Area Forecast Discussion
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716 FXUS61 KBGM 040018 AFDBGM Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Binghamton NY 818 PM EDT Mon Jun 3 2024 .SYNOPSIS... Warm temperatures through the first half of the week with isolated afternoon thunderstorms possible. Chances for more widespread showers and scattered thunderstorms increase in the latter half of the week, as a slow moving system passes through the region. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
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650 PM Update... Dried out much of the area for the rest of this evening with little in the way of pop up showers developing late this afternoon and evening and skies gradually clearing. The chance for thunder seems very low tomorrow, so did remove any mention of it prior to 18Z and limited it to a slight chance for the rest of the afternoon. 125 PM Update... Surface high pressure is over the area and although it is fairly stable, a weak shortwave passes this afternoon and will kick off a few isolated showers. Tonight, with the loss of heating after sunset, any showers will quickly dissipate. There may be some patchy fog early Tuesday morning, however this will be dependent on cloud cover. Weak waves within the ridge aloft will kick off more showers and possibly an isolated thunderstorm Tuesday afternoon. MLCAPE is modeled to be around 500 J/kg, however a strong cap at 700 mb will be in place on Tuesday, which will limit the coverage of showers. Temperatures will be warm and some spots will hit the mid 80s. Tomorrow night, high pressure remains in control and temperatures will remain warm overnight with lows only in the low 60s to upper 50s.
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&& .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... 215 PM Update... An approaching cold front from an upper-level low in Canada will move into Central NY and NE PA Wednesday evening into Thursday, bringing rain showers and cooling things down from the high-70s to mid-80s Wednesday to the mid- to high-70s on Thursday. The upper-level low will move southeastward into the region Thursday, bringing more rain and chances for afternoon thunderstorms. The Weather Prediction Center has our area in a Marginal Risk for flash flooding (at least 5% risk of flash flooding), mainly for Wednesday night through Thursday night as the front moves through first Wednesday night, and as the upper- level low swings down into our area Thursday evening. Across Wednesday night through Thursday night, we`re expecting total rainfall amounts to be a quarter to a half inch of rainfall across Central NY and NE PA. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... 215 PM Update... The aforementioned upper-level low will become quasi-stationary over our area heading into the weekend. Chances for rain showers will last through the long-term, as well as chances for thunderstorms increasing into the afternoon timeframe pretty much every day in the long-term. Long-term guidance really starts to differ over the weekend, where the center of the upper-level low is different in each model, but the similar theme of continuous chances for rain showers remains the same across the entire weekend. && .AVIATION /00Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
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VFR conditions will persist through the evening hours tonight before some areas of shallow fog are expected to develop, mainly after 06-07Z and lasting through roughly 12Z. However, confidence on the formation of fog is still low with little in the way of showers this afternoon enhancing ground moisture, but elevated dew points are in place with light winds and continued clearing. However, model guidance does show some high clouds moving back into the area around or just after when fog is expected to begin to form ahead of an approaching weak shortwave. ElM is expected to have the best chance of fog formation and restrictions, but BGM, ITH and RME all have a chance as well. VFR conditions are expected much of tomorrow after 12Z with isolated showers in the afternoon and perhaps a thunderstorm. Winds are expected to be light out of the south-southwest. Outlook... Tuesday night...Mainly VFR. Isolated showers/storms during the evening hours. Wednesday...Low chance of showers/storms and associated restrictions. Wednesday night through Saturday...Increasing chance of showers/storms and associated restrictions.
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&& .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. NY...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...MPK NEAR TERM...DK/MPK SHORT TERM...KL LONG TERM...KL AVIATION...DK/MPK