FNUS71 KALY 241152
FWSALY

SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR APPLE ORCHARD...USDA FOREST SERVICE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
752 AM EDT TUE AUG 24 2010

FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0930 EDT ON AUGUST 24.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...
OUR REGION WILL REMAIN IN A DAMP AIR MASS TODAY COURTESY OF A CUTOFF
LOW TO OUR SOUTHWEST...AND AN EAST NORTHEAST FETCH OF WIND. WHILE
MUCH OF THE TIME SHOULD BE RAINFREE...SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE AT ANY
TIME...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH AND EAST OF ALBANY. THERE
MIGHT ON THE OTHER HAND...BE A LITTLE SUNSHINE ACROSS THE ADIRONDACKS.
RH VALUES WILL ONCE AGAIN REMAIN QUITE ELEVATED THROUGH THE
DAY...DROPPING ONLY TO THE 70S SOUTH AND EAST OF ALBANY...60S
LOCALLY...AND 50S WELL TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF ALBANY. A NORTH OR
NORTHEAST WIND WILL AVERAGE 5 TO 15 MPH.

RH VALUES WILL REACH CLOSE TO 100 PERCENT TONIGHT WITH MORE LIGHT
SHOWERS AND OR DRIZZLE...AGAIN MAINLY SOUTH OF ALBANY...AS WELL AS
TO THE WEST.

MORE OF THE SAME COME WEDNESDAY...WITH CLOUDS...SCATTERED SHOWERS OR
EVEN A PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN POSSIBLE REGION WIDE. TECHNICALLY NOT
QUITE ENOUGH RAIN WILL FALL TO DECLARE A WET FLAG JUST YET MOST
PLACES UNDER A QUARTER OF AN INCH) BUT CERTAINLY DAMP CONDITIONS.

IT WILL START TO DRY OUR ON THURSDAY AS THE UPPER AIR LOW IS PUSHED
OFFSHORE BY AN ADVANCING COLD FRONT. THIS COLD FRONT COULD TRIGGER
AN ADDITIONAL SHOWER OR EVEN THUNDERSTORM BUT THE CHANCES ARE
SLIGHT. SOME SUNSHINE IS EXPECTED ALONG WITH AN INCREASING BREEZE
FROM THE NORTHWEST.

AT THIS POINT...AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF DRY AND EVENTUALLY WARMER
WEATHER IS FORESEEN FROM FRIDAY ON.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF
                    SHOWERS EARLY IN THE MORNING. PATCHY DRIZZLE IN
                    THE MORNING. SCATTERED SHOWERS IN THE LATE
                    MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........64 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........NORTHEAST WINDS 7 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................40 PERCENT.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (95-100 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....55 TO 60.
MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 8 TO 12 MPH.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.

.WEDNESDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (90-100 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....65 TO 70.
MIN HUMIDITY........84 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........EAST WINDS 7 TO 10 MPH.
CWR.................50 PERCENT.

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FORECASTER...KGM/WASULA
REQUESTED BY...CHRIS SCHOW
TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED
.TAG 20100824.APPLE.01/ALY