Ready for the event? I can't wait! The Southern Tier's Binghamton is my home airport, home to Link Simulaton (or used to be http://www.link.com/history.html). I hope you all enjoy the rolling hills and the "sunlight reflecting off the finger lakes."
For those who aren't interested in specific weather listed below...there's a good chance for VFR, but isolated Thunderstorms are a possibility as well as terrain obscuration. In real life, the charateristics of the surrounding terrain would make flying difficult, but fsx nicely clears that up for us! :lol: .
See you there! 3-6 pm
[quote author=NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
1001 AM EDT SUN AUG 12 2012].NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
10 AM UPDATE...SATELLITE SHOWS STRATO CU DECK ACROSS MUCH OF THE
FORECAST AREA EXCEPT THE WESTERN CATSKILLS, WYOMING VALLEY AND
POCONOS. DUE TO LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY MUCH OF THE
AREA WILL SEE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH THE
CHC FOR A SHOWER. MODEL SOUNDINGS AND 12Z RAOBS INDICATE A MID
LEVEL WARM LAYER WHICH LIMITS CAPE TO JUST 200-300 J/KG. BASED ON
THIS WILL CONTINUE WITH JUST THE MENTION OF SHOWERS. MAX TEMPS
WILL GENERALLY RANGE IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80 WITH THE WARMEST
READINGS ACROSS THE FAR SE.
PREVIOUS DISC...
CONTINUING TO FOLLOW AN AREA OF LOW STRATUS ON IR SATELLITE THIS
MORNING. MESOSCALE MODELS ARE NOW HANDLING THESE CLOUDS BETTER,
AND THEY SPREAD THE STRATUS UP THE LAKE PLAIN TOWARD SYR/RME
BETWEEN 9Z AND 11Z.
HEATING AND MIXING WILL BREAK UP THE STRATUS BY MID/LATE MORNING.
THEREAFTER A SCATTERED TO BROKEN CUMULUS CLOUD COVER IS FORECAST
TO REMAIN OVER THE FORECAST AREA.
PRESENCE OF UL TROF JUST TO OUR NORTH WILL ALLOW A POCKET OF MID
LEVEL COOL AIR TO DIP DOWN ACROSS LAKE ONTARIO THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR JUST ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO SUPPORT ISOLATED LATE
AFTERNOON SHOWERS.
BL-850 TEMPS SUGGEST NEAR NORMAL MAXES FOR THIS AFTERNOON, MAINLY
IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. DRY AIR ADVECTION OVERNIGHT WILL
LOWER DEW POINTS AND ALLOW MINS TO FALL INTO THE MID 50S TO AROUND 60.
