FNUS71 KALY 251420 FWSALY SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR SHELVING ROCK...NYS DEC FOREST RANGERS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 1020 AM EDT MON JUL 25 2011 FORECAST IS BASED ON INCIDENT TIME OF 1011 EDT ON JULY 25. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING FROM THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION TODAY. THE OCCLUDED FRONT TO THE LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ENDING...WHILE AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING MORE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE IN DURING THE MID WEEK WITH DRIER WEATHER. RH VALUES WILL REMAIN HIGH TODAY IN THE 50 TO 75 PERCENT RANGE IN THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THEY WILL INCREASE TO ABOUT 100 PERCENT TUESDAY MORNING...AND LOWER TO 40 TO 55 PERCENT IN THE AFTERNOON. THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MPH THIS AFTERNOON...BEFORE SHIFTING TO THE WEST SOUTHWEST OVERNIGHT AT 5 TO 10 MPH. THE WINDS ON TUESDAY WILL BE FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH. WET FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........BECOMING CLOUDY (85-95 PERCENT). A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 78. MIN HUMIDITY........59 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 8 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. CWR.................70 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (65-75 PERCENT). SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE EVENING...THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 60. MAX HUMIDITY........100 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS...BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 5 MPH IN THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING...THEN BECOMING LIGHT LATE. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS EXPECTED NEAR THUNDERSTORMS UNTIL EARLY MORNING. CWR.................10 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...FRUGIS REQUESTED BY...FR J LACZKO TYPE OF REQUEST...SAR .TAG 20110725.SHELV.01/ALY