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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Western New York
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
433 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

.DISCUSSION...
High pressure over the region will shift east tonight. Showers and
some thunderstorms will return Wednesday into Thursday as a broad
area of weakening low pressure passes by to our northwest sending a
warm front through the region Wednesday, followed by a cold front
Wednesday night into Thursday.

NYZ201-170800-
Lake Ontario Plains-
433 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

                              Tonight          Wed    Wed Night          Thu
Cloud cover                    Mclear        Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy
Precip chc (%)                      0           60           80           70
Precip type                      None      Showers        Tstms      Showers
Min/Max Temp                       35           62           45           64
AM Wind (mph)                                 E  8                      S 11
PM Wind (mph)                 Lgt/Var         E  9        SE 10         S 10
Precip amount                    0.00         0.12         0.24         0.14
Precip duration                                  7           11           10
Precip begin                                  9 AM   Continuing   Continuing
Precip end                              Continuing   Continuing   Continuing
Max/Min Humidity (%)               93           37          100           60
Haines Index                        4            3            2            3
LAL                                 1            4            4            1
Mixing height (ft-AGL)                        4950           70         5130
Transport wind (kt)              E  9        SE 17        SE 18        SW 14
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                   0        84150         1260        71820
Dispersion Index                    0           84            1           72
Remarks...None.

$$

NYZ200-170800-
Southern Tier-
433 PM EDT Tue Apr 16 2024

                              Tonight          Wed    Wed Night          Thu
Cloud cover                    Mclear        Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy
Precip chc (%)                      0           90           90           80
Precip type                      None        Tstms        Tstms      Showers
Min/Max Temp                       38           63           48           65
AM Wind (mph)                                SE  9                     SW  8
PM Wind (mph)                   NE  6        SE 10        SE 12        SW  8
Precip amount                    0.00         0.25         0.24         0.09
Precip duration                                  8           12            7
Precip begin                                  8 AM   Continuing   Continuing
Precip end                              Continuing   Continuing   Continuing
Max/Min Humidity (%)               92           50          100           52
Haines Index                        4            3            3            3
LAL                                 1            4            4            1
Mixing height (ft-AGL)                        3550           70         6120
Transport wind (kt)              E 11        SE 19        SE 20         W 15
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                   0        67450         1400        91800
Dispersion Index                    0           67            1           92
Remarks...None.

$$

.EXTENDED FORECAST...

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers. Lows in
the mid 40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the upper
50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Cooler. Lows around
40. Highs in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Lows in the
mid 30s. Highs in the upper 40s.
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid
50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Lows around
40. Highs in the upper 50s.

WIND THURSDAY NIGHT...Southeast around 10 mph.
WIND FRIDAY...Southeast around 15 mph.
WIND SATURDAY...West 10 to 15 mph.
WIND SUNDAY...West around 10 mph.
WIND MONDAY...South 5 to 10 mph.
WIND TUESDAY...South around 5 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
|* Insert outlook here *|

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