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FXUS61 KOKX 021620
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
1220 PM EDT Thu Nov 2 2023

.SYNOPSIS...
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High pressure centered over the Mid Atlantic states pushes offshore by this evening, and then slowly proceeds east across the western Atlantic through Saturday. A weak cold front moves into the Northeast on Saturday, eventually stalling to the north. High pressure remains in control through Monday. Low pressure passes to the north Tuesday into Wednesday, dragging a cold front through the area.
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&& .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
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Updated for current conditions. A few cumulus were building over Long Island and portions of northeastern New Jersey and the Lower Hudson Valley. An upper trough departs to the NE today across the Canadian Maritimes while surface high pressure centered over the Mid Atlantic states pushes offshore by this evening. Diminishing NW winds will veer around to the W/SW this afternoon at less than 10 mph. Under full sunshine, highs are only forecast to get up into the upper 40s to around 50. This is around 10 degrees below normal. For tonight, a light SW flow and warm advection will result in a bit warmer night. However, with decent radiational cooling interior locations will likely fall below freezing with even some locations across the Pine Barrens region of LI. No freeze watches at this time for locations where the growing season has yet to end. A frost advisory is possible for coastal locations and portions of NE NJ minus the NYC metro, with lows in the mid to upper 30s and dew points at or below freezing. This will be reevaluated through the day. Dew points in the return flow look to low at this time for a black ice situation across the interior.
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&& .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... A strengthening SW flow on Friday with afternoon gusts of 15 to 20 mph and warm advection will return highs closer to normal in the mid to upper 50s. Lows Friday night will follow in tandem and may even be a few degrees above normal. For Saturday, an upper trough swinging across eastern Canada will send a cold front into the Northeast that is expected to stall well north of the forecast area later in the day. Winds will be light from the W with highs topping out around 60. In addition, there could be varying amounts of mid level clouds moving in Friday afternoon and continuing into Saturday with the warm advection. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... High pressure will remain centered offshore to our east and in control through Monday under mostly zonal flow aloft. Persistent southwesterly flow will continue through at least Sunday night. SSTs are still around 60 on the ocean and LI Sound so even with the onshore flow component the area should see high temperatures a few degrees above normal for early November. Guidance has come into better agreement with next weeks frontal system. The GEFS, EPS and CMC ensembles have shifted farther north with the low center locations from 24 hours ago. This solution is what the deterministic GFS and ECMWF were showing and are still showing with the current 11/2 00z runs. In this solution the bulk of the precip passes to the north. Since it is still 5-6 days away, went with the NBM for PoPs and lowered slightly. If this trend continues, would expect PoPs to continue to trend down and not cover as much time. The low passes to the north and will drag a cold front through the area. After the cold frontal passage, there is potential for a weak low to pass nearby the area at the very end of the long term period. A shortwave approaches from the west is mainly zonal flow aloft. This would bring the next chance of rain for the area. && .AVIATION /15Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... High pressure over the region this afternoon pushes offshore this evening. VFR through the TAF period. Light W/NW winds shift to the W then SW by later this afternoon and evening remaining at 5 to 10 kt. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... No Amendments expected. OUTLOOK FOR 12Z FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY... Friday through Monday: VFR. S-SW winds G20kt Friday afternoon and evening. Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts, can be found at: https:/www.weather.gov/zny/n90 && .MARINE...
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No changes to winds and seas at this time High pressure builds across the waters through tonight with sub-SCA conditions. The high then departs to the east with a strengthening SW flow on Friday, increasing to 15 to 20 kt in the afternoon, with seas on the ocean building to around 4 ft Friday night. Winds and seas then diminish and veer to the W on Saturday. Conditions will remain below Small Craft Advisory criteria Saturday night through Monday with high pressure in control. A frontal system will then pass to the north sometime Tuesday into Wednesday and bring the chance for 25 kt gusts on all waters and 5 ft waves on the ocean waters.
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&& .HYDROLOGY... There are not hydrologic concerns through the middle of next week. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...JT/DW NEAR TERM...MET/DW SHORT TERM...DW LONG TERM...JT AVIATION...IRD MARINE...MET/JT/DW HYDROLOGY...JT/DW