Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
981 FNUS71 KALY 271249 FWSALY Spot Forecast for GMFL Old Country Rd C&D...USFS National Weather Service Albany NY 849 AM EDT Sat Apr 27 2024 Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on April 27. If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather Service. Please contact our office at alb.stormreport@noaa.gov, if you have questions or concerns with this forecast. .DISCUSSION... Primarily dry conditions to begin the weekend with high pressure remaining just within reach as it slides further south and east into the Atlantic. Clouds will be on the increase today as a frontal system approaches from the west, with scattered, light showers becoming possible later tonight. With a frontal boundary nearby, skies will remain cloudy with additional light showers possible Sunday into Monday. Additional periods of showers and possibly some embedded rumbles of thunder will be possible at different times during the week along with a trend to warmer temperatures. .TODAY... Sky/weather.........Sunny (20-30 percent) then becoming partly sunny (45-55 percent). Chance of pcpn......0 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 60. Min humidity........36 percent. Dewpoint............24 increasing to 29 early in the morning. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the late morning and afternoon. Mixing height.......5500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1300 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to excellent (60800 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches. TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........9 16 22 28 30 32 34 43 52 Weather cov..... Weather type.... Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............43 48 53 57 60 61 61 60 59 Dewpoint........30 31 31 31 30 29 29 28 28 RH..............60 51 43 37 32 29 29 29 30 20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW S S S S S SW 20 FT wind spd..3 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8 20 FT wind gust.8 9 9 9 9 12 13 13 13 Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 3.0 4.2 4.9 5.3 5.5 5.5 5.3 4.7 Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW S S S S S Transp wind spd.8 8 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..11 20 29 39 48 55 60 61 56 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD FR .TONIGHT... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (70-80 percent). Chance of rain showers early in the evening. Rain showers likely overnight, then chance of rain showers overnight. Chance of pcpn......60 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Min temperature.....Around 43. Max humidity........93 percent. Dewpoint............31 increasing to 40. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......South winds 5 to 8 mph in the evening and overnight becoming light. Mixing height.......500 ft AGL. Transport winds.....Southwest 8 to 14 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Good (41800 knot-ft) early in the evening decreasing to poor (3400 knot-ft) late in the night. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.15 inches. TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM Sky (%).........61 69 76 84 91 90 89 88 87 87 87 83 Weather cov..... CHC CHC CHC CHC LKY LKY CHC CHC CHC CHC Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 30 40 40 50 60 60 50 50 40 40 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............57 55 53 50 48 46 45 45 44 44 43 43 Dewpoint........29 33 34 34 35 37 38 39 40 41 41 41 RH..............34 43 48 54 60 71 76 79 86 89 93 93 20 FT wind dir..SW S S S S S S S S S S S 20 FT wind spd..8 7 7 7 7 7 6 5 5 5 3 3 20 FT wind gust.13 12 10 9 10 14 8 7 7 6 6 5 Mix hgt (kft)...3.5 2.0 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 Transp wind dir.S S S S SW SW SW S S S SW SW Transp wind spd.14 13 12 12 12 12 10 9 8 8 8 8 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..42 24 9 5 5 7 6 5 4 4 3 3 Ventrate Cat....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR .SUNDAY... Sky/weather.........Mostly cloudy (65-75 percent). Chance of rain showers in the morning and early afternoon, then slight chance of rain showers late in the afternoon. Chance of pcpn......40 percent. LAL.................No Tstms. Max temperature.....Around 66. Min humidity........72 percent. Dewpoint............42 increasing to 56. Wind (20 ft)........ Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph early in the morning. Mixing height.......2000 ft AGL. Transport winds.....West 7 to 15 mph. Smoke dispersal.....Poor (3200 knot-ft) early in the morning increasing to fair (24600 knot-ft) in the afternoon. Haines Index........3 or very low potential for large plume dominated fire growth. Pcpn amount.........0.18 inches. TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM Sky (%).........80 76 74 71 69 67 66 65 63 65 66 68 Weather cov.....CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH SCH Weather type....RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW Tstm cov........ Chc of pcpn (%).40 40 30 30 30 30 30 30 20 20 20 20 LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Temp............43 44 46 49 53 56 59 62 63 64 65 65 Dewpoint........41 42 44 46 48 50 51 53 55 56 56 56 RH..............93 93 93 89 83 80 75 72 75 75 73 73 20 FT wind dir..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW W W W 20 FT wind spd..3 2 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 20 FT wind gust.5 5 6 6 8 9 10 10 10 12 12 12 Mix hgt (kft)...0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.0 1.9 Transp wind dir.SW SW W W W W W W W W W W Transp wind spd.8 7 7 7 8 9 9 9 10 12 14 15 Haines index....3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 4 5 8 10 12 14 16 21 24 25 Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR $$ Forecaster...KL Requested by...Ryan Hughes Type of request...PRESCRIBED .TAG 2412546.1/ALY .DELDT 04/27/24 .FormatterVersion 2.0.0 .EMAIL robert.a.goulding@usda.gov,eric.hughes@usda.gov