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Issued by NWS Albany, NY
Issued by NWS Albany, NY
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Spot Forecast for Sunnyside Rx...USFS
National Weather Service Albany NY
858 AM EDT Mon May 4 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0900 EDT on May 04.
If conditions become unrepresentative...contact the National Weather
Service.
Please contact our office at alb.stormreport@noaa.gov, if you have questions
or concerns with this forecast.
.DISCUSSION...
Temperatures rise quickly today under partly cloudy skies with
afternoon highs around 60. Dew points generally start in the low
30s this morning, slowly increasing to the mid 30s this
afternoon. This will result in minimum RH values this afternoon
dropping to around 40%, with the lowest RH from roughly 2-6 PM. RH
values overnight tonight recover to 60-70%. Southwesterly winds
increase though the morning, peaking at 15-18 mph this afternoon
before dropping off towards sunset this evening back to 6-9 mph.
Wind gusts this afternoon could reach 26-31 mph, also from the
southwest. Gusts drop to around 12-15 mph after sunset. No
precipitation expected today.
A few light showers are possible late tonight or early tomorrow
morning at or near the burn site, but tomorrow will quickly warm
up and dry out afterwards. Winds tomorrow are expected to be even
stronger, with gusts up to 30-40 mph from the southwest. RH
values tomorrow should be slightly higher than today, bottoming
out around 45-50% tomorrow afternoon. Widespread wetting rain then
expected Tuesday night and Wednesday.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny (25-35 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 60.
Min humidity........47 percent.
Dewpoint............33 increasing to 36 late in the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 13 to 18 mph with gusts to
around 31 mph.
Mixing height.......5300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 22 to 31 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (26000 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (117700 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (98300
knot-ft) late in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........23 29 24 26 36 31 23 19 25
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).0 0 0 0 0 10 10 10 10
Temp............47 48 51 54 55 56 57 59 60
Dewpoint........31 31 32 32 33 34 35 36 36
RH..............55 52 48 43 43 43 43 41 41
20 FT wind dir..SW SW SW SW W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..13 14 16 16 18 17 16 16 15
20 FT wind gust.29 29 30 30 31 31 30 29 26
Mix hgt (kft)...1.4 2.8 3.8 4.4 4.3 5.3 5.2 4.9 4.5
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.22 28 29 31 29 31 29 25 25
Vrate kt-ft/1K..26 68 94 118 108 142 129 109 98
Ventrate Cat....PR GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Partly cloudy (30-40 percent).
Chance of pcpn......10 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 50.
Max humidity........74 percent.
Dewpoint............39.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 8 to 14 mph shifting to the
south 8 to 9 mph with gusts to around 21 mph
overnight.
Mixing height.......200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 12 to 18 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Good (37900 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (2400 knot-ft) late in the
night.
Pcpn amount.........0.00 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........20 29 40 23 30 28 32 36 40 36 40 47
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
Chc of pcpn (%).10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
Temp............60 58 54 53 52 52 51 51 51 51 51 51
Dewpoint........37 38 41 41 40 41 41 41 41 40 40 41
RH..............42 46 61 64 63 66 68 68 68 66 66 68
20 FT wind dir..W SW SW SW SW SW SW S S S S S
20 FT wind spd..14 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 9 8
20 FT wind gust.24 22 18 15 16 18 18 20 21 20 20 21
Mix hgt (kft)...2.4 1.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.5
Transp wind dir.W SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.18 17 12 13 13 14 14 14 15 17 16 16
Vrate kt-ft/1K..38 17 3 3 2 3 3 4 5 4 4 6
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
.TUESDAY...
Sky/weather.........Partly sunny (60-70 percent). Chance of rain
showers in the morning, then rain showers
likely and chance of thunderstorms in the
afternoon.
Chance of pcpn......60 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 69.
Min humidity........52 percent.
Dewpoint............43 increasing to 48 early in the morning.
Wind (20 ft)........
Slope/valley.......Southwest winds 8 to 17 mph. Gusts up to 29 mph
increasing to 30 mph late in the afternoon.
Gusty and erratic winds expected near
thunderstorms late in the afternoon.
Mixing height.......4300 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....Southwest 15 to 20 mph increasing to 33 to 36
mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (5500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (97900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon increasing to excellent (82200
knot-ft) in the afternoon.
Pcpn amount.........0.11 inches.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........60 53 51 51 51 50 50 51 59 59 65 76
Weather cov..... SCH CHC CHC CHC SCH SCH SCH CHC CHC CHC LKY
Weather type.... RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW RW
Tstm cov........ CHC CHC CHC CHC
Chc of pcpn (%).10 20 30 30 30 20 20 20 40 40 40 60
Temp............51 52 55 57 60 63 65 67 68 68 68 68
Dewpoint........42 44 47 48 49 49 49 49 50 50 50 50
RH..............71 74 74 72 67 60 56 52 53 53 53 53
20 FT wind dir..S SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
20 FT wind spd..8 8 9 10 12 14 15 15 16 16 16 17
20 FT wind gust.20 20 21 23 25 26 28 29 30 30 30 30
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.0 2.2 2.9 3.2 3.8 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.5 2.8
Transp wind dir.SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.15 17 20 25 28 28 30 32 35 36 35 33
Vrate kt-ft/1K..6 9 17 49 69 78 98 118 129 124 107 82
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR FR GD GD GD VGD VGD VGD VGD GD
$$
Forecaster...35
Requested by...Joshua Shanto
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 2612618.0/ALY
.DELDT 05/04/26
.FormatterVersion 2.0.0
.EMAIL robert.a.goulding@usda.gov,joshua.shanto@usda.gov,keith.sargent@usda.gov