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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
334 AM EST Wed Nov 4 2026

.WHAT HAS CHANGED...
No significant changes.

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.KEY MESSAGES...
1) Unseasonably warm through Thursday.

2) Moderate to heavy rainfall remains increasingly likely
Thursday night into Friday night from NYC and points east.

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.DISCUSSION...
.KEY MESSAGE 1...
A highly amplified upper level ridge along the eastern seaboard
will provide another couple of days of unseasonable warmth,
with temperatures at least 10-15 degrees above normal.The
warmest day will come today, with much of the area topping out
in the lower and mid 70s, with a few upper 70s possible in NE
NJ. This is still in line with GFS MOS guidance and the NBM
90th percentile. Thursday takes a slight step down with
increasing clouds and a strengthening S-SW flow off the cooler
ocean waters.

Forecast highs and lows get close to but remain within maximum
records at this time.

.KEY MESSAGE 2...
A highly amplified upper flow featuring the interaction of
multiple streams of energy will become the major player as an
upper trough undergoes amplification approaching the eastern
seaboard at the end of the week. A weak cold front associated
with the upper trough will approach the area on Thursday,
preceded by some warm advection showers, but mainly north and
west of the NYC metro. As the front works across from Thu night
into Friday, deep layer lift develops due to the coupling of
upper jet exit and entrance regions and a strengthening frontal
zone. Models are in good agreement with a band of heavy rain
setting up across the area Fri into Fri night. Both the 00Z GFS
and 12Z ECMWF point toward at least a 2-3 inch swath across ern
Long Island and SE CT, dropping to less than inch just NW of
NYC. NBM amts looked too low at least for Long Island and S CT
given degree of moisture transport into those areas and
convergence on the nose of an H8 LLJ enhancing lift, so blended
that with the higher model QPF noted above. NBM 90th percentile
has higher amts of 2-3 inches extending NW north/west and 4-5
inches for ern Long Island/SE CT, so there is still room for
heavier amts to extend north/west and for amts across the board
to be higher than fcst. While there is some instability to
support deeper convection, we are still not in the window of the
REFS and HRRR to see hourly rates. GFS has PW values
approaching 1.75 inches near eastern Long Island, which is above
the 90th percentile.

WPC still has the NYC metro, Long Island, coastal CT, and
interior SE CT under a marginal risk of excessive rainfall for
Friday. However, dry antecedent conditions are in place due to
little if any rainfall since mid October. This will also be a
long duration event. Thus, the main flooding issues at this
time look to be minor, but longer term issues like basement
flooding are a possibility.

Heaviest rainfall likely comes to end by Saturday morning, but
some shower activity could linger on saturday with the upper
low overhead.

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.AVIATION /09Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
High pressure remains centered off the Mid Atlantic coast into
midweek.

Mainly VFR through Wednesday.

Light SW/S flow or light and variable winds are expected through
the morning push. Winds for much of the daytime will be from the
SW/S around 10kt or less.

Possible shallow fog development around the morning push that
could lead to some restrictions after 9Z. Confidence still low
and will keep out of most the TAFs. More confidence in lowering
cigs tonight around or after 6Z Thursday.

 ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty...

Possible shallow fog could lead to sub VFR at times early Wednesday
morning, mainly between 9-13Z.

.OUTLOOK FOR 06Z THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...

Wednesday night: VFR, SW to S winds.

Thursday: VFR during the day. MVFR becomes likely at night for cigs
and showers.

Friday: MVFR/IFR possible w/ showers. Thunder also possible.

Saturday: Improving to VFR early.

Sunday: MVFR possible w/ showers.

Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts,
can be found at: https:/www.weather.gov/zny/n90

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.MARINE...
Long fetch S-SW flow of 15-20 kt up the coast could push
significant wave heights up to 5 ft on the ocean E of Fire
Island Inlet late Thu night. Winds and seas relax on Fri, but
then seas on all the ocean waters could surpass 5 ft in NW flow
this weekend after a cold frontal passage, along with some gusts
to 25 kt late Sat night into Sunday.

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.CLIMATE...
Record High Temperatures:

November 4:
KEWR: 79/1994
KBDR: 78/1975
KNYC: 78/1975
KLGA: 76/1987
KJFK: 77/1975
KISP: 76/1990

November 5:
KEWR: 79/2022
KBDR: 73/2022
KNYC: 78/1961
KLGA: 75/2022
KJFK: 75/1975
KISP: 74/2022


Record High Minimum Temperatures:

November 5:
KEWR: 61/2022
KBDR: 59/1961
KNYC: 64/2022
KLGA: 63/2022
KJFK: 60/2022
KISP: 62/2022

November 6:
KEWR: 66/2022
KBDR: 62/2024
KNYC: 66/2022
KLGA: 65/2024
KJFK: 64/2022
KISP: 65/2022


Record Precipitation:

November 6:
KEWR: 2.12/1911
KBDR: 0.54/2018
KNYC: 1.47/1911
KLGA: 0.96/1963
KJFK: 1.42/1963
KISP: 0.71/1963

&&

.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...None.
NY...None.
NJ...None.
MARINE...None.

&&

$$

DISCUSSION...Goodman
AVIATION...BC/MW
MARINE...Goodman