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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Western New York
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
433 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024

.DISCUSSION...
Scattered showers will gradually end from west to east through the
rest of today as weak high pressure briefly builds into the eastern
Great Lakes. A cold front will move east across the area Friday,
bringing another round of gusty showers to the region. There will be
one more round of scattered showers Saturday afternoon, then dry
weather will return for Sunday. The weekend will be quite cool with
a stretch of below average temperatures.

NYZ201-190800-
Lake Ontario Plains-
433 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024

                              Tonight          Fri    Fri Night          Sat
Cloud cover                     Mcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy
Precip chc (%)                     40           90           50           30
Precip type                   Showers      Showers      Showers      Showers
Min/Max Temp                       43           63           38           50
AM Wind (mph)                                SE 10                      W 10
PM Wind (mph)                    S  6         S 15        SW 11         W 14
Precip amount                    0.02         0.16         0.04         0.01
Precip duration                     2            8            2            1
Precip begin                     6 PM         8 AM   Continuing         2 PM
Precip end                       9 PM   Continuing        11 PM         5 PM
Max/Min Humidity (%)              100           52          100           39
Haines Index                        3            3            3            4
LAL                                 1            1            1            1
Mixing height (ft-AGL)             70         4170           70         8540
Transport wind (kt)              S 14        SW 28        SW 26         W 21
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                 980       116760         1820       179340
Dispersion Index                    1          117            2          179
Remarks...None.

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NYZ200-190800-
Southern Tier-
433 PM EDT Thu Apr 18 2024

                              Tonight          Fri    Fri Night          Sat
Cloud cover                     Pcldy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy
Precip chc (%)                      0           80           30            0
Precip type                      None      Showers      Showers         None
Min/Max Temp                       44           62           35           51
AM Wind (mph)                                 S 14                      W 10
PM Wind (mph)                   SW  5        SW 15         W 11         W 16
Precip amount                    0.00         0.11         0.01         0.00
Precip duration                                  6            1
Precip begin                                 10 AM   Continuing
Precip end                              Continuing        10 PM
Max/Min Humidity (%)              100           56           89           33
Haines Index                        4            3            3            4
LAL                                 1            1            1            1
Mixing height (ft-AGL)             70         4260           70         9450
Transport wind (kt)              W  8        SW 22         W 17         W 29
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                 560        93720         1190       274050
Dispersion Index                    1           94            1          274
Remarks...None.

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.EXTENDED FORECAST...

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly sunny. Highs around 50.
.MONDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 30s. Highs in the mid
50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Lows around
40. Highs in the upper 50s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Rain showers likely. Cooler. Lows in
the upper 30s. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower 30s. Highs around 50.

WIND SATURDAY NIGHT...West around 10 mph.
WIND SUNDAY...West around 15 mph.
WIND MONDAY...Southwest around 10 mph.
WIND TUESDAY...South 5 to 10 mph.
WIND WEDNESDAY...West around 10 mph.
WIND THURSDAY...Northwest around 10 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
The 8 to 14 day outlook is temporarily unavailable.

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