660 FXUS61 KBGM 211408 AFDBGM Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Binghamton NY 908 AM EST Tue Feb 21 2017 .SYNOPSIS... After a partly sunny and mild day, a front will bring some light rain showers tonight. Clouds will linger into Wednesday, but temperatures will remain well above normal into the weekend. The chance of rain will increase Friday into Saturday as a moist system moves into the region. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... 9 AM Update... Little change to forecast overall; attempts were made to be more deterministic on where it will actually rain this evening versus where it will not based on latest high resolution models. However, trends in the models and the weakening nature of the front as it moves into the region support even lighter amounts of rain if anything, compared to prior expectations. Vast majority of the area will end up with well under a tenth of an inch of rain, with highest amounts still expected to be north of the Twin Tiers- Catskills. Rain chances are pretty iffy from Wyoming Valley to Poconos late tonight; could be more of a sprinkles-drizzle scenario along and behind the wave. Previous discussion... High pressure slides east and allows a southwest flow of mild air to return ahead of the next wave and frontal system. Models show the surface trof and upper wave banging into the building heights over the forecast area. This results in a weakening area of precipitation as the upper support washes out over the mean ridge position. Best chance of rain will be over the northern forecast area nearer whats left of the upper wave. Temperatures overnight drop to near freezing over the western Catskills...but no real threat of ice at this time. No real temperature difference behind the trof...and upper temps may actually rise on Wednesday. Dirty ridge builds in on Wednesday with some leftover moisture so clouds and perhaps even a light shower over north...may linger. && .SHORT TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... 315 pm update... Dissipating surface boundary, associated with the Pacific-origin system mentioned in the above section, could still produce a fair amount of cloudiness on Wednesday and perhaps a few light showers. However, there is model disagreement on this, and even in the most pessimistic scenarios, most of the day will be rain-free. Temperatures will remain quite mild, with much of CNY/NEPA into the 50s. Wednesday night and Thursday should remain very mild, despite the approach of another surface boundary from the northwest. A somewhat better chance of showers could reach our lake plain, southern Tug Hill, and Mohawk Valley zones by later in the day Thursday. For the rest of the area, it will be primarily rain- free, under partly-mostly cloudy skies. Our NEPA zones could well reach the 60s Thursday afternoon, especially valley locales. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A weak frontal system or boundary will be draped across our northern forecast area on Thursday, while very warm air ahead of an Ontario cyclone pushes into NY/PA. 925mb temperatures are shockingly warm by Thursday afternoon, with the +13C line forecast to reach the NY/PA border. That should easily yield temperatures in the 60s on Thursday. A stronger upper level storm system will push toward Lake Ontario on Saturday. Showers will increase Friday night into Saturday, and a slight chance of thunder is not out of the question given the mild surface air and cooler air aloft. The trailing cold front will bring the reality of late-February climatic norms back to our forecast area. Rain showers will change over to snow showers late Saturday night. Temperatures will struggle through the 30s on Sunday and Monday, with some lower-40s possible across our southern counties. Lake effect snow showers are forecast east of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. && .AVIATION /14Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... VFR conditions will continue for much of the TAF period. A front will approach after 00Z bringing mvfr ceilings and visibilities in rain showers through 06Z. The remainder of the TAF period will feature MVFR ceilings as moisture remains trapped beneath the inversion. Light winds this morning will become around 10 knots out of the west ahead of front today and this evening. OUTLOOK... Wednesday...MVFR Post-frontal ceilings into early Wednesday. Wednesday night through Thursday night...VFR except for possible spotty rain showers and associated brief restrictions Thursday. Friday through Saturday...Restrictions from rainy frontal system. && .BGM WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... PA...None. NY...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...DGM NEAR TERM...DGM/MDP SHORT TERM...DJP/MLJ LONG TERM...DJP AVIATION...DGM