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Issued by NWS Binghamton, NY
Issued by NWS Binghamton, NY
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626 FXUS61 KBGM 121657 AFDBGM Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Binghamton NY 1257 PM EDT Sat Jul 12 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front sweeps through the area late Sunday with some showers and thunderstorms ahead of it. A brief break with a quick moving high pressure system Tuesday. However,a broad trough of low pressure renews the heat and thunderstorm chances through Friday. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... Another hot and humid day in progress across the region. Typical pop up thunderstorms should continue to occur through the evening hours with some instability in place. As of early afternoon, what thunderstorms we do have are fairly slow moving due to little flow and shear.With the loss of daytime heating the coverage should decrease after the evening hours. Modeling is bringing a marine layer northwest into portions of the region overnight with some slight onshore flow increasing the low clouds with some fog formation possible as well. Another muggy night too as a result with lows near 70. A cold front is still expected to sweep through the region Sunday afternoon and night. Modest instability looks to be in place along with lift near the front for several rounds of showers and thunderstorms to develop and move through the region. PW values indicate a very moist environment, pushing 2 inches with tall skinny CAPE profiles. Added heavy rain wording to the forecast with this forecast package as localized urban and flash flooding is possible due to rainfall rates. In terms of any strong to severe storms, A bit of dry air initially in the mid-levels may promote a few downbursts of wind but the severe threat looks secondary at this time. Highs should get well into 80`s with exact values dependent on the exact time of any thunderstorm. Another muggy night Sunday night as the front slowly shifts east. && .SHORT TERM /MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... Ensemble guidance indicates fairly slow movement of the front Monday. As a result, shower and thunderstorm chances are still pretty high Monday east of I-81. Similar to Sunday, heavy downpours with localized flooding looks to be the main threat. Temperatures look to a few degrees cooler Monday with more clouds and the residual rain chances. A brief break Tuesday but heat and humidity will already start building again. Heat index values may flirt near 95 for valley locations in NY Tuesday. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... Currently, heat index values do look to reach 95 Wednesday and Thursday in NY with values from 95-100 Wednesday in spots. This takes into account typical bias of our NBM guidance being too high with afternoon dewpoints. Modeled 925 mb temperatures do suggest highs get close to 90 for valley locations each day Tuesday through Thursday. Some slight relief by Friday with the next cold frontal passage and thunderstorm chances. Saturday then would be slightly cooler and drier if current timing holds up. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Mainly VFR through the evening. Have a mention at most locations for VFR showers from 20-00Z today/tonight as some brief pop up showers should develop. Coverage and movement of these is still somewhat uncertain. It can not be ruled out that one or two of these develops into a thunderstorm as well. MVFR to IFR marine layer should build into KAVP and KBGM overnight and perhaps KRME. KELM looks far enough west to where fog is the bigger concern. Outlook... Sunday afternoon into Monday... Restrictions likely, mainly Sunday afternoon and evening from thunderstorms. Tuesday through Wednesday night... Mainly VFR conditions with high pressure in control. A brief thunderstorm with restrictions can not be ruled out Wednesday afternoon. Thursday... Afternoon and evening restrictions likely with thunderstorms. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. NY...Heat Advisory until 7 PM EDT this evening for NYZ015>018- 022>025-036-037-055-056. && $$ SYNOPSIS...MWG NEAR TERM...MWG SHORT TERM...MWG LONG TERM...MWG AVIATION...MWG