Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
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FWSALY
Spot Forecast for Smith Farm/Big Bend Rx - Solidago...NYS OPRHP
National Weather Service Albany NY
923 PM EDT Tue Jun 2 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 1000 EDT on June 04.
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...
For Thursday, temperatures start off in the low 50s around
sunrise, quickly rising through the day to afternoon highs in the
mid to possibly mid/upper 80s. Dew points mainly in the upper 40s
to around 50 will result in RH values early Thursday morning of
80-90%, but RH values quickly drop with the rising temperatures
through the day bottoming out around 25% in the afternoon. RH
values should recover to around 80% Thursday night, with lows in
the low to mid 50s.
Winds Thursday will be nearly calm to start the day, increasing
to around 5 kt from the S/SW by mid-morning. Winds by late
morning/early afternoon increase to 5-10 kt and veer to the west,
with gusts up to around 15 kt (also from the west). Winds become
calm again Thursday around or shortly after sunset, through
sunrise Friday morning. Winds Friday will again peak at 5-10 kt
during the afternoon with gusts to around 15 kt, all from the west
again. The next chance for rain is not until the upcoming weekend.
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Dewpoint............51 decreasing to 48 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph late
in the morning, then shifting to the west
around 8 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 9 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19800 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (71500 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........20 34 38 42 46 42 39 35
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............71 75 78 82 84 85 86 85
Dewpoint........53 53 50 50 49 48 48 48
RH..............53 46 37 33 30 28 27 28
20 FT wind dir..S S S SW SW SW SW W
20 FT wind spd..3 5 6 6 7 7 8 8
20 FT wind gust.7 8 10 12 12 12 12 12
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 3.2 4.4 5.7 6.4 6.5 6.1 5.1
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.9 10 10 12 12 13 14 14
LVORI...........3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..20 29 42 55 65 72 71 62
Ventrate Cat....PR PR FR FR GD GD GD GD
.THURSDAY NIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (40-50 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent) then becoming
partly cloudy (40-50 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........83 percent.
Dewpoint............49 increasing to 52 early in the evening.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 7 mph becoming light.
Mixing height.......100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 13 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (39300 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (600 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............2 early in the evening.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........38 42 45 48 52 55 51 48 44 44 43 43
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............83 80 79 74 69 64 61 59 58 57 55 55
Dewpoint........48 50 54 M M 50 M M 50 M M 50
RH..............30 35 42 48 53 60 67 72 75 77 83 83
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..7 6 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
20 FT wind gust.12 10 10 7 5 3 2 2 2 2 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...3.6 1.8 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.13 10 9 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 5 5
LVORI...........2 2 2 M M M M M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..39 17 4 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 1 2
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.FRIDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (45-55 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 89.
Min humidity........32 percent.
Dewpoint............54 early in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph late
in the morning.
Mixing height.......7900 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 14 mph increasing to around 16 mph
late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (92000 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (89900
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............MISSING.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........46 48 51 47 43 39 44 50 55 56 57 58
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............56 59 62 67 71 76 80 84 87 88 89 88
Dewpoint........M M 53 M M 55 M M 55 M M 55
RH..............83 78 72 63 57 48 42 37 34 33 32 33
20 FT wind dir..SW S S SW SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 3 5 6 6 7 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 5 7 9 12 13 14 15 15 15
Mix hgt (kft)...0.3 0.4 0.7 1.5 2.6 3.8 5.3 6.7 7.7 7.9 7.5 6.4
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW M M W M M W M M W
Transp wind spd.5 6 7 M M 12 M M 14 M M 16
LVORI...........M M M M M M M M M M M M
Vrate kt-ft/1K..1 2 4 11 22 38 57 77 92 104 105 90
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD VGD VGD GD
$$
Forecaster...35
Requested by...Jen Selfridge
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614870.1/ALY
.DELDT 06/03/26
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.EMAIL jennifer.selfridge@parks.ny.gov