Area Forecast Discussion
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048 FXUS61 KOKX 100216 AFDOKX Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service New York NY 1016 PM EDT Sun Jun 9 2024 .SYNOPSIS... A series of surface troughs will move across the area overnight into Tuesday. High pressure builds in for the middle of the week. A cold front will then approach Friday and move through Friday night, followed by high pressure next weekend. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
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Forecast mainly on track through the overnight. Another piece of midlevel energy swings over the area tonight, bringing a slight chance of showers, mainly north and west of the NYC metro. The low levels are dry so any rain that falls will be brief and could end up just being sprinkles. The energy will be reflected as surface trough and NW winds will back around to the W-WSW before going back to the NW before daybreak. Lows tonight will be in the middle 50s to low 60s.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... The area remains under an upper level trough on Monday with some additional packets of midlevel energy rotating through. By and large much of this energy should result in not much more than some cloud cover as the lower levels should remain fairly dry. A weak surface secondary cold front moves through, reinforcing the drier air advection and allowing for a continued W/NW flow through the day. Highs will be in the 70s. A surface high pressure slowly begins to build into the area from the west as early as Monday night. Lows Monday night will be in the 50s to low 60s near the coast. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... **Key Points** *Big warmup for the second half the week, followed by a brief cool down for the weekend. *Mainly dry conditions through the period. *A frontal system to impact the area with showers and thunderstorms Friday and Friday night. An upper trough across the Northeast lifts out on Tuesday briefly followed by shortwave ridging for the middle of the week. Afterwards, the upper flow flattens out with a fast flow from the Northern Plains into the Northeast. This is short-lived as another upper trough moves into the area to start the weekend. At the surface, a weak surface trough will be in place on Tuesday, followed by high pressure building in for Wednesday. The latter of which gives way to an approaching frontal system that is forecast to impact the area late Friday into Friday night. High pressure then returns to start the weekend. This will be a mainly dry period with the exception of the frontal system at the end of the week. The biggest difference in the global models at this time is with the magnitude of the upper trough swinging across the Great Lakes and Northeast at the end of the week. This will determine the extent and magnitude of the convection associated with the cold front, as well how much we cool down for the weekend. Based on the NBM box and whisker temperature plots, the deterministic is generally at the 25th percentile or lower, especially with respect to high temps. So, this may not be as much of a cool down behind the cold front as suggested by the 2m temps of some of the 12Z operational guidance. Relatively speaking though, it should be noticeable as Thursday and Friday climb well into the 80s and possibly the lower 90s for the interior. The 50th percentile is even warmer for those days, so will have to see where this trends. Generally, stayed between the NBM deterministic and 50th percentile. An onshore flow is another question mark for the end of the week in how much it will limit heating at the coast. Typically at this times of year, coastal locations generally need a decent westerly component to achieve higher temps. At this time, max heat indices are forecast to stay below 95. Temperatures at the onset of the period on Tuesday will be close to normal. && .AVIATION /03Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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A series of surface troughs/cold fronts pass across the terminals through Monday night. VFR. An isolated shower remains possible across the Lower Hudson Valley through 06z. Winds will continue to back to the W or WSW tonight under 10 kt. Winds will then shift back to the WNW-NW towards day break Monday and begin increasing through the morning. Wind speeds 10-15 kt are expected through the day on Monday. Winds may back to the SW in the afternoon near the coast, but S sea breezes are unlikely. NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... Occasional gusts 15-20 kt late Monday morning and afternoon. Winds at KJFK could stay WNW through Monday afternoon and not shift to the SW. OUTLOOK FOR 00Z TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... Monday Night-Thursday: VFR. Friday: Mainly VFR. MVFR possible in afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts, can be found at: https:/www.weather.gov/zny/n90
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&& .MARINE...
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Conditions are expected to remain below SCA through midweek with essentially only up to 2 ft ocean seas. The winds become southerly for the end of the week ahead of an approaching frontal system with marginal small craft conditions possible on the ocean by Thursday night into Friday.
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&& .HYDROLOGY... No hydrologic concerns exist through the forecast period. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... For the Atlantic ocean beaches, the rip current risk will be decreasing to low for all but the eastern Suffolk beaches for Monday, which will remain moderate (possibly low late in the day). A low risk is then forecast for all beaches on Tuesday. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...DW/MW NEAR TERM...DS/MW SHORT TERM...MW LONG TERM...DW AVIATION...DS MARINE...DW/MW HYDROLOGY...DW/MW TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...