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FXUS61 KBTV 182026
AFDBTV

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT
426 PM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
OTHER THAN A FEW EVENING SHOWERS...HIGH PRESSURE WILL PROVIDE DRY
AND SEASONABLE WEATHER TO THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. A
WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE REGION MAY SPARK A
FEW SHOWERS BY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON...BUT MOST AREAS
SHOULD REMAIN DRY. TEMPERATURES GRADUALLY WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD
WITH MORE HUMID AND SUMMERLIKE CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY LATER IN
THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
AS OF 330 PM EDT TUESDAY...MAINLY QUIET WEATHER EXPECTED ACROSS
OUR AREA TONIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES TO SLOWLY
BUILD INTO THE REGION FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. HOWEVER
CYCLONIC FLOW ALOFT CONTINUES ACROSS OUR REGION WITH A WEAK
SECONDARY SURFACE TROUGH EVIDENT ACROSS SRN QUEBEC...ALONG WHICH
A FEW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE THUS INTRODUCED
JUST AN OUTSIDE SHOT OF AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR TWO FAR NORTHEAST
THROUGH EARLY EVENING...OTHERWISE I`M EXPECTING A MAINLY DRY
NIGHT. CLOUDS A TAD MORE PROBLEMATIC...ESPECIALLY SOUTH WHERE MID
TO HIGH LEVEL RH MAY LINGER A TAD LONGER. NONETHELESS EXPECT MOST
AREAS TO TREND CLEAR TO PTLY CLOUDY BY MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY
THEREAFTER AS TEMPERATURES BOTTOM OUT MAINLY IN THE 40S WITH
CUSTOMARY COOL/WARM SPOTS. DID OPT TO BACK OFF ON BR/FG POTENTIAL
AFTER ASSESSING THE 12Z GUIDANCE...WHICH SUGGESTS ENOUGH NORTH TO
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ATOP THE PBL OVERNIGHT TO FOSTER BETTER DRY
AIR ENTRAINMENT DOWN INTO THE NEAR SURFACE LAYERS.

&&

.SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
AS OF 330 PM EDT TUESDAY...OUTSTANDING STRETCH OF WEATHER THEN
EXPECTED FOR THE MIDDLE PORTIONS OF THE WORK WEEK (WED/THU) AS
AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS DIRECTLY ATOP THE
REGION. THUS CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES EXPECTED WITH SOME
SHALLOW DEPTH FAIR WX CUMULUS OCCURRING EACH DAY OVER THE
ELEVATED TERRAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. WINDS LIGHT.
AVERAGED 18-00Z MODEL BLENDED 925 MB THERMAL PROGS SUPPORT HIGHS
FROM 68 TO 74 ON WEDNESDAY...THEN 2-4 DEGREES MILDER 71 TO 77 OR
SO BY THURSDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS 38 TO 48 WED NIGHT...THOUGH WITH
CUSTOMARY VARIABILITY GIVEN EXPECTED NOCTURNAL RADIATIVE EFFECTS.

BY THURSDAY NIGHT CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES CONTINUE AS HIGH
PRESSURE CONTINUES TO REMAIN DOMINANT INFLUENCE. MODELS MAINTAIN
THE IDEA THAT A WEAK/DYING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ATTEMPT TO SAG
SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE INTL BORDER BY SUNRISE FRIDAY. KEPT WITH THE
IDEA OF MAINLY DRY WEATHER...BUT DID INCREASE CLOUD COVER JUST A
TAD FAR NORTH TO ACCOUNT FOR UNCERTAINTY IN THE EVENTUAL LOCATION
OF THE BOUNDARY. LOWS A TAD MILDER AS LIGHT SOUTH/SOUTHWESTERLY
RETURN FLOW EXPECTED...MAINLY 45 TO 55.

&&

.LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
AS OF 415 PM EDT TUESDAY...GENERALLY WARM SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE
WILL BE OVER THE NORTH COUNTRY THROUGH MUCH OF THE EXTENDED
PORTION OF THE FORECAST. MAX TEMPS WILL START OUT IN THE UPPER
70S AND TREND TOWARDS MID 80S BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. MIN TEMPS WILL
TREND FROM THE MID 50S TO THE MID 60S. INITIALLY REGION WILL BE
UNDER INFLUENCE OF PROGRESSIVE NORTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL FLOW AND
THERE WILL BE SEVERAL CHANCES FOR SHOWERS FROM FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY WITH SHORTWAVES PASSING THRU BRISK UPPER LEVEL FLOW.
DIFFICULT TO TIME THESE SMALL FEATURES AT THIS POINT...THEREFORE
HAVE A LOT OF SLIGHT CHANCE POPS. LARGE AND HOT UPPER LEVEL RIDGE
WILL SLIDE EASTWARD AND ACROSS OUR FORECAST AREA DURING THE EARLY
PART OF NEXT WEEK AND THICKNESSES APPROACH 588. THINK THAT WITH
HEAT AND HUMIDITY MOVING INTO THE AREA WILL HAVE CHANCE FOR SOME
INSTABILITY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS
NEXT WEEK...BUT AGAIN DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT TIMING AND LOCATION
THIS FAR OUT.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
THROUGH 18Z WEDNESDAY...WILL SEE A SHARP DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER
FROM THE NORTHWEST AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION WITH
ALL TERMINALS FEW-SKC BY 00-02Z EXCEPT FOR RUT WHERE CLOUDS WILL
LINGER THE LONGEST. LIGHT WINDS AND CLEARING SKIES WILL LEAD TO
SOME BR OVERNIGHT AFTER 06Z...WITH THE GREATEST CHANCES AT
MPV/SLK. WINDS MAY NOT GO CALM ENOUGH FOR ANY SIGNIFICANT FG TO
FORM...THEREFORE HAVE BACKED OFF TO MENTION OF BR INSTEAD AT
MPV/SLK. THERE ALSO MAY BE SOME LINGERING CLOUDS AROUND.

OUTLOOK 18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...

18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY...VFR UNDER HIGH PRESSURE WITH
PATCHY LATE NIGHT/EARLY MORNING FOG POSSIBLE 06-12Z EACH
DAY...WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL AT KSLK/KMPV.

06Z FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...GENERALLY VFR WITH
ISOLATED/SCATTERED AFTERNOON SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE.

&&

.BTV WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
VT...NONE.
NY...NONE.

&&

$$
SYNOPSIS...JMG
NEAR TERM...JMG
SHORT TERM...JMG
LONG TERM...NEILES
AVIATION...NEILES