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FXUS61 KOKX 161948
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
348 PM EDT Sun Apr 16 2023

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A cold front over the Appalachians will approach the area tonight and slowly pass through on Monday. Low pressure remains over eastern Canada and into the northeast Monday night into Tuesday. High pressure builds in for Tuesday night into Wednesday, and moves offshore Wednesday night. A warm front slowly approaches Thursday. Low pressure impacts the region Friday with a cold front passing through the area Saturday. Low pressure remains nearby Sunday.
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&& .NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/...
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A maritime airmass will remain entrenched thru tngt. Any erosion on the nrn edge is expected to fill in this eve, with the fog once again thickening near the coasts. Mid and high clouds may be a limiting factor for fog density, so no advy will be issued attm for land. An arc of pcpn, with a few tstms, extended from MI to WV at 19Z. This area of rain, associated with some dpva along with the sfc front, brings increasing chances for pcpn late tngt into Mon, with shwrs likely in the 6-18Z time period with wrn areas near the earlier end and ern areas later. Pwats generally less than 1.5 inches, along with progged storm motion around 10 kt and limited instability, should minimize the threat of heavy amounts of pcpn. Instability looks to be elevated, so chances for tstms low with any impacts limited to some locally heavier rain and isold lightning. Conditions dry out late Mon as dry air sweeps in on swly flow. Wind gusts around 20kt likely with deep mixing. With ocean temps around 50, overnight lows in the marine environment per the NBM appeared somewhat reasonable. Did limit the numbers across ern LI where it looked like the radiational cooling climo component was overdone. Highs on Mon warmest in wrn areas and away from the immediate south coasts due to the sly component wind. It is possible that highs max out a little warmer than fcst across these areas due to the deep mixing.
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&& .SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT/...
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A WSW breeze is expected to continue Mon ngt, especially near the coasts. Some of the sheltered interior areas could decouple, resulting in colder temps. Despite this, went closer to the warmer guidance of the NBM because of the expected wind. There may also be some 3000-5000 ft cloud cover at times as well despite the subsidence per the model time heights. No rain is expected with this setup.
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&& .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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A nearly vertically stacked upper and surface low remain across eastern Canada Tuesday with a cyclonic flow, and with some lingering low level moisture fair weather cumulus are likely. Temperatures will be near seasonal normals. Heights begin to rise Tuesday night as the upper low weakens and track north, and a more amplified ridge builds to the west, into the Great Lakes region by Wednesday morning. Weak low level cold advection ends toward Wednesday morning, and warm advection then sets up during Wednesday. A warm front will be approaching late Wednesday into Wednesday night. Moisture will be limited with the front, and the best frontal forcing and frontolysis remains to the north. There is some uncertainty in the global guidance as to whether or not any precipitation will occur with the frontal forcing Wednesday night into Thursday, and leaning toward the NBM probabilities will keeping the area dry. The warm front now looks to remain to the south of the region into Friday as the more amplified ridge slows the eastward progression of the next system. Still leaned toward the 50th and 75th percentiles for temperatures Thursday into Saturday. Still bringing in chances for precipitation late Friday, only slightly slower than the previous forecasts, and continue to mention a slight chance of thunder inland with weak CAPE and surface based instability. Also mentioned convection Saturday afternoon across the region as the cold front approaches although CAPE and instability will be more elevated. The front will be slow to move through the region as the upper low remains well to the west, and precipitation may be possible through Sunday with the potential for a wave to develop Sunday along the offshore cold front.
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&& .AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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A cold front approaches from the west tonight, passing across the area Monday morning. Mostly IFR/MVFR ceilings and VFR visibilities through the next few hours across all terminals. Conditions are expected to deteriorate once again tonight to IFR/LIFR and remain through Monday morning. Another round of showers comes early Monday morning, with the passage of the cold front/low pressure system. Timing of showers tomorrow morning looks to be sometime in the 8-12z time frame. As winds increase behind the cold front Monday anticipate some improvement in visibilities to VFR levels after 15Z and VFR ceilings after 18z. Winds mainly E-ESE at 10 kt or less through Monday morning will begin to turn more southerly behind the cold front then around to the west-southwest in the afternoon. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... Timing of category changes this evening/tonight may be +/- a few hours. Amendments likely for changing categories through the TAF period. OUTLOOK FOR 18Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... Monday: MVFR or lower with a chance of showers, mainly early. Winds shifting to the SW. Tuesday-Thursday: VFR with W flow. Friday: VFR then MVFR with a chance of showers in the afternoon. 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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Fog will continue to impact the waters into Mon. A dense fog advisory remains in effect for the ocean until 15Z Mon. Elsewhere, an advy may need to be issued if dense fog coverage becomes extensive overnight. Otherwise, winds and seas blw sca lvls thru Mon. Seas could hit sca lvls on the ocean Mon ngt with a persistent WSW flow. With a gusty westerly flow behind departing low pressure Tuesday wind gusts and possibly seas may be near SCA levels across the ocean waters east of Fire Island Inlet. As high pressure builds into the waters gusts and seas will be diminishing through the day. On the non ocean waters winds and seas will be below SCA levels Tuesday. Then with high pressure over the area Wednesday, and moving offshore Wednesday night, winds and seas across all the forecast waters will remain below advisory levels Tuesday night into Friday night.
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&& .HYDROLOGY...
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No hydrologic impacts are expected this week.
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&& .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
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Some of the most vulnerable locations may approach minor flood levels on Mon, particularly the second high time cycle in the aftn. With light wind fields however, confidence is too low to issue a statement attm.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...Dense Fog Advisory until 11 AM EDT Monday for ANZ350-353-355. && $$ SYNOPSIS...12/MET NEAR TERM...12 SHORT TERM...12 LONG TERM...MET AVIATION...FIG MARINE...12/MET HYDROLOGY...12/MET TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...12