Area Forecast Discussion
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
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659 FXUS61 KALY 021802 AFDALY AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Albany NY 102 PM EST Sun Nov 2 2025 .SYNOPSIS... High pressure will continue to allow for dry and seasonable weather for tonight. Ahead of an approaching cold front, milder temperatures and breezy conditions are expected for Monday with some showers for later in the day into Monday night. It will turn windy and cooler behind the front for Tuesday with clearing skies. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... As of 102 PM EST...Surface high pressure (around 1026 hpa) is located just south of the region over New Jersey. Visible satellite imagery shows partly sunny to mostly cloudy skies, with plenty of diurnal cu and stratocu over northern areas, especially the high terrain. Winds have been much lighter than the past few days, although a few spots are still seeing gusts around 15 mph or so. With the high pressure area slowly sliding eastward and offshore for tonight, it will remain dry with a mostly clear sky. Winds will remain fairly light and lows will fall into the upper 20s to mid 30s across the region. On Monday, a frontal system will be moving across the Great Lakes. The southerly flow ahead of this system will allow for breezy conditions and milder temperatures. Valley highs will get near 60 degrees, with south to southwest winds gusting up to 25 mph. After a dry and mostly sunny start to the day, clouds will be increasing during the afternoon. POPs will be increasing for the mid afternoon, with likely/categorical POPs for far northern areas for late Monday into Monday evening, as the frontal boundary moves across the area. Moisture is somewhat limited, but some light showers are expected, especially for northern areas. The threat for showers will diminish after midnight, as the front crosses through, with winds will become westerly and remaining breezy for the late night hours, with temps falling into the mid 30s to mid 40s. On Tuesday, clouds will be decreasing early in the day, with a mostly sunny sky by afternoon. Temps will be cooler than Monday, with highs only in the 40s and 50s. The strong pressure gradient and good mixing will allow for a windy day on Tuesday, especially during peak mixing/heating. Latest NBM blend gives gusts in the 25-35 mph range across the region for much of the day. Some max gusts up to 40 mph are expected, especially for the Capital Region and Berkshires, where NBM probabilities for max gusts reaching 40 mph are around 50%-70% (lower probabilities across the remainder of the area). As of right now, the probability for max gusts reaching advisory criteria (46+ mph) is lower, but may need to monitor the Berkshires for this potential. Winds will diminish with the loss of daytime mixing for Tuesday night, with lows back down into the 30s. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... An active pattern is expected for the extended period with a few additional systems moving through the fast northern stream. Another clipper system looks to bring a few more showers, along with more breezy conditions for late Wednesday into Wednesday night. Yet another system is expected for late Friday into Friday night. Both of these systems will have limited moisture, but a line of passing rain showers is expected. Some wet snowflakes could mix in over the Adirondacks but little to no accumulation is expected. Outside of these systems, it will be fairly quiet with a partly cloudy sky. Temps look to stay fairly seasonable through the period, with mainly mid 40s to mid 50s for during the day and 20s and 30s at night. && .AVIATION /18Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Thru 1800 UTC/Mon...High pressure will move south and east of New England this afternoon into tonight, as a warm front approaches from the west overnight. Mainly VFR conditions, for the rest of the afternoon, aside for a brief period of high MVFR stratocumulus around 3 kft AGL at KPSF prior to 21Z/Sun. The skies will become mostly clear with sct-bkn stratocumulus decreasing between 20Z/Sun and 00Z/Mon. Some cirrus will increase overnight between 06Z-12Z/Mon. Expect continued VFR conditions, except at KPOU where some low-level MVFR stratus may form between 12Z-15Z with cigs about 2 kft AGL. A low pressure system will be moving east of the Delmarva Region late tomorrow morning, otherwise clouds will be thickening and lowering. The winds will be variable and direction at 7 KT or less or calm this afternoon, except west to northwest at KPSF around 10 KT with a few gusts 15-20 KT. The winds will be light to calm early tonight, except light southeast winds will increase to 4-8 KT overnight at KALB. South to southeast winds increase 8-12 KT in the late morning into the afternoon with some gusts at KALB to 20 KT or so. Outlook... Monday Night: Moderate Operational Impact. Breezy. Chance of SHRA. Tuesday: Low Operational Impact. Breezy. NO SIG WX. Tuesday Night: No Operational Impact. NO SIG WX. Wednesday: Moderate Operational Impact. Chance of SHRA. Wednesday Night: High Operational Impact. Breezy. Likely SHRA. Thursday: Low Operational Impact. Breezy. NO SIG WX. Thursday Night: No Operational Impact. NO SIG WX. Friday: Low Operational Impact. Breezy. Slight Chance of SHRA. && .ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. MA...None. VT...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...27 SHORT TERM...27 LONG TERM...27 AVIATION...15