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FXUS61 KOKX 241918
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
318 PM EDT Tue Oct 24 2023

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High pressure remains in control through Friday. A slow moving cold front then approaches from the north and west this weekend, moving through early next week.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
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High pressure over the region will result in clear skies and light winds tonight. This will result in good radiational cooling, with o overnight lows falling into the 40s across much of the forecast area, with NYC metro remaining in the lower to middle 50s. A few of the far outlying locations in Orange County may see some low temperatures in the middle to upper 30s. If temperatures do drop this low, expect some frost to develop. No headlines are expected with the frost, with less than half the county expected to see frost development. Followed a NBM/MAV/MET blend for overnight lows.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/...
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Ridging builds into the region during the short term period with a continued warming trend expected. While it will be sunny skies to start, a mid-level shortwave will pass along the northern periphery of the ridge, resulting in an increase in cloud cover for the second half of Wednesday into Wednesday night. Despite the cloud cover, conditions will remain dry. Temperatures on Wednesday will be in the upper 60s to lower 70s, with lows Wednesday night in the upper 40s and 50s.
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&& .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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Ridging remains anchored over the Eastern US late week, maintaining dry, mild conditions into the weekend. Persistent SW flow will transport a milder air mass into the region, with 850 mb temperatures progged at +13C to +14C Thursday through Saturday. This will translate to several afternoons in the 70s at the surface, or about 10 to 15 degrees above climatological normals. Temperatures could approach daily record highs, particularly on Saturday. See climate section for more details. Weak shortwave passes around the ridge well to the north early Thursday, and another Friday into Saturday. This may allow for a bit of extra cloud cover, but conditions look to remain mostly, if not entirely, dry locally. By the weekend, troughing begins to dig into the Upper Great Lakes, as the ridging in place gets shunted to the south and east. On the leading edge of this trough, a cold front will attempt to slowly advance eastward. This boundary may backdoor the region from the north on Sunday as a wave of low pressure rides along it, as hinted by some of the global models, before working back north as a warm front. Model differences remain early next week with the timing/progression of the front clearing the region. For now, increasing rain chances as the front slowly approaches early next week, though kept PoPs capped at chance (40% to 45%) Sunday through Monday given the uncertainty at this point. A much cooler air mass looks to advect in behind the front, sometime early to mid next week. Largely stuck close to the national blend for this update.
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&& .AVIATION /19Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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High pressure moves southeast of the region and eventually offshore tonight. High pressure will remain offshore on Wednesday. VFR conditions are expected to prevail through the TAF period. Winds will be less than 10 kt throughout much of the TAF period. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... No unscheduled amendments expected. OUTLOOK FOR 18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY... Wednesday through Friday: VFR. Saturday: Mainly VFR. Patchy fog early with MVFR to brief IFR vsbys possible. Sunday: Becoming MVFR in Showers. Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts, can be found at: https:/www.weather.gov/zny/n90
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&& .MARINE... Conditions will remain below SCA levels through the rest of the week into next weekend as high pressure remains in control. && .HYDROLOGY...
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No hydrologic impacts expected into early next week.
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&& .CLIMATE... Here are the daily record high temperatures for the local climate sites for October 26th through October 28th. THU OCT 26TH RECORD HIGH/YEAR Newark NJ *79/1964 Bridgeport CT 74/1963 Central Park NY *78/1964 LaGuardia NY *76/1963 Kennedy NY 78/1971 Islip NY 75/1971 FRI OCT 27TH RECORD HIGH/YEAR Newark NJ 81/1963 Bridgeport CT 75/1963 Central Park NY 82/1963 LaGuardia NY 79/1963 Kennedy NY 78/1963 Islip NY 80/1963 SAT OCT 28TH RECORD HIGH/YEAR Newark NJ 82/1984 Bridgeport CT *72/2010 Central Park NY 83/1919 LaGuardia NY 80/1984 Kennedy NY 76/2010 Islip NY 75/1971 * ALSO OCCURRED IN PREVIOUS YEARS && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...BC/DR NEAR TERM...BC SHORT TERM...BC LONG TERM...DR AVIATION...20 MARINE...BC/DR HYDROLOGY...BC/DR CLIMATE...