Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
701
FNUS71 KALY 050924
FWSALY
Spot Forecast for APB AARDVARK...Albany Pine Bush
National Weather Service Albany NY
524 AM EDT Fri Jun 5 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EDT on June 05.
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 drop to 25 to 35 percent with
generally light westerly winds. RH values recover tonight to 70 to
90 percent with chances for showers and thunderstorms increasing
from northwest to southeast on Saturday. RH values stay elevated
on Saturday thanks to increased humidity and precipitation ranging
40 to 70 percent. Westerly winds turn a bit breezy on Saturday
with gusts up to 20 to 25 mph.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........28 percent.
Dewpoint............50.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 7 mph late in
the morning.
Mixing height.......7000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 14 mph increasing to around 15 mph in
the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (90800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........43 47 27 26 19 34 36 46 44 43 39 29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............58 60 64 70 75 80 83 86 87 87 88 88
Dewpoint........48 49 50 50 51 51 51 51 51 51 51 52
RH..............69 67 60 49 43 36 33 30 29 29 28 29
20 FT wind dir..S S S SW W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 8 8 8
20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 5 6 8 10 13 14 13 13 13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 1.0 1.6 2.7 5.1 6.2 6.9 7.0 6.8 6.7 6.3
Transp wind dir.SW SW W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.5 5 6 6 8 13 14 15 15 15 15 15
LVORI...........4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 5 8 19 56 74 89 91 88 87 82
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD GD GD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (35-45 percent) then becoming
mostly cloudy (50-60 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 64.
Max humidity........73 percent.
Dewpoint............53 increasing to 56 in the late evening and
overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Northwest winds around 6 mph early in the
evening becoming light.
Mixing height.......300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 14 mph shifting to the south 5 to 6
mph in the late evening and overnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Excellent (64900 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1400 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............3.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........38 44 40 35 36 32 49 60 59 56 56 54
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............88 85 81 77 74 71 69 67 66 65 65 65
Dewpoint........53 54 54 58 58 58 57 57 56 56 56 55
RH..............30 35 39 52 57 64 66 70 70 73 73 70
20 FT wind dir..NW NW NW NW S S S S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..6 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3
20 FT wind gust.8 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 5 6
Mix hgt (kft)...5.4 2.2 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W W NW W S S S S S S S S
Transp wind spd.14 9 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 5
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..65 18 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2
Ventrate Cat....GD PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.SATURDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (65-75 percent). Scattered showers
early in the afternoon. Numerous showers and
scattered thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......70 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Dewpoint............57 increasing to 61 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the
morning, then shifting to the west around 8 mph
in the afternoon. Gusty and erratic winds
expected near thunderstorms late in the
afternoon.
Mixing height.......5000 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 7 to 15 mph shifting to the west 14
to 21 mph in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (89300 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
Pcpn amount.........0.04 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........52 54 49 74 78 78 78 86 84 76 76 81
Weather cov..... SCT SCT NUM NUM NUM NUM
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ SCT SCT SCT SCT
Chc of pcpn (%).10 10 10 10 10 10 30 50 70 60 60 60
Temp............64 68 70 73 75 78 80 81 81 81 80 79
Dewpoint........55 56 59 60 60 61 61 62 62 62 62 62
RH..............73 65 68 64 60 56 52 53 53 53 54 56
20 FT wind dir..S S S S S S SW SW W W W W
20 FT wind spd..3 5 5 5 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 9
20 FT wind gust.7 8 8 9 12 14 16 17 17 17 17 17
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.5 0.8 1.4 2.2 3.6 4.5 4.7 5.0 1.3 1.3 3.0
Transp wind dir.S S S SW SW SW W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.7 7 10 13 14 15 17 18 21 14 14 17
LVORI...........4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3
Vrate kt-ft/1K..3 3 7 16 26 47 67 75 89 16 16 46
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD PR PR FR
$$
Forecaster...31
Requested by...Tyler Briggs
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.DELDT 06/05/26
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.EMAIL tbriggs@albanypinebush.org