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Fire Weather Planning Forecast for Western New York

National Weather Service Buffalo NY

233 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2026



.DISCUSSION...

No significant fire weather concerns are expected.



NYZ201-190800-

Lake Ontario Plains-

233 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2026



                            Overnight          Thu    Thu Night          Fri

Cloud Cover                    Cloudy        Mcldy        Mcldy        Mcldy

Precip Type                      None         None         None      Showers

Chance Precip (%)                   0            0            0           90

Chance of Thunder (%)               0            0            0            0

Min/Max Temp                       24           42           25           49

Max/Min Humidity (%)               82           62          100           67

AM Wind (mph)                                 S  6                 SE  6 G23

PM Wind (mph)                                SW  6      Lgt/Var    SW 10 G23

Precip Amount                    0.00         0.00         0.00         0.33

Precip Duration                                                            8

Precip Begin                                                            8 AM

Precip End                                                        Continuing

Mixing Height (ft-agl)            130         3340          100         2120

Transport Wind (kts)             S 10        SW 14         S  4         S 18

Vent Rate (kt-ft)                1300        46760          400        38160

Dispersion Index                    1           54            0           44

Remarks...None.



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NYZ200-190800-

Southern Tier-

233 AM EDT Thu Mar 19 2026



                            Overnight          Thu    Thu Night          Fri

Cloud Cover                    Cloudy        Mcldy        Pcldy        Mcldy

Precip Type                      None         None         None      Showers

Chance Precip (%)                   0            0            0           90

Chance of Thunder (%)               0            0            0            0

Min/Max Temp                       26           43           27           51

Max/Min Humidity (%)               80           55          100           62

AM Wind (mph)                                 S  5                  S  7 G25

PM Wind (mph)                                 W  6      Lgt/Var    SW 12 G26

Precip Amount                    0.00         0.00         0.00         0.29

Precip Duration                                                            7

Precip Begin                                                            8 AM

Precip End                                                        Continuing

Mixing Height (ft-agl)            180         3690           80         2820

Transport Wind (kts)             S 11         W 14         S  5        SW 23

Vent Rate (kt-ft)                1980        51660          400        64860

Dispersion Index                    2           59            0           70

Remarks...None.



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.EXTENDED FORECAST...



.FRIDAY NIGHT...Rain showers. Lows in the lower 30s. 

.SATURDAY...Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 40s. 

.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with rain and snow showers likely. Lows

in the mid 30s. Highs in the upper 40s. 

.MONDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers, snow

showers and freezing rain. Colder. Lows in the upper 20s. Highs

in the mid 30s. 

.TUESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows around 19. Highs in the upper 30s.

.WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Highs in the

lower 40s. 



WIND FRIDAY NIGHT...North around 5 mph. 

WIND SATURDAY...West around 5 mph. 

WIND SUNDAY...North around 5 mph. 

WIND MONDAY...North around 5 mph. 

WIND TUESDAY...West around 5 mph. 

WIND WEDNESDAY...West around 5 mph. 



.OUTLOOK 8 TO 14 DAYS...

Temperatures below normal.  Precipitation near normal.



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