Overview of Albany Weather

Current raw and decoded surface weather observation from the Albany County Airport
taken by the National Weather Service:

		
KALB 122151Z 26007KT 10SM -SN FEW030 BKN035 OVC050 M01/M06 A2998 RMK AO2 SLP156
 P0000 T10111061=

The weather observed at ALBANY, NY (KALB) at 04:51 PM EST was:
  The skies were cloudy.
  The weather reported was light snow.
  Temperature: 30F ( -1C)  Dewpoint:  21F ( -6C)  Relative Humidity:  69%
  Winds from the W  (260 degs) at  8 mph.
  Pressure: 1015.6 millibars.  Altimeter:29.98 inches of mercury.
  The prevailing visibility was 10 miles.
  There has been 0.00 inches of precipitation in the past hour.
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LAMP MOS Output: 
		
KALB   GFS LAMP GUIDANCE  12/12/2025  2130 UTC
UTC  22 23 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
TMP  30 29 29 28 28 28 26 26 25 24 23 23 22 23 21 22 24 26 26 27 28 29 31 31 31
DPT  21 20 19 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 16 15 15 15 14 15 16 16 17 18 20 20 20 20 20
WDR  26 26 26 26 25 24 24 22 21 23 20 17 17 18 17 17 17 17 17 18 17 17 18 19 20
WSP  09 07 07 06 05 04 03 03 02 02 02 02 03 04 04 04 07 07 08 10 10 09 09 08 08
WGS  NG NG 17 NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG NG
PPO  26 14  9 20 16  8  7  7  5  5  5  4  6  7  7 16 26 38 30 20 13 10 10 10 16
PCO   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
P01   0  1 16  8  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  2  3  5  8 17 19 32 26 21 12
PC1   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  Y  N  N  N
P06                          12                 1                34
LP1   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
LC1   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
CP1   0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  2  2  1  1  0  0  0  0  0
CC1   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
POZ   0  0  0  1  1  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  1  1  1  1  1  1  2  2  2  2  2  2  1
POS 100100100100 99 99100100100100100 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 98 98 98 98 98 99 99
TYP   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
CLD  OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV
CIG   6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  8  8  8  7  7  7  7  7  6  6  6  6  5  5  6  6  6
CCG   6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  7  7  7  7  6  6  6  6  5  5  6  6  6
VIS   7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
CVS   7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  5  5  4  4  4  5  6  5  6  6
OBV   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
GFS MOS Output: 
		
KALB   GFS MOS GUIDANCE   12/12/2025  1800 UTC
DT /DEC  13                  /DEC  14                /DEC  15
HR   00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 12 18
N/X              18          31          18          23       10
TMP  28 25 23 22 20 26 29 30 29 28 25 22 18 20 21 19 17 15 14 13 21
DPT  19 17 15 13 13 17 19 21 22 20 17 13 10  9  8  7  7  6  5  4  8
CLD  BK SC SC OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK OV OV OV SC BK SC OV
WDR  26 24 18 17 17 17 18 19 24 27 30 30 29 30 30 29 30 31 29 29 29
WSP  10 05 04 03 03 07 11 09 07 06 06 04 05 09 10 09 09 11 15 11 13
P06        10     0    24    24    37    26     8    18     7  3  0
P12              10          30          41          19        7
Q06         0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0  0  0
Q12               0           0           0           0        0
T06      0/ 0  0/ 2  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 7  0/ 1  0/ 0  1/ 0  0/ 4  0/ 0
T12                  0/ 7        1/14        0/10        1/ 4  0/ 5
POZ   0  1  2  2  2  1  1  1  1  1  2  3  2  1  0  1  1  1  1  2  1
POS 100 99 99 98 98 99 99 99 99 99 98 98 98 99100 99 99 99 99 98 99
TYP   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
SNW                                       1                    1
CIG   6  8  8  8  8  6  5  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  6  8  8
VIS   7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  5  5  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
OBV   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
NAM MOS Output: 
		
KALB   NAM MOS GUIDANCE   12/12/2025  1200 UTC
DT /DEC  12/DEC  13                /DEC  14                /DEC  15
HR   18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 03 06 09 12 15 18 21 00 06 12
N/X                    20          31          20          26    11
TMP  29 30 28 28 25 23 22 26 29 29 27 27 25 24 22 22 24 22 18 16 15
DPT  15 16 17 20 18 16 15 16 18 20 20 20 18 16 14 13 11  8  7  5  4
CLD  BK BK BK BK OV OV BK OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV OV BK FW BK FW
WDR  28 28 28 26 22 19 19 18 18 19 21 26 29 30 30 31 31 31 31 31 30
WSP  14 13 08 05 05 03 04 07 08 08 05 05 05 04 05 09 08 10 10 09 07
P06         6     8     0    36    21    19    19    11     5  0  0
P12                     8          36          33          12     0
Q06         0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0     0  0  0
Q12                     0           0           0           0     0
T06      0/ 5  0/ 0  0/ 5  0/ 0  0/ 1  0/ 5  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 0  0/ 2
T12            0/ 7        0/ 5        0/14        0/ 1     0/ 3
POZ   1  1  2  2  2  1  2  1  1  1  2  2  3  2  2  1  1  1  2  2  3
POS  99 99 98 98 99 99 99 99 99 99 98 98 97 98 98 99 99 99 98 98 95
TYP   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
SNW                     0                       1                 0
CIG   6  6  6  6  6  8  8  7  5  6  6  6  7  6  6  6  6  6  8  6  8
VIS   7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7  7
OBV   N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N  N
GFSX MOS Output: 
		
KALB   GFSX MOS GUIDANCE  12/12/2025  1200 UTC
FHR  24  36| 48  60| 72  84| 96 108|120 132|144 156|168 180|192
     SAT 13| SUN 14| MON 15| TUE 16| WED 17| THU 18| FRI 19|SAT CLIMO
N/X  19  32| 17  22| 11  23| 15  28| 22  38| 33  42| 31  37| 19 20 35
TMP  21  28| 17  17| 13  21| 18  24| 25  35| 35  37| 33  30| 22
DPT  14  21|  9   6|  5  12| 12  15| 19  29| 30  30| 22  17| 14
CLD  PC  OV| OV  OV| PC  PC| OV  PC| OV  OV| OV  OV| OV  PC| PC
WND  11  12| 10   9| 13  12|  7   8| 12  13| 12  16| 22  22| 14
P12  10  29| 37  21|  6   7| 21   7| 12  25| 28  39| 20  17| 20 27 29
P24      29|     43|     12|     22|     25|     61|     29|       42
Q12   0   0|  0   0|  0   0|  0   0|  0   0|  0   1|       |
Q24       0|      1|      0|      0|      0|      1|       |
T12   0   0|  0   1|  1   1|  1   0|  1   0|  0   2|  1   0|  0
T24        |  1    |  1    |  2    |  1    |  2    |  3    |  1
PZP   4   3|  3   2|  4   2|  6   6| 17  20| 12  10|  8   7| 12
PSN  96  93| 97  98| 96  97| 93  89| 75  19|  4  27| 17  66| 67
PRS   0   4|  0   0|  0   0|  0   3|  4  17| 14  15| 19  10|  5
TYP   S   S|  S   S|  S   S|  S   S|  S   Z|  R  RS|  R   S|  S
SNW       0|      1|      0|      0|      0|      0|       |
Zone Forecast: 
		
NYZ052-130200-
Eastern Albany-
Including the city of ALBANY
115 PM EST Fri Dec 12 2025

.THIS AFTERNOON...Partly sunny and cold. Near steady temperature
around 30. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
.TONIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Cold with lows around 18. Southwest winds
10 to 15 mph, becoming south around 5 mph after midnight.
.SATURDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow showers in the
morning, then partly sunny in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 30s.
South winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 30 percent.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Cloudy with a 40 percent chance of snow. Cold with
lows around 18. West winds 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Partly sunny. Cold with highs in the mid 20s. Northwest
winds 10 to 15 mph.
.SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...Partly cloudy. Cold. Lows around
10 above. Highs in the lower 20s. Wind chill values as low as
5 below.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. A chance of snow in the evening. Cold
with lows 15 to 20. Chance of snow 40 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly sunny. Cold with highs in the upper 20s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Mostly cloudy. Lows 15 to 20. Highs
in the upper 30s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy. Not as cold with lows in the upper
20s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny in the morning, then mostly cloudy with a
chance of rain in the afternoon. Highs in the lower 40s. Chance of
rain 40 percent.
State Forecast: 
		
FPUS61 KALY 121819
SFTALY
NYZ026>066-082>084-131000-

Tabular State Forecast for NEW YORK
National Weather Service ALBANY, NY
119 PM EST Fri Dec 12 2025

ROWS INCLUDE...
   Daily predominant daytime weather 6AM-6PM
   Forecast temperatures...early morning low/daytime high
         Probability of precipitation nighttime 6PM-6AM/daytime 6AM-6PM
          - indicates temperatures below zero
         MM indicates missing data


   FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST     FCST
   Sat      Sun      Mon      Tue      Wed      Thu      Fri
   Dec 13   Dec 14   Dec 15   Dec 16   Dec 17   Dec 18   Dec 19


...Central New York.....
   Binghamton, NY
   Mocldy   Vrycld   Mocldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Mocldy   Ptcldy
   14/31    12/19    11/23    11/26    17/38    28/43    26/32
    20/40    70/60    60/50    50/20    00/10    10/60    60/40


...East Central New York.....
   Albany, NY
   Mocldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Mocldy   Ptcldy
   17/33    18/24    10/23    15/29    16/37    26/43    27/36
    10/30    40/40    10/00    40/20    00/10    10/40    60/40

   Cobleskill, NY
   Mocldy   Snow     Mocldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Rain     Snow
   15/32    13/20    7/22     13/26    15/38    26/44    25/33
    20/40    60/50    20/20    60/20    00/10    10/50    60/50

   Gloversville, NY
   Snoshwr  Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Rain     Snow
   12/29    10/20    5/20     12/24    11/35    23/40    24/31
    10/50    30/20    20/20    50/30    00/10    10/50    60/50

   Saratoga Spgs, NY
   Mocldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Mocldy   Ptcldy
   16/32    15/25    7/24     14/29    15/37    25/43    26/36
    10/40    20/20    10/10    30/20    00/10    10/40    60/40

   Tannersville, NY
   Mocldy   Snow     Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Mocldy   Ptcldy
   14/30    13/18    7/20     11/26    14/36    24/41    25/32
    10/20    80/80    20/10    40/10    00/10    10/40    60/40


...Northeast New York.....
   Glens Falls, NY
   Mocldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Mocldy   Ptcldy
   14/30    13/26    5/23     11/29    14/37    22/42    25/35
    00/40    20/20    00/00    30/10    00/10    10/40    60/40

   Massena, NY
   Mocldy   Vrycld   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Mocldy   Mocldy   Ptcldy
   9/30     7/16     3/20     9/25     16/36    23/41    19/27
    20/60    20/20    10/20    50/20    20/30    20/70    70/40

   Saranac Lake, NY
   Mocldy   Vrycld   Vrycld   Ptcldy   Mocldy   Mocldy   Mocldy
   10/26    6/16     0/17     8/22     11/35    22/40    16/25
    10/60    30/20    10/10    60/20    10/20    20/60    70/50

   Speculator, NY
   Snoshwr  Vrycld   Vrycld   Ptcldy   Ptcldy   Rnsnow   Snow
   11/26    7/18     2/18     9/23     10/34    21/39    19/27
    10/50    30/30    10/20    50/30    00/10    10/50    60/50


...Southeast New York.....
   Kingston, NY
   Mocldy   Snow     Ptcldy   Sunny    Ptcldy   Mocldy   Ptcldy
   17/36    21/27    13/28    16/32    19/41    27/46    30/40
    00/20    80/80    00/00    20/10    00/00    10/30    50/30

   Poughkeepsie, NY
   Mocldy   Snow     Ptcldy   Sunny    Ptcldy   Mocldy   Ptcldy
   19/37    23/28    13/28    17/32    20/42    27/48    32/41
    00/20    80/80    00/00    20/10    00/00    10/20    50/30


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