FNUS71 KBTV 280055 FWSBTV SPOT FORECAST FOR SARANAC LAKE FLOODING...NYS DEC FOREST RANGERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BURLINGTON VT 855 PM EDT WED APR 27 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 2047 EDT ON APRIL 27. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH SLOWLY INTO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...BUT OVERALL SEVERE THREAT IS MARGINAL AT THIS TIME. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN ONE QUARTER AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE ON THURSDAY...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER TOTALS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOOD CONCERNS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM ON THURSDAY. .THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (80-90 PERCENT). PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. CHANCE OF PCPN......80 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MIN TEMPERATURE.....36-61. MAX HUMIDITY........85-90 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHWEST WINDS 8 TO 23 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING...THEN AGAIN BY LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON ON THURSDAY. TIME (EDT) 1 AM 3 AM 5 AM 7 AM 9 AM 11 AM 1 PM 3 PM 5 PM 7 PM 9 PM 11 SKY (%).............100 100 100 100 100 100 94 92 94 80 79 92 WEATHER COV.........OCNL SCTTRD CHANCE LIKELY LIKELY OCNL OCNL OCNL LIKELY CHANCE CHANCE CH WEATHER TYPE........TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RNSHWR TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM TSTORM RNSHWR RN TEMP................63 62 62 63 66 67 66 64 62 61 56 48 RH..................84 87 90 87 78 73 65 63 62 58 59 68 20 FT WIND..........SW 13 SW 12 S 10 S 13 S 16 SW 20 SW 22 SW 23 SW 23 SW 21 SW 15 SW 20 FT WIND GUST.....25 25 25 30 30 35 30 40 45 45 45 40 CHC OF PCPN (%).....80 50 50 60 60 80 80 80 70 50 40 30 .FRIDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. CHANCE OF PCPN......30 PERCENT. BEGIN/END OF PCPN... MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 49. MIN HUMIDITY........50 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 9 TO 15 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TIME (EDT) 6 AM 8 AM 10 AM NOON 2 PM 4 PM SKY (%).............81 83 95 100 100 100 WEATHER COV.........S CHC CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE CHANCE WEATHER TYPE........RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR RNSHWR TEMP................38 41 46 49 48 47 RH..................85 79 60 50 51 56 20 FT WIND..........SW 9 SW 13 SW 13 SW 14 SW 15 W 13 20 FT WIND GUST.....10 15 20 25 25 25 CHC OF PCPN (%).....20 30 30 30 30 30 $$ FORECASTER...JMG REQUESTED BY...CAPT JOHN STREIFF TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20110427.SARAN.03/BTV