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FXUS61 KOKX 082227
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
627 PM EDT Mon May 8 2023

.SYNOPSIS...
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A weak wave of low pressure passes to the south on Tuesday, followed by high pressure building in for Wednesday. The high drifts south Wednesday night as a backdoor cold front approaches and moves through Saturday. A wave of low pressure tracks along the front and affects the area late Saturday into the beginning of next week.
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&& .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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Updated for current conditions with temperatures falling off more slowly than forecast. Weak high pressure this evening will give way to an approaching wave of low pressure from the Ohio Valley tonight. The low is in association with a shortwave/vortmax that will move through the Great Lakes and then SE around the southern periphery of an upper low over the Canadian Maritimes. Conditions are expected to remain dry tonight as the flow remains northerly and the atmosphere below 15kft is dry. There will be increasing cloud cover above this height tonight as the system approaches. Lows will be in the 40s inland and the lower 50s near the coast. The low tracks across the Middle Atlantic Tuesday morning and then offshore Tuesday afternoon. Guidance has continued to come into good agreement on the precip staying well south of the region. Have trended PoPs down across the SW tier of the region and will now only carry a slight chance PoP Tuesday morning. The most likely outcome is for dry conditions to prevail, but a sprinkle cannot be completely ruled out across the SW part of NYC and NE NJ corridor. Otherwise, mid and high clouds are expected on the north side of the system. These clouds look to diminish and shift away from the area mid to late afternoon. A NE flow becomes E-SE in the afternoon, which should help cap high temperatures in the middle to upper 60s.
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&& .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Upper ridging builds aloft Tuesday night into Wednesday. Sprawling high pressure over the Great Lakes builds in during this period. Tuesday night will be chilly with lows in the 40s for most locations. Highs on Wednesday look close to normal in the upper 60s and lower 70s with mostly sunny skies. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... The long term period is relatively quiet with above normal temperatures Wednesday into the upcoming weekend. High pressure will be over the region midweek, and drift south as a weak backdoor cold front moves toward the area Friday and likely pushes to the south late Saturday into Saturday night as another high builds to the north. There is a chance that the front even dissipates as the boundary moves toward the coast. The will be little moisture and little to no precipitation is expected. There is uncertainty as to how far another high building in from Canada will push, and where the next frontal system will track. Some guidance keeps the wave to the south, with the northern periphery of the precipitation shield moving across Long Island, while some guidance tracks the low farther to the north. With the uncertainty have used the NBM probabilities through the extended period. Also, the temperatures look reasonable, and used the NBM. However, depending on the timing of the front, if it moves through, temperatures Saturday may be too high. && .AVIATION /21Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
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Weak high pressure builds in from the northwest though tonight, while a frontal boundary stalls over the Mid Atlantic states. A weak disturbance will pass south of the terminals on Tuesday. VFR through the TAF period. W-NW winds 10-15 kt with some gusts to 20 kt. These gusts will diminish this evening. Outside of the NYC terminals, winds will become light and variable after around midnight. Winds become NE 5- 10 kt early Tuesday before become S-SE 5-10G15 kt by mid afternoon. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... Winds at KLGA should prevail at or north of 310 magnetic for the rest of the day into this evening. Winds at KJFK and KEWR should prevail at or south of 310 magnetic through at least 23-00z, but may begin to prevail north of 310 as early as around that time. Gusts at KJFK/KEWR/KTEB might be only occasional. ...OUTLOOK FOR 18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY... 18Z Tuesday through Saturday...VFR. SW-W wind gusts 15-20 kt Friday. 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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No changes to winds and seas at this time. A weak pressure gradient should keep winds and seas below advy levels through Saturday.
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&& .HYDROLOGY... No hydrologic concerns exist through next Monday. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... Water levels will stay below minor coastal flood benchmarks with tonight`s high tide, but could come close Tuesday night across the most vulnerable spots of the south shore back bays in Nassau County. The higher than normal waters levels have been due to a combination of the recent full moon and a 1-2 ft easterly swell. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...DS/MET NEAR TERM...DS/MET SHORT TERM...DS LONG TERM...MET AVIATION...JC/IRD MARINE...DS/MET HYDROLOGY...DS/MET TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...