Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Binghamton, NY
Issued by NWS Binghamton, NY
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Spot Forecast for SGL 123...Pennsylvania Game Commission
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
257 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1300 EDT on April 30.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Showers and thunderstorms will be moving out of Bradford County
this evening by around 10 pm with low clouds and hill top fog
through about 4am. North to northwest winds will be breezy late
tonight into the morning hours before day time mixing will cause
the winds to slow down around noon as the clouds clear. As high
pressure builds in tomorrow afternoon, winds continue to become
lighter through the afternoon and also become more variable. Winds
do pick up after a surface inversion forms Wednesday night around
9 pm but wind direction will be out of the SW at 10 mph on hill
tops.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Showers with
thunderstorms likely.
CWR.................0 percent increasing to 85 percent.
LAL.................9-15 strikes.
Max temperature.....Around 74.
Min humidity........53 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 10 to 12 mph shifting to the
west around 12 mph late in the afternoon. Gusty
and erratic winds expected near thunderstorms
early in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds expected
near thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......5900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 16 to 18 mph shifting to the
northwest late in the afternoon.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
SUNSET..............805 pm
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................27 to 61.
TIME (EDT) 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........58 65 77 84 89
Weather cov.....SCH CHC LKY DEF DEF
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........SCH CHC LKY LKY CHC
CWR.............0 50 80 90 90
LAL.............3 3 3 3 3
Temp............73 74 71 68 65
RH..............60 58 65 72 83
20 FT wind dir..SW SW W W NW
20 FT wind spd..12 13 13 13 13
20 FT wind gust.18 18 18 18 17
Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 5.9 4.8 3.0 1.4
Transp wind dir.SW SW W NW NW
Transp wind spd.16 18 18 18 16
LVORI...........1 1 1 3 3
ADI.............56 61 54 41 27
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent). Rain showers
likely and chance of thunderstorms in the
evening.
CWR.................77 percent decreasing to 0 percent.
LAL.................9-15 strikes until 2100, then 1-8 strikes until
2200, then No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 7 to 13 mph. Gusty and erratic
winds expected near thunderstorms early in the
evening. Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms late in the evening.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 8 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
SUNRISE.............606 am
LVORI...............6.
ADI.................4 to 19.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........91 92 88 90 85 79 74 72 68 60 52 46
Weather cov.....LKY CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH
CWR.............80 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............61 60 59 57 57 56 56 56 55 54 52 52
RH..............90 92 93 100 96 96 96 95 96 96 100 95
20 FT wind dir..N N N N N NW NW W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..10 9 8 7 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
20 FT wind gust.16 14 12 10 8 7 7 8 9 10 10 10
Mix hgt (kft)...1.0 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW N N N N N NW NW NW NW W W
Transp wind spd.14 12 9 8 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 9
LVORI...........3 4 4 7 9 8 9 7 7 9 9 9
ADI.............19 12 8 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........49 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph before 9 am
becoming NW at 4 to 7 mph then becoming variable
at 3 to 5 mph after 4 pm.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 9 to 15 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
SUNSET..............806 pm
LVORI...............5.
ADI.................7 early in the morning increasing to 80 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........48 55 54 23
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1
Temp............51 54 61 67
RH..............96 86 66 51
20 FT wind......NW 10G15 NW 7G10 NW 5G8 NW 4
Mix hgt (ft)....400 1900 4100 4800
Transport wind..NW 9 NW 12 NW 14 NW 14
LVORI...........6 4 1 1
ADI.............7 23 60 76
Haines index....4 3 3 4
$$
Forecaster...Gill
Requested by...Phil Kasper
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL pkasper@pa.gov