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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Western New York
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
133 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

.DISCUSSION...
A warm front will move across the area tonight, with an area of
showers and a few thunderstorms crossing the area from
southwest to northeast. The showers will exit the eastern Lake
Ontario region Wednesday morning. Dry weather will then prevail
most of the time for the rest of Wednesday, although a few more
showers and thunderstorms are possible later in the afternoon
and evening, especially east of Lake Ontario. Unsettled weather
will then last Thursday through the weekend with a series of low
pressure systems crossing the region.

NYZ201-080800-
Lake Ontario Plains-
133 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

                            Overnight          Wed    Wed Night          Thu
Cloud cover                     Mcldy        Pcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy
Precip chc (%)                     70           50           40           60
Precip type                     Tstms        Tstms      Showers      Showers
Min/Max Temp                       49           72           46           62
AM Wind (mph)                                SW  9                     NE  7
PM Wind (mph)                                 W 14         W  6        NE  9
Precip amount                    0.13         0.14         0.03         0.17
Precip duration                     4            4            1            4
Precip begin                     1 AM   Continuing   Continuing         8 AM
Precip end                 Continuing   Continuing        11 PM   Continuing
Max/Min Humidity (%)              100           40          100           50
Haines Index                        3            3            2            2
LAL                                 4            4            4            2
Mixing height (ft-AGL)             70         8300                      4920
Transport wind (kt)             SE 12         W 26        NW 12         E 13
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                 840       215800            0        63960
Dispersion Index                    1          216            0           64
Remarks...None.

$$

NYZ200-080800-
Southern Tier-
133 AM EDT Wed May 8 2024

                            Overnight          Wed    Wed Night          Thu
Cloud cover                     Mcldy       Mclear        Pcldy        Mcldy
Precip chc (%)                     50           30            0           80
Precip type                     Tstms        Tstms         None        Tstms
Min/Max Temp                       56           75           46           62
AM Wind (mph)                                 W 12                     NE  5
PM Wind (mph)                                 W 17         W  9        NE  8
Precip amount                    0.08         0.02         0.00         0.25
Precip duration                     1            0                         9
Precip begin                     1 AM   Continuing                      8 AM
Precip end                 Continuing         7 AM                Continuing
Max/Min Humidity (%)              100           27           99           56
Haines Index                        3            4            4            3
LAL                                 4            3            2            3
Mixing height (ft-AGL)             70         8900           20         3490
Transport wind (kt)              S 12         W 34         W 14         E 12
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                 840       302600          280        41880
Dispersion Index                    1          303            0           42
Remarks...None.

$$

.EXTENDED FORECAST...

.THURSDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with showers likely. Lows in the mid
40s.
.FRIDAY...Mostly cloudy with showers likely. Highs in the mid
50s.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy. Showers likely. Lows in the lower 40s.
Highs in the upper 50s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs in the upper 50s.
.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the mid
40s. Highs in the mid 60s.
.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. A chance of showers. Lows in the upper
40s. Highs in the mid 60s.

WIND THURSDAY NIGHT...North around 10 mph.
WIND FRIDAY...North around 10 mph.
WIND SATURDAY...South 5 to 10 mph.
WIND SUNDAY...Southwest 5 to 10 mph.
WIND MONDAY...South around 10 mph.
WIND TUESDAY...South around 10 mph.

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

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