Area Forecast Discussion
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830 FXUS61 KOKX 300611 AFDOKX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service New York NY 211 AM EDT Thu May 30 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front and area of low pressure pass through overnight with a surface trough lingering nearby on Thursday. High pressure builds in Friday and Saturday then slowly weakens beginning on Sunday into the start of next week. A couple of weak disturbances move around the western side of the high Sunday night, and late Tuesday into Wednesday. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
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Upper trough swinging into the Northeast pivots a shortwave and associated frontal system through the region overnight. Showers continue through the overnight hours, but thunder is not expected for the most part. Just a chance over far eastern zones at this point where CAPEs still range up to 500 J/kg.
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&& .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY/... Wet start to Thursday, particularly east of the Hudson, with showers and perhaps a few thunderstorms lingering as the shortwave axis moves through and a surface trough hangs back through the region. Along with the cyclonic flow, the cold pool overhead will likely maintain a low chance of a few pop up showers anywhere locally into the afternoon. Northerly flow behind the system will usher in a bit cooler air, and with the cloud cover, should keep temperatures limited into the low to mid 70s for most during the afternoon. Conditions dry out entirely Thursday night as surface high pressure builds into the Ohio Valley, setting up overnight lows into the 40s in the coldest locales with a light northerly wind. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... No significant changes to the forecast, as generally dry weather dominates with high pressure in control. Daytime temperatures will be slightly above seasonal normals going into the beginning of meteorological summer June 1, then modify Sunday into the middle of next week as a return flow sets up. Overnight lows will be near normal Friday night and Saturday night, and then be a few degrees warmer Sunday night through Tuesday night. Strong upper ridging builds into the east coast Friday through Saturday, then moves into the western Atlantic Sunday and weakens. Meanwhile weak shortwaves will be approaching late Sunday with another late Tuesday into Wednesday. Any showers and thunderstorms with the waves will be scattered, and mainly across the western and northern areas. && .AVIATION /06Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
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Low pressure passes through during the early morning hours, followed by a post-frontal trough lingering through the day today. High pressure builds in tonight. SHRA probably ending by 12z for the city and LoHud terminals, then a couple of hours thereafter farther east. Mainly VFR for the city terminals and KSWF, but tempo MVFR anticipated for a few hours before the showers end. MVFR elsewhere during the rain, even some tempo IFR anticipated for KGON, then improving to VFR this afternoon. Can`t rule out a shower this afternoon and early evening, however this would only bring a brief reduction in VSBY if it were to occur. NNW-N winds increasing to 10-15kt during the morning push with gusts 16-20kt mainly late this morning into early afternoon. Winds then back slightly tonight as they diminish below 10kt. NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... Prevailing MVFR possible from approx 08-11z, but also a chance that forecast tempo MVFR does not occur during this period. Start and end time of gusts may be off by an hour or two. OUTLOOK FOR 06Z FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... Tonight: VFR. Friday through Sunday: VFR. Monday: Mainly VFR. Low chance of rain showers. Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts, can be found at: https:/www.weather.gov/zny/n90
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&& .MARINE... Sub-advisory conditions persist through Sunday. An increasing SW flow during the day Sunday may allow ocean seas east of Moriches Inlet to build to near 5 feet Sunday night. Then with a weakening flow seas fall below 5 feet Monday. Otherwise, winds and seas across the forecast waters remain below advisory into the beginning of next week. && .HYDROLOGY...
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Additional rainfall amounts of up to 0.75 inches possible for CT and LI, and up to a quarter inch elsewhere. No hydrologic impacts expected with this. No hydrologic impacts are expected Friday through the remainder of the forecast period.
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&& .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... There is a low risk for rip current development at the ocean beaches Thursday and Friday. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ AVIATION...JC