388  
FXUS61 KBGM 071858  
AFDBGM  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY  
258 PM EDT TUE OCT 7 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
A PASSING COLD FRONT WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN THIS AFTERNOON  
THROUGH TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DRY AND COOLER  
WEATHER THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZE  
CONDITIONS IS LIKELY IN CENTRAL NY AND NORTHEAST PA EARLY  
THURSDAY MORNING AND FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/  
 
COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY DRIFT THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON  
AND TONIGHT WITH MUCH NEEDED RAINFALL FOR THE REGION.  
INSTABILITY WILL BE WEAK, SO THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE VERY LOW.  
HOWEVER, FORECAST MODEL SOUNDING ARE STILL SHOWING MUCAPE OF A  
FEW HUNDRED JOULES, SO COULD SEE SOME EMBEDDED THUNDER. FRONT  
WILL EXIT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND DRIER, BUT MUCH COOLER AIR  
FILTERS IN. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON WEDNESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE  
50S TO LOW 60S. TOMORROW NIGHT, CLEAR AND COLD CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED WITH A WIDESPREAD FREEZE LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKELY.  
A FREEZE WARNING AND/OR FROST ADVISORIES WILL BE NEEDED AND WILL  
BE ISSUED WITH THE FORECAST UPDATE EARLY TOMORROW MORNING.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/  
 
A LARGE CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE OVER THE REGION. HIGHS  
WILL ONLY BE IN THE LOW TO MID 50S MOST AREAS ON THURSDAY. FOR  
THURSDAY NIGHT, THE HIGH WILL BE OVERHEAD AND STRONG RADIATIONAL  
COOLING WILL MAKE FRIDAY MORNING THE COLDEST SO FAR THIS FALL  
SEASON, WITH WIDESPREAD FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH  
OF CENTRAL NY AND NORTHEAST PA. FROST/FREEZE HEADLINES ARE  
LIKELY ONCE AGAIN FOR ANY LATE PLANTS THE COLD ON WEDNESDAY  
NIGHT DOESN'T KILL.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/  
 
MODEL GUIDANCE HAS TRENDED THAT THIS HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM MAY  
PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THIS WEEKEND AND BEYOND. A COASTAL  
LOW/NOR-EASTER WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE CAROLINAS COAST AND AT  
THIS TIME IT IS STILL UNCERTAIN IF THIS LOW WILL TRACK FAR  
ENOUGH NORTH TO IMPACT OUR REGION. ANY RAINFALL FROM THIS SYSTEM  
WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR OUR REGION, BUT IT IS HIGHLY POSSIBLE  
THAT IT IS SHUNTED BY THE STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IN PLACE  
AND OUR AREA STAYS COMPLETELY DRY.  
 
ALTHOUGH RAINFALL FROM TODAY'S FRONTAL SYSTEM IS WELCOMED TO  
EASE THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS, BY NEXT WEEK, CONTINUED DRY  
CONDITIONS WILL START TO BRING WILDFIRE CONCERNS TO THE  
FOREFRONT ONCE AGAIN. PREDICTIVE SERVICES AT THE NATIONAL  
INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER IN BOISE, ID HAS NEARLY OUR ENTIRE CWA  
HIGHLIGHTED FOR ABOVE AVERAGE IN THE SIGNIFICANT WILDLAND FIRE  
POTENTIAL OUTLOOK IN OCTOBER. THIS WILL BE SOMETHING TO MONITOR  
CLOSELY OVER THE COMING WEEKS, ESPECIALLY AS WE HEAD INTO  
ANOTHER PROLONGED DRY SPELL.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/  
 
VARYING CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE AROUND THE TERMINALS THE  
REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES  
THROUGH WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWERS, ALONG WITH A LOW CHANCE OF  
THUNDER. SHOWERS WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES BRINGING OCCASIONAL IFR  
VISBYS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THEN HEADING INTO THIS  
EVENING, CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO LOWER WITH A MIX OF MVFR TO  
LIFR RESTRICTIONS. SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LOCALLY HEAVY  
WITH AT LEAST IFR VISBY AT TIMES GENERALLY THROUGH 08-09Z.  
RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE TOMORROW MORNING  
WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO RETURN MID-TO- LATE MORNING.  
BREEZY NORTH-NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TOWARD THE END OF  
THE TAF WITH GUSTS OF 15-20 KNOTS POSSIBLE.  
 
OUTLOOK...  
 
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...VFR.  
 
THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...VFR; LOCAL MORNING VALLEY FOG.  
 
 
   
BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
PA...NONE.  
NY...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS...KL/MPK  
NEAR TERM...KL/MPK  
SHORT TERM...KL/MPK  
LONG TERM...KL/MPK  
AVIATION...DK  
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