Area Forecast Discussion
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612 FXUS61 KBTV 262357 AFDBTV Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Burlington VT 757 PM EDT Sun May 26 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A storm system moves through tomorrow and tomorrow night, bringing rounds of rain, gusty winds, and a couple embedded thunderstorms. There is a low risk of severe storms over northern New York. The steady rain moves out Monday night but there will be a few chances for showers mid and late week. Temperatures will generally be close to seasonable. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... As of 716 PM EDT Sunday...A beautiful evening acrs our cwa with plenty of sunshine, warm temperatures and comfortable humidity values. Temps are crntly in the 70s with dwpts in the upper 40s to mid 50s, with some high level clouds approaching northern NY. Fcst remains dry thru midnight, but several periods of rain showers with embedded rumbles develop by early Monday morning acrs northern NY and enter the CPV btwn 6-9 AM Monday. Gusty south/southeast winds develop too as gradient tightens btwn deepening sfc low pres and departing high pres over northern Maine. Did increase arrival timing of precip by 1 to 2 hours for early Monday morning based on crnt radar trends and latest 21z RAP progs. Rest of fcst in good shape. Previous discussion below. Skies are currently mostly clear with only some daytime cumulus present over the higher elevations. The cumulus will dissipate this evening but clouds will quickly move in from the west out ahead of a relatively strong storm system. There will be periods of rain during the day on Monday and chances for a few embedded thunderstorms, particularly over northern New York. Instability will be low but there will be strong 0-6KM and low-level shear so there is a low chance of severe thunderstorms, mostly over the parts of St. Lawrence Valley. That is the area with the strongest instability. A low-level jet will pass overhead during the day Monday, bringing winds up to around 50KTs at 925 mb. There will be some breaks in the rain when the strongest part of the jet will be overhead, so there is the opportunity for some of the stronger winds to mix to the surface. The wind direction will generally be SSE so this favors areas over the northern Adirondacks seeing the strongest winds, where gusts above 40 mph are possible. Steadier rain arrives and the low-level jet exits in the evening, so winds will calm down a bit. The cold front will move through Monday night and will bring the heaviest precipitation. Overall, rainfall amounts look to range from around a third of an inch over northern areas to around an inch over southern areas. Areas that receive heavier convective showers will see locally more. There is a low risk of flash flooding where the strongest convective storms set up. Therefore, the whole region is in a marginal excessive rainfall outlook for a 5% chance of flash flooding. Behind the front Monday night, there should be a break in the rain, but temperatures will stay relatively mild. Lows should be in the mid 50s to lower 60s. && .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... As of 355 PM EDT Sunday...Troughiness will remain over our area for Tuesday and Tuesday night as upper level trough lags behind surface boundary which will push east of Vermont early Tuesday morning. There will be a break in the precipitation chances Tuesday morning, then increasing pops as we head into the afternoon hours with vorticity swinging overhead. Showers will continue into the overnight. Have a slight chance of thunder Tuesday afternoon in the St Lawrence valley, then we lose surface based instability overnight. Highs on Tuesday will range from the upper 60s in Northern New York to upper 70s across the larger valleys in Vermont. Overnight temperatures will range from the mid 40s to mid 50s, coldest in the Adirondacks. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... As of 355 PM EDT Sunday...Expect another showery day on Wednesday as upper trough still remains over the region. Some drier air will finally work into the area behind departing upper trough on Thursday. Thursday continues to look like the coolest day of the period with highs only reaching the upper 50s to lower 60s, with breezy northwesterly flow. Models are depicting building ridge towards the end of the week with an overall drying trend anticipated. Temperatures will trend back towards seasonal normals headed into the weekend. && .AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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Through 00Z Tuesday...VFR conditions are expected to prevail across all terminals for the next several hours ahead of an approaching storm system. Ceilings will begin to lower overnight as southerly winds bring increased moisture, with MVFR ceilings possible at KMPV by 09Z or so and more widespread MVFR ceilings expected by the afternoon. Precipitation will gradually overspread the region during the day, with some MVFR, and some localized IFR, conditions possible in the heaviest showers and some thunderstorms will also be possible across northern New York terminals (KMSS and KSLK).Winds will remain fairly light, generally 10 knots or less, before a strong low- level jet brings strong southeasterly winds for most of the forecast period with gusts up to 25 knots possible. LLWS is expected to develop across all terminals during the morning into the early afternoon. Outlook... Monday Night: Mainly VFR, with local IFR possible. Definite SHRA, Slight chance TSRA. Tuesday: Mainly VFR, with local MVFR possible. Slight chance SHRA. Tuesday Night: Mainly VFR, with areas MVFR possible. Chance SHRA. Wednesday: Mainly MVFR, with areas VFR possible. Chance SHRA. Wednesday Night: Mainly VFR, with local MVFR possible. Chance SHRA. Thursday: VFR. Slight chance SHRA. Thursday Night: VFR. Slight chance SHRA. Friday: VFR. Slight chance SHRA.
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&& .BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... VT...None. NY...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...Myskowski NEAR TERM...Myskowski/Taber SHORT TERM...Neiles LONG TERM...Neiles AVIATION...Kremer