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Spot Forecast for Smith Farm/Big Bend Rx - Solidago...NYS OPRHP
National Weather Service Albany NY
510 AM EDT Thu Jun 4 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...

Minimum afternoon RH values today and tomorrow range 25-35% but
wind gusts mainly under 20 mph should limit the potential for
fire spread. Probabilities for more widespread showers and some
thunderstorms increase this weekend as a cold front gradually
moves south across the area.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (15-25 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........27 percent.
Dewpoint............52 decreasing to 49 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph early
                    in the afternoon, then shifting to the west
                    around 6 mph late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......6800 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (8700 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (68500 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........6   10  14  26  38  36  30  24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............72  76  79  83  85  86  86  85
Dewpoint........54  54  53  51  49  48  49  50
RH..............53  46  41  33  29  27  28  30
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   W   W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..3   3   5   5   6   7   7   7
20 FT wind gust.6   8   9   10  12  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...1.7 3.0 5.3 6.3 6.8 6.6 6.1 5.6
Transp wind dir.SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.6   8   9   10  12  12  13  14
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..9   21  43  56  69  66  68  67
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  GD  GD

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent) then becoming
                    mostly cloudy (45-55 percent) then becoming
                    partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Dewpoint............51.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 6 mph early in the evening
                    becoming light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (26700 knot-ft) early in the evening
                    decreasing to poor (1600 knot-ft) late in the
                    night.
LVORI...............4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........36  21  24  23  30  37  31  31  34  46  52  36
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............84  81  76  72  68  65  63  61  58  57  57  55
Dewpoint........51  53  53  53  52  50  50  50  50  50  50  49
RH..............32  38  45  51  57  58  62  67  75  77  77  80
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   SW  SW  S   S   N   N   N
20 FT wind spd..6   5   3   2   2   1   1   1   1   0   0   0
20 FT wind gust.12  9   8   7   5   5   3   2   2   2   2   2
Mix hgt (kft)...2.7 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4 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   W   SW  SW  SW
Transp wind spd.12  9   9   8   8   7   7   6   5   5   5   5
LVORI...........2   2   2   2   3   3   3   4   4   4   4   6
Vrate kt-ft/1K..27  6   4   3   3   3   3   2   2   2   2   2
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.FRIDAY...

Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (35-45 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 91.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Dewpoint............52 increasing to 55 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming southwest 5 to 6 mph in
                    the afternoon.
Mixing height.......8400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 5 to 8 mph shifting to the west 9 to
                    15 mph in the late morning and afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to excellent (92900 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon increasing to excellent (88800
                    knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
LVORI...............4.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........36  46  49  35  26  37  38  33  46  35  31  30
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............56  58  62  69  73  77  81  86  88  89  90  89
Dewpoint........50  52  53  54  55  56  56  56  55  54  54  54
RH..............80  80  72  59  53  48  42  36  33  31  30  31
20 FT wind dir..S   S   S   S   S   SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W
20 FT wind spd..1   1   1   1   2   3   5   5   6   6   7   7
20 FT wind gust.3   3   3   5   7   8   10  12  12  13  13  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.4 2.4 4.3 5.8 6.9 7.7 8.4 7.4 6.8
Transp wind dir.SW  SW  SW  W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W
Transp wind spd.5   5   6   8   9   12  12  13  14  14  15  15
LVORI...........6   6   4   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   1   3   10  19  43  58  76  93  101 96  89
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  GD  GD  VGD GD  GD

$$
Forecaster...31
Requested by...Jen Selfridge
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614870.2/ALY
.DELDT 06/04/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL jennifer.selfridge@parks.ny.gov