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FXUS61 KALY 032308
AFDALY

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Albany NY
708 PM EDT Wed Jun 3 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
No significant changes to the forecast.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
1) While temperatures will continue to trend warmer through the
end of the week, impactful heat is not expected as humidity
levels remain low.

2) Showers and thunderstorms expected this weekend as a cold
front moves across the area. There is chance for heavy
downpours along with some possible stronger storms, although
confidence is low.

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.DISCUSSION...
KEY MESSAGE 1...

An anomalous upper level ridge will remain in place across the
SE CONUS and mid Atlantic region, extending into the Northeast
through the rest of the work week. The air mass will continue to
warm slightly each day, with mostly sunny skies expected. Highs
will range from the mid 80s to around 90F in valleys on Thu and
upper 80s to lower 90s on Fri. Despite this significant warmup,
with low humidity levels (dewpoints in the 40s/50s), heat index
values will be near or even below actual temperatures. So no
heat advisories are anticipated during this stretch. The ridge
will flatten out Fri night into Sat as a cold front approaches
bringing cooler temperatures to the Adirondacks and Mohawk
Valley, although it will still be rather warm Sat (85-90F) from
the Capital District south to the mid Hudson Valley. While
dewpoints are expected to rise into the upper 50s to lower 60s,
heat index values will remain below 95F in these areas. Cooler,
more seasonable temperatures in store for Sunday into Monday.

KEY MESSAGE 2...

After several days of dry weather, showers and some
thunderstorms will become likely Sat into Sun as a cold front
approaching from the north/west gradually moves across the
region. There could be some strong to severe storms Sat due to
increasing deep layer shear with the upper ridge flattening out,
however the main question is the magnitude of instability with
increasing clouds especially across northern areas. There will
be an increase in low level moisture which should result in some
CAPE, but may be limited. Will continue to monitor trends,
since if the front slows down this would result in more
instability and better potential for some severe storms Sat P.M.
Moisture also increases, with PWAT anomalies rising to +1 to +2
STDEV Sat, so some downpours may occur with any convection. Due
to dry antecedent conditions, no hydro impacts are expected
with just some local ponding of water in urban and low lying
areas. The upper trough axis is forecast to move south of the
area with a drying trend by Mon.

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.AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
Through 00z Friday...VFR conditions at all terminals as of 7:10 PM
EDT, with mainly VFR conditions expected through the TAF period. At
GFL, there is a chance for some patchy fog/mist for a few hours
around sunrise with IFR or lower vsbys, so have added this in a
tempo group with this TAF issuance. Any fog here dissipates by
10- 11z. Otherwise, just FEW to SCT high clouds with prevailing
VFR conditions through at least the next 24 hrs. Light and
variable winds tonight will increase to around 5 kt tomorrow
morning from the W/SW, and then to 5-10 kt from the west
tomorrow afternoon with a few guts 15-20 kt possible at ALB/PSF .

Outlook...

Thursday Night: No Operational Impact. NO SIG WX.
Friday: No Operational Impact. NO SIG WX.
Friday Night: No Operational Impact. NO SIG WX.
Saturday: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA...TSRA.
Saturday Night: High Operational Impact. Likely SHRA...TSRA.
Sunday: High Operational Impact. Definite SHRA...TSRA.
Sunday Night: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA.
Monday: No Operational Impact. NO SIG WX.

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.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...None.
NY...None.
MA...None.
VT...None.

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DISCUSSION...07
AVIATION...35