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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Western New York
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
433 AM EDT Fri May 3 2024

.DISCUSSION...
Dry weather will continue through much of Friday as high pressure
over the region slides east into New England tonight. A warm
front will cross the region later tonight into the first half of
Friday bringing a surge of warmer air into the area boosting
high temperatures well above average to end the work week. A
couple of slow moving cold fronts will then cross the area
Friday night through Sunday bringing a couple rounds of showers
and possibly a few rumbles of thunder. High pressure returns
with mainly dry weather for the start of the new work week.

NYZ201-032000-
Lake Ontario Plains-
433 AM EDT Fri May 3 2024

                                Today      Tonight          Sat
Cloud cover                     Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy
Precip chc (%)                      0           40           50
Precip type                      None        Tstms        Tstms
Max/Min Temp                       78           52           67
AM Wind (mph)                   SE  5                     SE  8
PM Wind (mph)                    E  6         E  6        SE 10
Precip amount                    0.00         0.06         0.06
Precip duration                                  2            2
Precip begin                                  7 PM   Continuing
Precip end                              Continuing   Continuing
Min/Max Humidity (%)               34           98           50
Haines Index                        4            4            2
LAL                                 1            4            4
Mixing height (ft-AGL)           6060           70         4760
Transport wind (kt)             SE 10        SE 12        SE 19
Vent Rate (kt-ft)               60600          840        90440
Dispersion Index                   61            1           90
Remarks...None.

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NYZ200-032000-
Southern Tier-
433 AM EDT Fri May 3 2024

                                Today      Tonight          Sat
Cloud cover                     Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy
Precip chc (%)                      0           50           70
Precip type                      None        Tstms        Tstms
Max/Min Temp                       81           50           64
AM Wind (mph)                   SE  6                      S 10
PM Wind (mph)                   SE  6        SE  7         S 12
Precip amount                    0.00         0.15         0.13
Precip duration                                  3            7
Precip begin                                  6 PM   Continuing
Precip end                              Continuing   Continuing
Min/Max Humidity (%)               31          100           56
Haines Index                        4            3            2
LAL                                 3            4            4
Mixing height (ft-AGL)           9840           70         3180
Transport wind (kt)              S  7         S  9         S 22
Vent Rate (kt-ft)               68880          630        69960
Dispersion Index                   69            1           70
Remarks...None.

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.EXTENDED FORECAST...

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the lower 50s.
.SUNDAY...Cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the lower 60s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows around 50.
Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in the
upper 60s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the lower
50s. Highs around 70.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the mid
50s. Highs in the upper 60s.

WIND SATURDAY NIGHT...East around 10 mph.
WIND SUNDAY...Southeast around 10 mph.
WIND MONDAY...Southwest around 5 mph.
WIND TUESDAY...East around 5 mph.
WIND WEDNESDAY...East around 10 mph.
WIND THURSDAY...East around 10 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures near normal.  Precipitation above normal.

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