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FXUS61 KOKX 201155
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
755 AM EDT Sun Aug 20 2023

.SYNOPSIS...
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High pressure slides offshore today. A cold front approaches early Monday and moves through early Monday night. High pressure will return for Tuesday through Wednesday, then depart on Thursday. A frontal system will approach later in the week.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
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The forecast is on track with only minor changes needed to reflect current conditions. Dry conditions continue today as the forecast area will be on the eastern edge of an expanding and strengthening cut off high over the center of the country. Additionally an upper level trough pushes off the coast of New England. At the surface, high pressure pushes offshore. Rising heights and a light return flow will mean warmer conditions for today as compared to Saturday, with highs generally in the middle to upper 80s across the area. There will also be a steady increase in humidity levels. Dew points start off in the 50s in the morning, but by the end of the day they should rise to the upper 50s to middle 60s.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
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An amplifying trough aloft rounds the top of the cutoff high in southeastern Canada tonight and dives southeastward into Monday. The trough looks to bypass the area to the east by Monday evening, but the associated cold front will move through late Monday into early Monday night. With the upper trough just ahead of the surface cold front, dynamics do not support much in the way of precipitation, leading to a moisture starved frontal passage. A shower or thunderstorm is possible with the cold front, but much of the area should remain dry. Monday will be warm and humid thanks to continued warm advection at the surface. Highs will range from the middle 80s to around 90, with the highest readings across northeast New Jersey and into New York City. Humidity levels continue to rise as dew points climb into the upper 60s to lower 70s. Thereafter, Canadian high pressure builds in behind the front Monday night through Tuesday. This will lead to highs a few degrees below normal for Tuesday, in the middle 70s to around 80. Tuesday night could be a decent night for radiational cooling if winds diminish fast enough. Lowered temperatures a couple of degrees from NBM to reflect this potential. A much less humid airmass will also arrive late Monday night into Tuesday as dew points fall well into the 50s. Dew points may even be lower than what is currently forecast, with some upper 40s possible across the area.
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&& .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/...
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High pressure over the area on Wed will slide E on Thu, allowing a warm front to approach on Fri. The front could make its presence felt as early as daytime Fri per latest ECMWF, but think that may be a little fast and have only slight chance PoP for Fri, holding off on chance PoP until Fri night-Sat. Models are also trending more aggressively with evolution of an upper trough across eastern Canada and the Northeast going into the weekend, which could prolong precip chances into Sat night. Temps through most of the period are near to a little below normal, with highs mostly 75-80. Fri should be the exception, at least across most of Long Island, the lower Hudson Valley and the greater NYC metro area, with upper 70s to mid 80s.
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&& .AVIATION /12Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
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VFR as high pressure builds to the south overnight, and then out over the Atlantic daytime Sunday. Generally light W flow through this morning will back to the SW by late morning or early afternoon, with the usual SW-S coastal sea breezes developing. Winds diminish and become SW throughout tonight. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... SE-S harbor breeze should stop just shy of KEWR/KTEB from about 21Z-23Z. OUTLOOK FOR 12Z MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... Monday: VFR. Slight chance of a shower or tstm late in the day and at night. Tuesday through Thursday: VFR. 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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Sub-SCA conditions are expected, with a relatively weak pressure gradient over all waters and a lack of significant ocean swell.
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&& .HYDROLOGY... No hydrologic impacts expected through the forecast period. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
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There is a moderate rip current risk today and a low risk on Monday.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...BG/JP NEAR TERM...JP SHORT TERM...JP LONG TERM...BG AVIATION...BG MARINE...BG/JP HYDROLOGY...BG/JP TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...JP