Fire Weather Planning


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FNUS51 KBUF 160836
FWFBUF
FIRE WEATHER PLANNING FORECAST FOR WESTERN NEW YORK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BUFFALO NY
436 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
.DISCUSSION...
A WARM FRONT WILL BRING OCCASIONAL SHOWERS THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED 
BY A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER AROUND MID DAY. ANOTHER BATCH OF 
SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON 
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS 
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK. NOTICEABLY COOLER AIR WILL 
FOLLOW THE FRONT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND.
NYZ001-002-010>012-085-162115-
NIAGARA-ORLEANS-NORTHERN ERIE-GENESEE-WYOMING-SOUTHERN ERIE-
436 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
                                TODAY      TONIGHT          THU
CLOUD COVER                     MCLDY        MCLDY        PCLDY
PRECIP CHC (%)                    100           80           30
PRECIP TYPE                     TSTMS        TSTMS      SHOWERS
MAX/MIN TEMP                       67           49           60
AM WIND (MPH)                    S 12                     SW  9
PM WIND (MPH)                   SW 17        SW 13         W  8
PRECIP AMOUNT                    0.30         0.13         0.03
PRECIP DURATION                     7            4            1
PRECIP BEGIN                     6 AM   CONTINUING         5 PM
PRECIP END                 CONTINUING         4 AM   CONTINUING
MIN/MAX HUMIDITY (%)               65           86           62
HAINES INDEX                        3            3            3
LAL                                 4            4            1
MIXING HGT (FT-AGL)              3980           50         6200
TRANSPORT WIND (KT)             SW 22        SW 10        SW 13
VENT RATE (KT-FT)               87560          500        80600
DISPERSION INDEX                   88            1           81
REMARKS...NONE.
$$
NYZ019>021-162115-
CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-
436 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
                                TODAY      TONIGHT          THU
CLOUD COVER                     MCLDY        MCLDY        PCLDY
PRECIP CHC (%)                    100           80           40
PRECIP TYPE                   SHOWERS        TSTMS      SHOWERS
MAX/MIN TEMP                       66           47           57
AM WIND (MPH)                    S 11                     SW  8
PM WIND (MPH)                    S 16        SW 13        SW  6
PRECIP AMOUNT                    0.31         0.20         0.06
PRECIP DURATION                     7            5            2
PRECIP BEGIN                     6 AM   CONTINUING   CONTINUING
PRECIP END                 CONTINUING   CONTINUING   CONTINUING
MIN/MAX HUMIDITY (%)               66           92           62
HAINES INDEX                        3            3            3
LAL                                 4            4            1
MIXING HGT (FT-AGL)              4440            0         5330
TRANSPORT WIND (KT)             SW 23         W 13        SW  9
VENT RATE (KT-FT)              102120            0        47970
DISPERSION INDEX                  102            0           48
REMARKS...NONE.
$$
NYZ003>005-013-014-162115-
MONROE-WAYNE-NORTHERN CAYUGA-LIVINGSTON-ONTARIO-
436 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
                                TODAY      TONIGHT          THU
CLOUD COVER                     MCLDY        MCLDY        PCLDY
PRECIP CHC (%)                     90           90            0
PRECIP TYPE                   SHOWERS        TSTMS         NONE
MAX/MIN TEMP                       69           50           61
AM WIND (MPH)                    S 11                     SW  8
PM WIND (MPH)                    S 15        SW 12         W  7
PRECIP AMOUNT                    0.24         0.21         0.00
PRECIP DURATION                     7            5             
PRECIP BEGIN                     6 AM   CONTINUING             
PRECIP END                 CONTINUING         2 AM             
MIN/MAX HUMIDITY (%)               62           87           57
HAINES INDEX                        3            3            3
LAL                                 4            4            1
MIXING HGT (FT-AGL)              4600           90         6240
TRANSPORT WIND (KT)             SW 21         W 12         W 11
VENT RATE (KT-FT)               96600         1080        68640
DISPERSION INDEX                   97            1           69
REMARKS...NONE.
$$
NYZ006>008-162115-
OSWEGO-JEFFERSON-LEWIS-
436 AM EDT WED OCT 16 2013
                                TODAY      TONIGHT          THU
CLOUD COVER                     MCLDY       CLOUDY        PCLDY
PRECIP CHC (%)                     80           90           40
PRECIP TYPE                   SHOWERS        TSTMS      SHOWERS
MAX/MIN TEMP                       63           51           60
AM WIND (MPH)                    S 12                      W 10
PM WIND (MPH)                    S 14         S 13         W 10
PRECIP AMOUNT                    0.12         0.43         0.05
PRECIP DURATION                     4            9            2
PRECIP BEGIN                     6 AM   CONTINUING   CONTINUING
PRECIP END                 CONTINUING   CONTINUING         1 PM
MIN/MAX HUMIDITY (%)               65           94           66
HAINES INDEX                        3            3            3
LAL                                 1            4            1
MIXING HGT (FT-AGL)              4460          260         6250
TRANSPORT WIND (KT)              S 18         S 16         W 16
VENT RATE (KT-FT)               80280         4160       100000
DISPERSION INDEX                   80            4          100
REMARKS...NONE.
$$
.EXTENDED FORECAST...
.THURSDAY NIGHT...CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS LIKELY. LOWS IN THE UPPER
40S. 
.FRIDAY...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. 
.SATURDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. 
.SUNDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
LOWER 40S. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 50S. 
.MONDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
UPPER 30S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. 
.TUESDAY...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS. LOWS IN THE
MID 40S. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. 
WIND THURSDAY NIGHT...WEST AROUND 10 MPH. 
WIND FRIDAY...WEST AROUND 15 MPH. 
WIND SATURDAY...SOUTH AROUND 15 MPH. 
WIND SUNDAY...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH. 
.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
TEMPERATURES BELOW NORMAL.  PRECIPITATION ABOVE NORMAL.
$$