FNUS71 KALY 180420 CCA FWSALY SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR MIDDLE SETTLEMENT SEARCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1215 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2009 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 0000 EDT ON JULY 18. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... WET FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH NOONTIME TOMORROW WITH A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE BRINGING PERIODS OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING MAINLY DRY WEATHER SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY...EXCEPT OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN ...NORTH AND WEST OF THE HUDSON RIVER VALLEY WHERE AN ISOLATED SHOWER IS POSSIBLE. RH VALUES WILL REMAIN AT 80 TO 100 PERCENT TONIGHT...AND LOWER TO 50 TO 65 PERCENT SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AN EXCELLENT RECOVERY TO 85 TO 100 PERCENT IS EXPECTED SUNDAY MORNING. WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE SOUTH OR SOUTHEAST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH /LOCALLY HIGHER IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS/. THOSE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY BECOME WEST SOUTHWEST FOR THE START OF THE WEEKEND AT 10 TO 15 MPH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER VALUES IN THE MOHAWK VALLEY AND CAPITAL REGION. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY SATURDAY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE MORNING...DRY IN THE AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY TOMORROW NIGHT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN EVENING SHOWER. TEMPERATURE.....LOW AROUND 63 THIS MORNING. HIGH TODAY 71. LOW SATURDAY NIGHT 51. SURFACE WIND........SOUTHEAST 5 TO 9 MPH BECOMING WEST THIS MORNING...INCREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. WEST WINDS BECOMING LIGHT AT 10 MPH OR LESS SATURDAY NIGHT. CWR.................70 PERCENT THROUGH 8 AM...40 PERCENT FROM 8 AM UNTIL NOON...20 PERCENT NOON THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. $$ FORECASTER...NAS REQUESTED BY...RANGER LUKE EVANS TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20090718.MIDDL.01/ALY