FNUS71 KALY 241215 FWSALY SPOT FORECAST FOR FOR HARMON HILL...USFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 815 AM EDT WED APR 24 2013 FORECAST IS BASED ON IGNITION TIME OF 0830 EDT ON APRIL 24. IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. .DISCUSSION... A COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN NEW YORK AND WESTERN NEW ENGLAND THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD IN ON THURSDAY WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PRODUCING SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS. RH VALUES WILL LOWER TO 30 TO 40 PERCENT BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND THEN RISE TO 75 TO 100 PERCENT TONIGHT. THE RH VALUES WILL DROP TO 20-30 PERCENT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BE CALM THIS MORNING. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE FROM THE SOUTH AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 30 MPH BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST OR WEST AT 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT WITH SOME GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MPH RANGE WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE WINDS WILL BE FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 10 TO 15 MPH WITH A FEW LOCATIONS HAVING GUSTS TO 25 MPH ON THURSDAY. A WETTING RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING INTO TONIGHT WITH A QUARTER TO HALF AN INCH OF RAIN EXPECTED. .TODAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (35-45 PERCENT) BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY BY AFTERNOON. MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 68. MIN HUMIDITY........36 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING...BECOMING SOUTH 5 TO 9 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. CWR.................10 PERCENT. .TONIGHT... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLOUDY (75-85 PERCENT) WITH SHOWERS. MIN TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 39. MAX HUMIDITY........82 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........SOUTH WINDS 9 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH...BECOMING WEST 10 TO 12 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. CWR.................20 PERCENT. .THURSDAY... SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY (30-40 PERCENT). MAX TEMPERATURE.....AROUND 59. MIN HUMIDITY........24 PERCENT. WIND (20 FT)........WEST WINDS 6 TO 8 MPH. CWR.................10 PERCENT. $$ FORECASTER...FRUGIS REQUESTED BY...DAVE DISANTO TYPE OF REQUEST...PRESCRIBED .TAG 20130424.HARMO.01/ALY