695 AWUS41 KALY 020943 RWSALB REGIONAL WEATHER SUMMARY FOR NEW YORK AND VERMONT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBANY NY 540 AM EDT FRI JUL 2 2004 THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT TRIGGERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS PRODUCED FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND SOME HAIL. ONCE THE STORMS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST PATCHY FOG DEVELOPED...ESPECIALLY WHERE IT HAD RAINED. TEMPERATURES ACROSS NEW YORK AND VERMONT FELL INTO THE 50S TO MID 60S OVERNIGHT. AT 5 AM TEMPERATURES IN NEW YORK RANGED FROM 50 DEGREES AT SARANAC LAKE TO 65 DEGREES AT POUGHKEEPSIE. IN VERMONT TEMPERATURES RANGED FORM 55 AT MONTPELIER TO 62 IN BURLINGTON. THE COLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH SOUTH OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TONIGHT AND REMAIN IN CONTROL OF OUR WEATHER OVER THE WEEKEND. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TAKE SHAPE OVER THE PLAINS AND UPPER MID WEST SATURDAY AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES SUNDAY. STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL SUNDAY NIGHT FOR OUR AREA. $$