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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
412 AM EDT Sat Jun 8 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
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Outside of scattered showers across northern counties, mostly
quiet weather today as weak high pressure builds into the
region. Rain will return Saturday night through Sunday,
lingering into Monday afternoon. Drier conditions are expected
Tuesday through Thursday.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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340 AM Update...

Lake effect showers have moved into the region, with most of
the concentration along and north of the Mohawk Valley. Some
isolated showers are streaming across CNY and should for the
next few hours. Lake effect showers are expected to continue
through the morning hours, dissipating by early afternoon as the
airmass over the lake warms up and the lake response weakens. A
weak ridge building in from the SW will keep conditions mostly
quiet through the afternoon and evening hours, with a slight
chance for a pop up shower over areas north of the Southern Tier
and east of the Finger Lakes as the ridge will have less
influence over this region. Temperatures today will be
seasonable, climbing into the upper 60s to mid 70s.

Ridging does not last long as another trough rotates into the
region from the Great Lakes during the overnight hours. The
mid- level shortwave looks to be stronger than the one that
moved through Friday with better upper level support. Our CWA
will sit under the left exit region of the jet stream that will
be positioned south of the upper trough sitting over eastern
Canada. Widespread rain showers are expected to move from W to E
across the area Saturday night, bringing up to 0.25in of rain to
the area. Temps Saturday night will be in the low to mid 50s.

Steady showers exit to the east by late morning but shower
chances remain through Sunday afternoon as a weak shortwave
ripples through the area during the afternoon. The lift provided
by this feature combined with diurnal heating will allow for
scattered rain showers and isolated thunder to develop, moving
from NW to SE across the area. Temps Sunday will be a few
degrees cooler than Saturday, climbing into the mid 60s to mid
70s.
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.SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
345 AM Update:

Cyclonic flow will continue Sunday night, but with the loss of
daytime heating, chances for showers will be diminishing. Lows
Sunday night are expected to be in the upper 40s to mid 50s.

Another shortwave trough digging into the region will bring
another chance for scattered showers on Monday. With 850mb only
around +5C, it will be rather cool for June standards with
highs only in the lower 60s to lower 70s. Showers taper off
Monday night with the loss of daytime heating and the shortwave
moving east of the area. Lows are expected to be in the mid 40s
to lower 50s.

With the trough located just east of our area on Tuesday, there
still could be some isolated showers around for the Poconos-
Catskills, but the majority of the area will likely be dry with
partly to mostly sunny skies. Temperatures on Tuesday will
moderate somewhat with highs highs in the upper 60s to mid
70s. Then mostly clear skies with lows in the mid 40s to lower
50s are expected Tuesday night.

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.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
345 AM Update:

Surface high pressure and upper level ridging will bring dry
conditions and mostly sunny skies to the area on Wednesday and
likely most of Thursday as well. A Canadian shortwave may spark
a few isolated showers Thursday afternoon, but the odds are that
Thursday will still be a dry day. Chances for showers start to
increase by Friday with the next cold front approaching the
area, but as is typical this far out, significant timing
differences are depicted within the model guidance.

With ridging in place, temperatures will be on a warming trend
in the long term period, with highs on Wednesday likely in the
mid 70s to lower 80s, and highs Thursday and Friday likely in
the upper 70s to mid 80s.

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.AVIATION /08Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
VFR conditions currently across all terminals as come showers
stream across SYR/RME area. Guidance has backed off a little bit
on prolonged MVFR at SYR and RME. Looking upstream, there isn`t
any MVFR decks moving overhead, but scattered clouds around
FL025. Given this, TEMPOs were used for most of the night at SYR
and RME for MVFR decks. Chances for continuous MVFR decks
improve after sunrise so prevailing MVFR was included at SYR and
RME into the late morning hours.

ITH should see some TEMPO MVFR decks around sunrise, with a few
hours after prevailing MVFR decks through mid morning.

ELM/BGM/AVP will be VFR through the period.

Gusty winds of 20-25kts out of the WNW are expected across all
terminals for most of the daytime hours.


Outlook...

Saturday night through Monday...Occasional showers with brief
restrictions likely.

Tuesday...VFR likely.

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.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
PA...None.
NY...None.

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SYNOPSIS...JTC
NEAR TERM...JTC/MPH/MWG
SHORT TERM...BJG
LONG TERM...BJG
AVIATION...JTC