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LEZ040 Buffalo To Ripley Along Lake Erie- 1012 Pm Edt Fri May 31 2024
Overnight - Southwest winds 5 to 10 knots becoming south. Clear. Waves 2 feet or less. Saturday - South winds 10 knots or less becoming north. Mostly Sunny. Waves 1 foot or less. Saturday night - Northeast winds 10 knots or less becoming south. A chance of showers overnight. Waves 1 foot or less. Sunday - South winds 5 to 10 knots. Showers likely. Waves 1 foot or less. Sunday night - South winds 5 to 10 knots becoming light and variable. Partly to mostly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less. Monday - Southeast winds 10 knots or less. Partly cloudy. Waves 1 foot or less. Tuesday - South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers. Waves 1 foot or less. Wednesday - South winds 5 to 10 knots. A chance of showers and Thunderstorms. Waves 1 foot or less.
winds and waves higher in and near Thunderstorms.

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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Buffalo NY 424 AM EDT Sat Jun 1 2024

SYNOPSIS
Dry weather will continue through tonight as high pressure across the region drifts to the east coast. Weakening low pressure will move into the Ohio Valley Sunday, bringing a chance of a showers and a few thunderstorms. Dry and warm weather will follow for early next week.

NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/
IR Satellite shows clear skies across the region early this morning.
A mid level ridge will slowly crest over the region today as surface high pressure drifts to the east coast. This will maintain fair weather across the region, but there will be an increase in high clouds this afternoon. Modest warm advection and sunshine should boost temperatures today several degrees warmer than Friday's readings with highs mainly in the mid to upper 70s.

A weakening shortwave will lift out of the Ohio Valley and towards the forecast area tonight. While this will result in lots of cloud cover, the night will remain rain-free. With the clouds limiting radiational cooling it'll be warmer with lows ranging from the lower 50s to lower 60s.

For Sunday, the weakening shortwave will track across the area, bringing at least a chance of showers to the area. Some model disagreement on how strong the shortwave will be, but most agree the best chances will be across Western New York, with lower changes east of Lake Ontario. Despite the chance for showers, Sunday will be far from a washout, with the vast majority of the time rain-free. Limited afternoon instability may support a few isolated thunderstorms. Clouds will limit daytime warming some, with highs mainly in the 70s, except near 80 east of Lake Ontario which could benefit from some morning breaks of sunshine.

SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/
Behind a shortwave trough showers will be exiting east and southeastward from our region Sunday night. Some patchy fog possible with a low dewpoint depression and light winds.

Light flow over the region Monday with broad and very weak surface high pressure nearby. Monday should be dry, but a spot shower along any forming lake breeze boundary cannot be ruled out. It will be a bit warmer Monday with partly to mostly sunny skies aiding in afternoon temperatures reaching the upper 70s and lower 80s. Lows

Monday night will drop back into the mid 50s, to lower 60s...with a light southeasterly flow behind the departing weak surface high limiting fog potential.

LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
A mid level ridge of high pressure will continue to nose its way across the eastern Great Lakes region Tuesday and Wednesday.

While Tuesday will feature mainly dry weather, as humidity increases and an upstream shortwave trough nears the eastern Great Lakes, showers and thunderstorms will increase in coverage area Wednesday.
There will be light southerly breezes Wednesday with a tightening pressure gradient.

This shortwave trough arrives Thursday with likely showers and thunderstorms. This will be the most favorable day for thunderstorms with a modest increase in instability. It is likely that this trough will close off from the main west to east flow, with a pocket of cold air over the Great Lakes promoting unsettled and cooler conditions for Friday and into the start of next weekend.

Temperatures will average above normal, especially on Tuesday and Wednesday with low to mid 80s widespread ahead of the next shortwave trough. Cooler Friday, with temperatures close to normal.

AVIATION /09Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
VFR will prevail through tonight. High pressure and a mid-level ridge will maintain rain-free weather through 12Z Sunday. High clouds will increase late this afternoon through tonight, but clouds will be well into the VFR flight category.

Outlook...

Sunday...VFR/MVFR with a chance of showers and possibly a few thunderstorms, particularly across Western NY.
Monday and Tuesday...VFR.
Wednesday...Mainly VFR with a chance for showers.

MARINE
Relatively quiet weather this weekend into early next week with no marine headlines expected. A weak low moves northeast from the Ohio Valley to just south of the lower Great Lakes late tonight through Sunday with a chance of a few showers and isolated thunderstorms. High pressure will then build into the region Sunday night through Monday.

BUF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
NY...None.
MARINE...None.

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