Forecast Discussions mentioning ACARS, received at FSL on 01/02/00


AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NWS ALBANY NY
AFDALY 150 PM EST SAT JAN 1 2000

ACARS REPORTS BTWN WA AND AK DEPICT 110-150 KT UPR JET DIGGING WI ABT 500 MI FM BC CST WHILE MID LVL TROF EXTENDED FM NRN RCKYS-SRN NV. AC/CI STRAND NR KOIC-KLEB AXIS PULLED OUT WI LAST HR OR SO AND A BAND OF CI WAS ACRS SRN MI-LK ERIE-S CNTRL PA. SOME INCR IN CLDS TNGT AS FLOW ALF BACKS TO SW...THEN CHC OF LGT RA OR DZ SUNDAY AS WRMFNT CRUISES THRU. PCPN SHOULD ARRIVE AFT WARM AIR SO XPC LIQUID ONLY SITUATION. NGM IS DPR WITH SYSTEM...BUT ETA HAS GREATER MSTR. IF MIDW SOUNDINGS ARE ANY INDICATOR...DOES NOT APPEAR TO BODE TO WELL FOR AN SPCLY WET SOLUTION. EVEN CLOSER TO TROP CONNECTION ACRS SW TX...STILL NOT IMPRESSIVE. SOME LGT SN ACRS AREA ON COLD SIDE OF FNT IN ND/MN...BUT MUCH OF THAT FORCING WL TRAVEL TO CAN. FOR SUNDAY NGT AND MON...MSTR CONNECTION SHOULD IMPV...BUT PCPN SHOULD RMN ON THE LGT SIDE. GIVEN THE MULTIPLE VOT LOBES IMBEDDED WL NOT TRY TO TIME PCPN IN TOO FINE OF A MANNER. BEST CHC OF PCPN AND CHG TO SN FOR TUESDAY...THEN CYCLE SEEMS TO WANT TO REPEAT FOR MIDWEEK. MCKINLEY/WRS

.ALY...NY ERN/VT EXTRM SRN/MA EXTRM WRN/CT NW...NONE.