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FXUS61 KOKX 231624
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
1224 PM EDT Sun Jul 23 2023

.SYNOPSIS...
Weak high pressure remains in place today. A weak low pressure
system may pass nearby to the south Monday night into Tuesday.
Weak high pressure remains in control through late next week. A
frontal system may impact the region next weekend.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
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Isolated showers and thunderstorms have developed across the higher terrain of northeastern Pennsylvania and into northwestern New Jersey with weak surface convergence and surface based instability and CAPE of 500 to just over 1000 J/kg. CAMs have developed the convection, and bring weakening storms into the region this afternoon into early this evening. Updated to add slight chance probabilities and used coverage wording. Otherwise updated for the current conditions. Mixing of some lower dew points aloft was occurring once again today, though they are not expected to be as low as yesterday. Highs will once again be seasonable.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... Broad upper trough remains in place across the eastern US through Tuesday night, though gradually flattening through the period. A weak shortwave trough approaches Monday afternoon into early Monday night. Some showers and thunderstorms are possible with this feature, bringing just a slight chance for portions of New York City, but the best chances remain north and west of the city. The shortwave is expected to weaken as it heads east, so do not expect precipitation to head much farther east than the Hudson River. The ECMWF continues to develop a weak low pressure along an old frontal boundary Monday night. Bring in some slight chance POPs across mainly Long Island for this possibility, though there is a great deal of uncertainty with this feature as other models are much weaker or much less organized. Temperatures continue to be seasonable through the period. Humidity levels increase to more typical levels as well. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... Surface high pressure over the Atlantic builds over the East Coast mid to late week, resulting in fairly quiet weather with increasing temperatures. A frontal system may impact the area by the weekend, bringing a return to rain chances, and helping to break the heat. Heights climb on Wed as ridging aloft builds. This should keep the region warm and dry through the day, with highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s. By late week, ensemble means prog 850mb temperatures around 20C, which should mix down into the upper 80s and 90s at the surface away from the immediate coastline. NBM v4.1 probabilities of 90F have increased, now exceeding 95% for the urban metro both Thu and Fri, with a low non zero chance of 100F (~10%). Coupled with a moist SW flow, dew points rise into the low to mid 70s, apparent Ts likely reach the mid 90s both days, with some areas topping 100F at times. Should this hold, it would bring us to our first heat headlines of the season, though still some time to fine tune these details. The ridge may start to get suppressed into the weekend as a trough attempts to drop south out of Canada. Still condisderable disagreement amongst the globals at this stage, but rain chances increase ahead of a potential leading frontal system by Sat. Followed the national blend of models for this update, with subtle adjustments. && .AVIATION /15Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Weak high pressure remains over the region today. VFR through the TAF period. Light N winds veer southerly late morning into the afternoon with sea breeze development. Speeds increase to around 10 kt. Winds lighten this evening, going SW overnight, before becoming southerly once again Monday afternoon. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... Timing of wind shifts with seabreeze development may vary by 1-2 hours and could be variable at times. OUTLOOK FOR 12Z MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY... Monday through Tuesday: VFR. A slight chance of a late day showers/tstms at the NYC metro terminals and northwest. Wednesday through Thursday: VFR. A slight chance of late day showers/tstms at KSWF. Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts, can be found at: https:/www.weather.gov/zny/n90 && .MARINE... A Marine Weather Statement remains in effect for Long Island Sound. The National Weather Service in coordination with the United States Coast Guard have received reports of a large debris field across Long Island Sound, caused by recent flooding across New England. Made minor changes to the winds, especially across the ocean waters, which are a few knots higher than was forecast. Otherwise, no changes were made to seas/waves. Sub-SCA conditions are expected with a weak pressure gradient over the area through at least Thursday. Increasing winds and seas on Friday may produce SCA conds on ocean waters. && .HYDROLOGY... No significant widespread rainfall is expected through mid week next week. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... There is a low rip current risk for today with weak flow and seas less than 3 ft. The rip current risk for Monday is moderate as the surf height increases to around 3 ft and a stronger flow is expected. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...JP/DR NEAR TERM...JP/MET SHORT TERM...JP LONG TERM...DR AVIATION...BC/DR MARINE...JP/DR/MET HYDROLOGY...JP/DR TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...