Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Binghamton, NY
Issued by NWS Binghamton, NY
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Spot Forecast for 300 Forest...PA Game Commission
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
326 PM EDT Tue Apr 30 2024
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on May 01.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
.DISCUSSION...
North to northwest winds will be breezy late tonight into the
morning hours before day time mixing will cause the winds to slow
down late morning 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 but continue
to strengthen through the night up to 15 with gusts to around 20 mph
on ridge tops as a warm front moves through. Thursday will be
windier with low pressure passing to the north. Dry air above the
boundary layer will mix down in the afternoon with RH falling down
to 30 to 40 percent.
.WEDNESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 67.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 10 to 13 mph before 10 am
becoming 5 to 8 mph.
Mixing height.......4800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 12 to 13 mph.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
SUNSET..............800 pm
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................26 to 52.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........61 59 58 55 54 43 34 26 20
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............57 58 60 61 62 64 65 66 66
RH..............86 80 72 67 62 56 54 52 52
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
20 FT wind spd..13 10 8 7 6 6 5 5 5
20 FT wind gust.15 13 12 10 9 9 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...2.0 2.9 3.6 4.2 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.2
Transp wind dir.NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.12 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 12
LVORI...........4 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............26 34 41 46 50 51 52 50 44
Haines index....3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (15-25 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........86 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 5 to 8 mph shifting to the
south 7 to 12 mph in the late evening and
overnight then increasing to 15 to 20 mph on
ridge tops.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 9 mph shifting to the southwest 8 to
13 mph in the late evening and increasing
to 18 to 22 mph after midnight.
Haines Index........4 or low potential for large plume dominated
fire growth.
SUNRISE.............557 am
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................1 to 31.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........16 9 5 4 6 7 11 15 19 24 29 33
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Temp............67 65 62 60 59 57 57 56 55 55 54 53
RH..............50 54 60 67 69 72 72 74 77 77 83 86
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT wind spd..10 8 6 7 7 8 9 12 13 13 14 15
20 FT wind gust.12 9 8 9 10 12 13 14 14 16 18
Mix hgt (kft)...3.0 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW W W W SW S S S S SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.9 7 6 6 8 9 11 14 18 20 21 22
LVORI...........1 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 4
ADI.............31 15 3 1 3 6 7 7 8 8 9 11
Haines index....4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
CWR.................0 percent.
LAL.................No Tstms.
Max temperature.....Around 71.
Min humidity........42 percent.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Southwest winds around 12 to 16 mph shifting to the
west 13 to 20 mph in the late morning and
afternoon.
Mixing height.......4900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 13 to 21 mph shifting to the northwest 20
to 21 mph in the afternoon.
Haines Index........3 to 4 or very low to low potential for large
plume dominated fire growth.
SUNSET..............801 pm
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................12 early in the morning increasing to 83 in the
afternoon.
TIME (EDT) 6 AM 9 AM NOON 3 PM
Sky (%).........33 20 20 27
Weather cov.....
Weather type....NONE NONE NONE NONE
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0
LAL.............1 1 1 1
Temp............55 60 65 68
RH..............83 69 54 45
20 FT wind......SW 14G15 W 15G18 W 18G22 NW 20G22
Mix hgt (ft)....500 2200 4500 4900
Transport wind..SW 13 W 16 W 21 NW 20
LVORI...........5 3 1 1
ADI.............12 40 83 81
Haines index....4 3 3 4
$$
Forecaster...Gill
Requested by...Brian Williamson
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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