
SURFACE WND SPD.2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 6 7  
SURFACE WND GST.5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 9 10  
 

 
FORECASTER...GREENBLATT  
REQUESTED BY...JESSICA SCILLIERI SMITH  
TYPE OF REQUEST...OTHER  
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.DELDT 05/13/26  
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