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Spot Forecast for Cherry Plain Fire...NYSDEC Forest Rangers
National Weather Service Albany NY
759 AM EDT Sat Oct 31 2026

Forecast is based on forecast start time of 0800 EDT on October 31.
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...
High pressure will track across the region this weekend with
dry and near seasonable weather. Winds will be much lighter
compared to Friday with north to northwesterly winds 5 to 15 mph
today and southwesterly winds 5 to 10 mph on Sunday. RH values
will lower to 35 to 40 percent this afternoon then 45 to 50
percent on Sunday. RH values recover to 90 to 100 percent each
night. Mainly dry weather continues to begin next week with light
winds and RH values mainly above 50 percent. The next best chance
for some rain will be later next week though there remains high
uncertainty into how much rain occurs.

.REST OF TODAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 47.
Min humidity........38 percent.
Dewpoint............25 decreasing to 23 in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Northwest winds 6 to 9 mph.
Mixing height.......3400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 12 to 16 mph shifting to the west around
                    13 mph late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (6400 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to good (43800 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............5.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........7   3   2   1   2   3   7   3   2   3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............34  36  38  40  42  44  45  47  47  45
Dewpoint........27  27  25  23  23  22  22  23  23  24
RH..............92  85  61  50  46  41  40  38  38  43
20 FT wind dir..NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
20 FT wind spd..7   7   8   9   9   9   8   8   7   6
20 FT wind gust.16  16  16  17  16  16  15  14  14  13
Mix hgt (kft)...0.6 1.6 2.2 2.6 2.8 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 2.4
Transp wind dir.N   N   N   N   N   N   NW  NW  NW  W
Transp wind spd.12  14  16  15  15  15  15  15  15  13
LVORI...........8   6   3   2   2   2   2   2   2   2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6   19  31  34  37  41  43  43  44  26
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  FR  FR  FR  FR  PR

.TONIGHT...

Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 25.
Max humidity........100 percent.
Dewpoint............27.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
                    light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 10 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2000 knot-ft).
LVORI...............6.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1   1   2   1   4   6   7   10  16  16  21  29
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............42  39  34  32  31  30  30  29  28  28  27  26
Dewpoint........25  26  27  28  29  29  29  28  28  28  27  26
RH..............51  59  75  82  88  92  96  100 100 100 100 100
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW
20 FT wind spd..5   6   6   5   5   5   3   3   2   2   2   2
20 FT wind gust.12  12  12  9   8   7   6   5   5   5   5   5
Mix hgt (kft)...0.7 0.5 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   NW  W   W   W   NW  NW  NW  W   W
Transp wind spd.9   9   10  10  9   8   7   6   7   6   6   7
LVORI...........2   3   4   6   6   8   9   10  10  10  10  10
Vrate kt-ft/1K..5   4   4   4   3   3   2   2   2   2   2   3
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

.SUNDAY...

Sky/weather.........Sunny (10-20 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 53.
Min humidity........50 percent.
Dewpoint............25 increasing to 33 in the late morning and
                    afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
 Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 6 mph in the
                    late morning and afternoon, then becoming light
                    late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......2200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 6 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2100 knot-ft) early in the morning
                    increasing to fair (20600 knot-ft) in the
                    afternoon.
LVORI...............6.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.

TIME (EDT)      6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........26  24  25  17  23  23  17  11  7   5   2   4
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0
Temp............26  25  24  33  40  44  47  51  52  53  53  51
Dewpoint........26  25  24  32  34  35  35  35  35  35  35  35
RH..............100 100 100 100 79  68  60  54  52  50  50  54
20 FT wind dir..W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   W   SW
20 FT wind spd..1   1   2   2   5   5   6   6   6   6   5   3
20 FT wind gust.5   5   6   7   9   12  13  13  13  10  9   8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.5 0.9 1.4 1.7 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 1.6 0.6
Transp wind dir.W   NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  NW  W
Transp wind spd.6   6   7   8   12  12  12  12  10  10  7   6
LVORI...........10  10  10  10  4   4   3   2   2   2   2   2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2   2   3   6   14  17  20  21  19  20  10  3
Ventrate Cat....PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR  PR

$$
Forecaster...7
Requested by...Nathan Laymon
Type of request...WILDFIRE
.TAG 2624832.2/ALY
.DELDT 10/31/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL robert.stratton@dec.ny.gov,steven.jackson@dec.ny.gov,raybrook.dispatch@dec.ny.gov,Nathaniel.Laymon@dec.ny.gov