Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
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FNUS71 KALY 030926
FWSALY
Spot Forecast for APB GANDALF RX FIRE...Albany Pine Bush
National Weather Service Albany NY
526 AM EDT Wed Jun 3 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0600 EDT on June 03.
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...
Afternoon minimum RH values today, tomorrow, and Friday look to
range between 25 and 35 percent with RH values recovering in the early
morning hours to between 70 and 90 percent. Winds will remain
below critical thresholds, minimizing fire spread potential.
Chances for more widespread showers and potential thunderstorms
arrives Saturday afternoon through Sunday.
.TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny (0-10 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........30 percent.
Dewpoint............46 increasing to 48 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming northwest 5 to 6 mph late
in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7600 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Northwest 5 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1700 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (72500 knot-ft) 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 (%).........7 2 1 0 2 2 3 2 4 2 2 3
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............48 50 55 62 67 72 75 78 81 82 82 83
Dewpoint........44 45 47 48 49 48 48 47 47 48 49 50
RH..............86 83 74 60 52 43 38 34 30 31 32 32
20 FT wind dir..NW W NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW NW W
20 FT wind spd..1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 6
20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 5 5 6 6 7 8 8 8 8
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 1.1 1.6 2.5 4.0 6.4 7.3 7.6 7.5 7.3 6.5
Transp wind dir.W NW NW NW NW NW N N NW NW NW NW
Transp wind spd.6 5 7 8 8 10 12 12 10 9 9 10
LVORI...........6 6 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 6 11 18 36 64 73 69 60 59 59
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR GD GD GD FR FR FR
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear (5-15 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 55.
Max humidity........72 percent.
Dewpoint............52 decreasing to 47 overnight.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......West winds 5 to 6 mph in the evening becoming
light.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (49400 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1500 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 (%).........2 4 5 8 13 5 5 9 2 6 5 5
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............82 81 77 71 68 66 64 62 59 58 56 55
Dewpoint........51 52 54 53 51 50 49 48 48 48 47 46
RH..............34 37 45 53 55 56 58 60 67 69 72 72
20 FT wind dir..W W W W W W W W SW SW S S
20 FT wind spd..6 6 6 5 5 3 3 2 2 2 1 1
20 FT wind gust.9 10 10 9 8 7 6 5 3 3 3 3
Mix hgt (kft)...4.9 2.3 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.12 12 12 10 10 10 9 7 6 6 6 5
LVORI...........2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..49 23 7 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2
Ventrate Cat....FR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (20-30 percent).
Chance of pcpn......0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 86.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Dewpoint............49 increasing to 51 late in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Light winds becoming west 5 to 9 mph late in
the morning.
Mixing height.......5100 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 6 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 17 mph
late in the afternoon.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (2100 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (72100 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 (%).........4 7 10 9 27 42 42 38 37 30 47 41
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............56 58 61 68 71 77 81 83 84 86 86 86
Dewpoint........47 48 50 50 51 52 52 51 50 50 50 51
RH..............72 69 67 53 49 42 37 33 31 29 29 30
20 FT wind dir..S W W W W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 10
20 FT wind gust.3 3 3 3 6 7 9 10 13 15 16 16
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.1 1.7 2.4 3.6 4.3 4.8 5.1 5.1 4.5 3.8
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.6 6 9 9 10 12 14 15 15 16 16 17
LVORI...........4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 3 9 13 22 36 52 63 66 72 63 56
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD GD FR
$$
Forecaster...31
Requested by...Tyler Briggs
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2614881.0/ALY
.DELDT 06/03/26
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.EMAIL tbriggs@albanypinebush.org