829
FNUS51 KBUF 280539
FWFBUF

Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Western New York
National Weather Service Buffalo NY
138 AM EDT Fri Mar 28 2025

.DISCUSSION...
A passing weak cold front will bring a brief round of rain and
snow showers to areas east of Lake Ontario this evening, with a
few widely scattered rain showers across the Finger Lakes and
western Southern Tier. Elongated low pressure will then extend
eastward across our area later Friday through the weekend,
bringing more widespread unsettled weather that will feature
periods of rain for most areas, and possibly some mixed
precipitation across the North Country. Expect a large north to
south spread in temperatures over the weekend owed to a wavy
frontal boundary draped across the area. This will be maximized
on Saturday with daytime highs near freezing toward the Saint
Lawrence Valley, and upper 60s to near 70 across the western
Southern Tier.

NYZ201-280800-
Lake Ontario Plains-
138 AM EDT Fri Mar 28 2025

                            Overnight          Fri    Fri Night          Sat
Cloud Cover                     Pcldy        Mcldy       Cloudy        Mcldy
Precip Type                      None         None     Frz Rain     Frz Rain
Chance Precip (%)                   0            0          100           70
Chance of Thunder (%)               0            0            0            0
Min/Max Temp                       27           49           32           57
Max/Min Humidity (%)               88           35          100           55
AM Wind (mph)                              Lgt/Var                  W  8 G28
PM Wind (mph)                                SE  5         E  6    NW  8 G25
Precip Amount                    0.00         0.00         0.41         0.22
Precip Duration                                              12           12
Precip Begin                                               6 PM   Continuing
Precip End                                           Continuing   Continuing
Mixing Height (ft-agl)                        4210                      3030
Transport Wind (kts)            NW 12        SE  7         E 13         W 23
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                   0        29470            0        69690
Dispersion Index                    0           29            0           70
Remarks...None.

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NYZ200-280800-
Southern Tier-
138 AM EDT Fri Mar 28 2025

                            Overnight          Fri    Fri Night          Sat
Cloud Cover                     Pcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy
Precip Type                      None         Rain        Tstms      Showers
Chance Precip (%)                   0           60           90           60
Chance of Thunder (%)               0            0           20            0
Min/Max Temp                       30           56           44           69
Max/Min Humidity (%)               94           44          100           40
AM Wind (mph)                              Lgt/Var                 SW 13 G28
PM Wind (mph)                                 S  6         S  6     W 13 G27
Precip Amount                    0.00         0.06         0.19         0.04
Precip Duration                                  2            7            3
Precip Begin                                  2 PM   Continuing         8 AM
Precip End                              Continuing         3 AM   Continuing
Mixing Height (ft-agl)                        4670                      6110
Transport Wind (kts)             W  8         S 13         S 13         W 34
Vent Rate (kt-ft)                   0        60710            0       207740
Dispersion Index                    0           61            0          208
Remarks...None.

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.EXTENDED FORECAST...

.SATURDAY NIGHT...Rain and freezing rain. Lows in the upper 30s.
.SUNDAY...Rain and freezing rain. Highs in the mid 50s.
.MONDAY...Rain and freezing rain. Lows in the upper 40s. Highs in
the mid 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Colder. Lows
in the mid 20s. Highs in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain showers. Not as
cool. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the upper 40s.
.THURSDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain showers likely. Lows in the
upper 30s. Highs in the upper 50s.

WIND SATURDAY NIGHT...North around 5 mph.
WIND SUNDAY...Northeast around 5 mph.
WIND MONDAY...South around 10 mph.
WIND TUESDAY...Northwest around 10 mph.
WIND WEDNESDAY...East 5 to 10 mph.
WIND THURSDAY...South 10 to 15 mph.

.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...
Temperatures above normal.  Precipitation above normal.

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