Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Albany, NY

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1127 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005

.SHORT TERM (TODAY)...QUICK UPDATE TO REMOVE MORNING
WORDING...REFINE THUNDERSTORMS AS PER SPC DISCUSSION. NO OTHER
CHANGES MADE.
&&

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION BELOW.

.SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...A COLD FRONT OVER WESTERN NEW
YORK WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.  LATEST KENX RADAR
SHOWING RAIN SHOWERS SCATTERED ACROSS THE CWA AT THIS TIME.  THERE
WAS DECENT CELLS ON THE RADAR EARLIER THIS MORNING.  KALY PICKED UP
55 HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH WITH THE INITIAL CELLS THAT MOVED THROUGH.
MODELS ARE CONTINUING TO CONVERGE WITH THE SHORT TERM FORECAST.  THE
GFS AND NAM HAVE BACKED OFF WITH THE QPF VALUES FOR THIS
MORNING/AFTERNOON.  OVERALL 24 HOURS FLOOD GUIDANCE IS AROUND 6 TO 7
INCHES...SO WE ARE NOT ANTICIPATING ANY MAJOR FLOOD PROBLEMS TODAY.
THE ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD BE ANY DOWNPOURS IN THUNDERSTORMS THAT
OCCUR IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE
OUT OF THE REGION THIS EVENING.  COOLER AND DRIER AIR WILL WORK ITS
WAY INTO THE CWA AND WE SHOULD HAVE A DECENT DRYING PERIOD BETWEEN
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY.

MODELS ARE NOW CONVERGING TO AN UNSETTLED START TO THE WEEKEND.
WITH THE COMBINATION OF A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE OHIO VALLEY LATE FRIDAY INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND AND
THE REMNANTS OF OPHELIA.  MODELS ARE GENERATING DECENT QPF AMOUNTS
FOR LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE KEY FACTOR WILL BE HOW FAR WEST
OPHELIA TRACKS AS IT CONTINUES ITS PROGRESSION NORTHWARD.  AT THIS
TIME...HAVE ALTERED THE GRID/FORECAST PACKAGE TO INCREASE
PROBABILITY OF PRECIPITATION FOR LATE FRIDAY AND MUCH OF SATURDAY.

.LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...THERE STILL MAY BE SOME WRAP
AROUND MOISTURE WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM EARLY SUNDAY.  BY
SUNDAY EVENING...DRIER AIR SHOULD START TO TAKE HOLD AS THE LOW
CONTINUES TO MOVE OFF THE MAINE COAST AND HIGH PRESSURE STARTS TO
BUILD IN.  HIGH PRESSURE WILL TAKE HOLD DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. BY
TUESDAY A UPPER LEVEL TROUGH/UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL DROP DOWN ACROSS
THE NORTHEAST. THIS WILL BRING COOLER AIR AND THE THREAT OF MORE
RAIN.   HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK IN FOR WEDNESDAY...BRINING DRIER
AND SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES.

.AVIATION...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST
TILL AROUND NOON. A COLD FRONT WILL BE JUST WEST OF THE REGION AT
800 AM THIS MORNING. IT WILL CROSS INTO WESTERN NEW ENGLAND AND
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND BE NEAR BOSTON AND NEW
YORK CITY AROUND 800 PM. EXPECT MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS IN
PRECIPITATION AND AREAS OF FOG THIS MORNING. THERE WILL MVFR CIGS
THIS AFTERNOON BUT IMPROVEMENT TO VFR IS EXPECTED LATER IN THE DAY.
&&

.HYDROLOGY...WITH THE LACK OF RAINFALL THIS MONTH...RIVERS...STREAMS
AND RESERVOIRS ARE VERY LOW.  FFG VALUES FOR 1 HR ARE AROUND 2 TO 3
INCHES...3 HR RATES ARE 3 TO 4 INCHES...6 HR ARE AROUND 4 INCHES AND
24 HOURS ARE 6 TO 7 INCHES.  THE RAIN WE RECEIVE TODAY SHOULD NOT BE
ENOUGH TO CAUSE ANY MAJOR FLOOD PROBLEMS...THE ONLY EXCEPTION WOULD
BE A BRIEF DOWNPOUR FROM A THUNDERSTORM THAT COULD CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOOD PROBLEMS IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.  QPF VALUES WITH THE PRECIP
IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT SHOULD BE LESS THAN AN INCH...WITH A FEW
LOCALLY HIGHER QPF AMOUNTS. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS
THE OHIO VALLEY ON FRIDAY.  BY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND...THIS
SYSTEM WILL BRING A DECENT SHOT OF RAIN TO THE REGION.

.FIRE WEATHER...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AHEAD OF
THIS FRONT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE LIKELY WITH A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER
ALSO POSSIBLE.  WINDS TODAY WILL BE OUT OF THE SOUTH EARLY THIS
MORNING...BUT AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION...THE WIND
WILL SHIFT TO THE  WEST/NORTHWEST 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR IN MOST
LOCATIONS LATER THIS AFTERNOON.  THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE
HIGH...AND THE AIR WILL STAY SATURATED WITH SHOWERS IN THE REGION
EARLY TODAY.  AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL LOWER TO NEAR 60 DURING
THE EVENING.

.ALY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
MA...NONE.
NY...NONE.
VT...NONE.

&&

HELLER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
342 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005

CTZ001-013-MAZ001-025-NYZ032-033-038>043-047>054-058>061-063>066-
082>084-VTZ013>015-161200-
NORTHERN LITCHFIELD-SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD-NORTHERN BERKSHIRE-
SOUTHERN BERKSHIRE-NORTHERN HERKIMER-HAMILTON-SOUTHERN HERKIMER-
SOUTHERN FULTON-MONTGOMERY-NORTHERN SARATOGA-NORTHERN WARREN-
NORTHERN WASHINGTON-SCHOHARIE-WESTERN SCHENECTADY-
EASTERN SCHENECTADY-SOUTHERN SARATOGA-WESTERN ALBANY-
EASTERN ALBANY-WESTERN RENSSELAER-EASTERN RENSSELAER-
WESTERN GREENE-EASTERN GREENE-WESTERN COLUMBIA-EASTERN COLUMBIA-
WESTERN ULSTER-EASTERN ULSTER-WESTERN DUTCHESS-EASTERN DUTCHESS-
NORTHERN FULTON-SOUTHEAST WARREN-SOUTHERN WASHINGTON-BENNINGTON-
WESTERN WINDHAM-EASTERN WINDHAM-
342 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
CONNECTICUT...WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS...EAST CENTRAL NEW YORK AND
SOUTHERN VERMONT.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THIS IS DUE TO A COLD
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY
1123 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005

NYZ040-151550-

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY...

AT 1118 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...WINDS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH  AND
VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TRIBES HILL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANAJOHARIE...AND MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
TRIBES HILL BY 1135 AM EDT
FORT JOHNSON BY 1145 AM EDT
AMSTERDAM AND HAGAMAN BY 1150 AM EDT

THERE COULD BE PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.