755 FXUS61 KBGM 151818 AFDBGMArea Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Binghamton NY 218 PM EDT Wed Oct 15 2025
.SYNOPSIS... High pressure will build into the region through the remainder of the week. A cold frontal boundary with our next chance of showers moves in for Sunday and Monday.
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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... High pressure builds in tonight through Thursday night with clearing skies in most areas. There will still be some gradient of NW flow through tomorrow thus prime radiational cooling and widespread frost in the active growing areas seems less of a concern for tonight than might be expected. Still looking at overnight lows in the 30s tonight and highs in the 50s again on Thursday. With continued NW cold NW flow across Lake Ontario at 850mb...will nudge up the NBM cloud cover just a bit using NBM90 grids on Thursday as moisture condenses along the LCL and CCL. There`s much less pressure gradient forecast on Thursday night where frost in the Finger Lakes and Wyoming Valley areas may be prolific as temperatures reach the lower to mid 30s. Will reserve Frost Advisories for this time period rather than tonight. Upper 20s will be possible in some parts of the Catskills and the Twin Tiers as well.
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.SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... High pressure remains in control at the surface with a thermal ridge building into the Northeast which will allow for a slight warming trend to begin this weekend. Precipitation is expected to remain at bay during this time with high temperatures rising into the lower- mid 60s for Saturday. Some mid-high clouds may punch through the ridge axis aloft for only a partly sunny day Saturday, but Friday is likely to be quite sunny in most areas.
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.LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... An active pattern sets up during this period as a longwave trough sets up along the northern tier of the U.S. with fairly amplified shortwaves cutting underneath. Model spreads become much more uncertain in handling the upper level heights and there are also timing differences in the ensembles, but it still looks like reasonably high probabilities for rain exists in the Sunday night- Monday timeframe and then again Tuesday or Wednesday. South winds on Sunday afternoon are likely to be blustery with potential gusts over 30 mph. We`ll keep an eye on this. Lake effect rain showers in between the two frontal systems will keep the NY counties unsettled throughout.
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.AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... The cool and dry air mass behind the cold front is making a strong push across central NY and northeast PA this morning. Northwest winds have started to ramp up, and will continue through the afternoon with gusts 15 to 20 knots before diminishing this evening. Cloud ceilings will remain mostly VFR as high pressure builds in from the west. Winds are expected to remain around 5 to 10 kt tonight with the exception of scattered low elevation/valley areas where the near-surface layer decouples and winds go calm. Areas of valley fog and brief IFR restrictions are possible (15 to 25 pct chance) after 06Z tonight...mainly at ELM. Winds at RME and ITH will likely not decouple and become too northerly to induce restrictions tonight.
Outlook...
Thursday afternoon through Saturday...Mainly VFR. Chance of valley fog each morning.
Sunday and Monday...Restrictions possible with a front moving through, especially later in the day Sunday and into Monday.
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.BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. NY...None.
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SYNOPSIS...JAB NEAR TERM...JAB SHORT TERM...JAB LONG TERM...JAB AVIATION...BJT/DK
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