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668 FXUS61 KALY 081754 AFDALY AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Albany NY 154 PM EDT Tue Jul 8 2025 .SYNOPSIS...
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.With a frontal boundary near the region, showers and thunderstorms are expected into tonight, especially for southern areas. Any thunderstorm will be capable of producing gusty winds and heavy downpours. While a few showers are possible again on Wednesday, there will be a better chance on Thursday, as the frontal boundary lifts back northward towards the area.
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&& .SHORT TERM /THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/...
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Key Messages: - Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms for areas south and east of the Capital District today with the primary threat being strong to locally damaging wind gusts. - All showers and thunderstorms will have the capability of producing locally heavy downpours which could lead to localized ponding of water in poor drainage areas. - Heat Advisory in effect for portions of the Mid Hudson Valley with PM heat indices of around 95-100 degrees. Discussion: 06z surface analysis showed a cold front stretching from central Ohio northeast across much of New York state into central Maine. This front has slowly been tracking south across the region over the last 24 hours, as has lead to development of showers and thunderstorms along and ahead of it through the daytime yesterday. More of the same can be expected today, as the front continues its slow movement south. The cold front should be located across the southernmost CWA by early afternoon, and will serve as the focus point for additional shower/storm development again this afternoon and evening. Like yesterday, there is a low threat of storms becoming severe thanks to the very warm and humid air mass increasing instability and water loading favorable for downdrafts/damaging winds. While the greatest severe threat will remain further south into the Mid Atlantic, the Storm Prediction Center does maintain a Level 1 (marginal) risk for much of the Mid Hudson Valley into northwest Connecticut and western Massachusetts. That being said, remain in line with previous thinking that the heavy rainfall threat is greater given high PWATs and additional moisture from the remnants of Chantal interacting with the slow moving front. WPC maintains a Level 2 (slight) risk of excessive rainfall across the Mid Hudson Valley into northwest Connecticut, where a Flood Watch has been coordinated with surrounding offices due to the threat of subsequent urban and poor drainage flooding from the heavy rain. Despite the cloud cover, it will be quite warm and humid once again today, especially nearer to the front across the Mid Hudson Valley and northwest Connecticut where moisture will pool leading to higher dewpoints. Have coordinated a heat advisory for these locations as peak heat indices climb to around 95-100 degrees this afternoon/early evening. Even though the front will sag south of the area, our weather will remain active for the reminder of the short term period as we remain locked in near zonal to southwest flow aloft, which will be filled with several weak shortwaves and disturbances. The next highest chance for widespread precip will come Thursday with a shortwave passing just to our north with a renewed surge of moisture into the area. Highs will range from the mid 70s (terrain) to upper 80s/near 90 (valleys) today and Wednesday, with slight improvement to the mid 70s (terrain) to low 80s (valleys) Thursday. Lows over the period will also gradually decrease to the upper 50s to upper 60s by Thursday night.
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&& .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Key Message: - Active weather persists into early next week with oppressive heat remaining at bay. Discussion: While each day will not be a washout by any means (it will be more dry than wet), daily chances of showers and thunderstorms are expected to persist into this weekend and early next week as we remain in a shortwave filled southwest to zonal flow pattern aloft. Our best shot at a precip-free day looks to be Saturday as ridging briefly builds into the area before getting shunted back south Sunday. Thankfully, the oppressive heat will remain at bay with daily highs in the 70s/80s and overnight lows in the 50s/60s, though it will feel muggy at times with dewpoints in the 60s/low 70s. && .AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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Through 18z Wednesday...VFR conditions prevail across all terminals this afternoon with mostly dry weather present across eastern New York and western New England. In fact, for KALB, it should remain dry throughout the entirety of the 18z cycle with the threat for showers and thunderstorms associated with a cold frontal boundary displaced well to the south and the threat for some light showers in association with an upper level disturbance displaced to the north. That does mean, however that showers are possible for KGFL, KPOU, and possibly KPSF. A brief period of light showers looks probable at KGFL this evening between 22-02z, but other than ceilings lowering into MVFR thresholds, little impact is expected. The same goes for KPSF where light showers are possible between 05-08z. However, there is more confidence in the precipitation at KGFL than at KPSF so a TEMPO was added there and a PROB30 at KPSF. KPOU has the greatest likelihood of showers with embedded heavy downpours this evening with the aforementioned frontal boundary nearby. Though there is some uncertainty in this element of the forecast due to model differences in shower depiction, moderate confidence exists that between 02 to 04z, moderate rain could impact the terminal. This would likely force MVFR ceilings and visibility during this TEMPO period. Upon the conclusion of precipitation this evening and tonight, conditions gradually return to VFR by the end of the 18z period. Winds will remain northerly to northeasterly throughout this cycle with sustained speeds generally falling below 10 kt with occasional gusts up to 20 kt this afternoon especially at KALB. Outlook... Wednesday Night: Low Operational Impact. Slight Chance of SHRA. Thursday: High Operational Impact. Likely SHRA...TSRA. Thursday Night: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA...TSRA. Friday: Low Operational Impact. Slight Chance of SHRA...TSRA. Friday Night: No Operational Impact. NO SIG WX. Saturday: Low Operational Impact. Slight Chance of SHRA...TSRA. Saturday Night: Low Operational Impact. Slight Chance of SHRA. Sunday: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA...TSRA.
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&& .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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CT...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for CTZ001-013. Flood Watch through late tonight for CTZ001-013. NY...Heat Advisory until 8 PM EDT this evening for NYZ064>066. Flood Watch through late tonight for NYZ065-066. MA...None. VT...None.
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&& $$ SYNOPSIS...Frugis SHORT TERM...Speck LONG TERM...Gant/Speck AVIATION...Gant