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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Western New York
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
1004 PM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

.DISCUSSION...
A cold front will cross the eastern Great Lakes through the first
half of tonight with showers and scattered thunderstorms producing
widespread, beneficial rain. The widespread rain will end from west
to east overnight, but a few widely scattered lake effect rain
showers will continue through Friday southeast of the Lakes. The
coolest airmass since mid June will arrive Friday with temperatures
well below average. Mainly dry weather and a warming trend will then
arrive for the Labor Day weekend.

NYZ201-290800-
Lake Ontario Plains-
1004 PM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

                              Tonight          Fri    Fri Night          Sat
Cloud Cover                    Cloudy        Mcldy        Pcldy       Mclear
Precip Type                     Tstms         None         None         None
Chance Precip (%)                  80            0            0            0
Chance of Thunder (%)              50            0            0            0
Min/Max Temp                       49           64           43           70
Max/Min Humidity (%)              100           48          100           42
AM Wind (mph)                                NW  6                   Lgt/Var
PM Wind (mph)                   SW  7        NW  8         W  5         W  7
Precip Amount                    0.36         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip Duration                    10
Precip Begin                     6 PM
Precip End                       6 AM
Mixing Height (ft-agl)                        5650                      7130
Transport Wind (kts)             W 10         W 12        NW  8        NW 14
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                   0        67800            0        99820
Dispersion Index                    0           68            0          100
Remarks...None.

$$

NYZ200-290800-
Southern Tier-
1004 PM EDT Thu Aug 28 2025

                              Tonight          Fri    Fri Night          Sat
Cloud Cover                     Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy       Mclear
Precip Type                     Tstms         None         None         None
Chance Precip (%)                  90            0            0            0
Chance of Thunder (%)              20            0            0            0
Min/Max Temp                       48           63           41           67
Max/Min Humidity (%)              100           42          100           36
AM Wind (mph)                                NW  6                   Lgt/Var
PM Wind (mph)                   SW  7        NW  8      Lgt/Var        NW  6
Precip Amount                    0.24         0.00         0.00         0.00
Precip Duration                     8
Precip Begin                     6 PM
Precip End                       6 AM
Mixing Height (ft-agl)                        6660                      7230
Transport Wind (kts)            SW 11        NW 13        NW  8        NW 11
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                   0        86580            0        79530
Dispersion Index                    0           87            0           80
Remarks...None.

$$

.EXTENDED FORECAST...

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 40s.
.SUNDAY...Sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 50s. Highs in the mid
70s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid
70s.
.WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the mid 50s. Highs in the mid
70s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
50s. Highs in the lower 70s.

WIND SATURDAY NIGHT...Light winds.
WIND SUNDAY...North around 5 mph.
WIND MONDAY...Light winds.
WIND TUESDAY...Light winds.
WIND WEDNESDAY...Southeast around 5 mph.
WIND THURSDAY...Southeast 5 to 10 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures below normal.  Precipitation above normal.

$$