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FXUS61 KOKX 230819
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
419 AM EDT Mon Oct 23 2023

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High pressure builds in from the west today through tonight and will start to move offshore Tuesday. High pressure continues to build offshore Tuesday night through Wednesday night. High pressure will remain offshore through the week. A weak cold front approaches from the west by Saturday and moves through Saturday night into Sunday morning.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
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Conditions remain dry today with more sun as high pressure becomes a greater influence as it builds in from the Ohio Valley. For today, there will be high pressure building in from the west. A weakening pressure gradient will lead to a less breezy day. Winds will diminish towards early evening. Aloft, models exhibit more ridging, and less cyclonic flow. More sun and less clouds with less winds will lead to a relatively warmer day than the previous day. Forecast highs range more in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
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For tonight, high pressure moves overhead but with weak shortwave aloft moving in and weakening ridging late, clouds will increase. Winds however will continue to diminish and become calm. Radiational cooling will occur but will not be the most optimal with the clouds increasing late. With some inconsistent trends over the last 24 hours, the low temperature forecast has fluctuated as well as the frost forecast for tonight. Much of the forecast lows are in the mid 30s to mid 40s. Forecast lows are in the upper 40s for NYC and in the lower 30s for parts of Orange County. Preference considering the uncertainty is to hold off on frost advisory with this forecast package. Still put in the forecast patchy and areas of frost forming overnight, mainly across the interior to the north and west of NYC. Some locations with a relatively higher chance to have frost formation include Orange NY, Putnam NY, and parts of interior southern CT. Aloft, ridging resumes Tuesday. With mid level negative vorticity advection behind the weak shortwave, clouds will decrease. At the surface, high pressure will build more southeast of the region. More SW winds develop in response. Warm air advection is forecast. Went slightly higher than MAV/MET/NBM combination with highs reaching more into the 60s. The warming trend continues thereafter with lows Tuesday night and Wednesday night getting relatively warmer than those of the previous night. The daytime high temperatures forecast for Wednesday were taken from the NBM which is leaning towards the upper percentiles for the high temperature forecast, ranging from the mid 60s to lower 70s. Low temperatures forecast Tuesday night are in the mid 30s to low 50s and for Wednesday night are in the low to upper 50s.
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&& .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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Tranquil continues for Thursday onward as high pressure remains offshore through the end of the week. With a continued southerly flow, temperatures through the week are expected to be well above normal. Global guidance is coming into better agreement with a cold front that is forecast to slowly approach the area from the mid-West on Saturday. This front will move through Saturday night into Sunday morning. However, the cold front looks to be week, and only light amounts of rain are expected with it, with some solutions bringing it through dry or mainly dry.
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&& .AVIATION /08Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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High pressure builds in from the west through today. VFR. There is a low chance of high end MVFR ceilings at KSWF late tonight. A gusty NW flow continues until around 06Z, and then both sustained winds and gusts gradually diminish. Gusts may become more occasional after 04Z before ending 06Z to 09Z. Gusts may linger across the metro terminals through 12Z. Winds become more northerly later this afternoon. A light north to northeasterly flow develops tonight, with the possibility of winds becoming light and variable everywhere, but especially outside the metro terminals. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... No unscheduled amendments expected. Gusts of around 20 kt may linger to around 12Z. OUTLOOK FOR 06Z TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... Tonight through Friday: 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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SCA remains for southern half of forecast region waters. NY Harbor and South Shore Bays have their SCA go until 6AM this morning and the ocean SCA remains in effect until 12PM this afternoon. Non-ocean waters remain below SCA for this morning after 6AM. Conditions remain below SCA for this afternoon through Wednesday night as the pressure gradient remains weak. High pressure approaches the waters today into much of tonight and eventually moves across the waters late tonight into early Tuesday. The high then builds more offshore going into midweek. Thereafter, with high pressure over the waters and a lack of a pressure gradient, winds and seas are expected to remain below SCA criteria through the beginning of the weekend.
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&& .HYDROLOGY... No hydrologic impacts expected through the week. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM EDT early this morning for ANZ338-345. Small Craft Advisory until noon EDT today for ANZ350-353-355.
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&& $$ SYNOPSIS...JM/JP NEAR TERM...JM SHORT TERM...JM LONG TERM...JP AVIATION...JP MARINE...JM/JP HYDROLOGY...JM/JP