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FXUS61 KOKX 220843
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
443 AM EDT Mon Apr 22 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
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High pressure will generally be in control through Tuesday morning, before shifting offshore and weakening Tuesday afternoon and night. A warm front will move through late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, followed by a cold front Wednesday afternoon. High pressure will then build into the region Wednesday night, and move off the Northeast coast on Friday. A frontal system may impact the area for the weekend. High pressure will briefly return Sunday night into Monday.
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&& .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
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Under mostly clear skies, temps across some interior valley spots and in parts of eastern Long Island have fallen below freezing, with upper 20s/lower 30s. Some mid 30s readings had also made it down to the SE CT coast and into much of the rest of the interior and across eastern Long Island where winds were relatively light. This should also be the case tonight, and have issued a freeze warning for late tonight into early Tue AM for Orange County, and frost advisories for much of the interior and across eastern Long Island. Prior to that, after the chilly start to this morning, temps should recover on a downslope NW flow (with an afternoon sea breeze along the coast east of a developing thermal trough). High temps should reach the lower 60s in urban NE NJ, the upper 50s most elsewhere, and mid 50s across eastern Long Island and coastal SE CT.
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&& .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
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A southerly flow will set up daytime Tue as the sfc high moves to the east and weakens in between an approaching cold front well off to the west, and a developing ocean storm. Temps should once again reach the mid/upper 50s along the coast, with lower 60s inland and some mid 60s in urban NE NJ. Expect an increase in clouds ahead of the approaching front Tue night, with chance of showers from NYC north/west late, then throughout Wed morning as a warm front passes through. A cold front and strong mid level shortwave trough will move through in the afternoon, and if NAM fcst soundings are correct should be accompanied by a band of showers/tstms, with likely PoP inland and chance PoP for NYC/Long Island/coastal SE CT. Stronger cells could produce gusty winds given dry sub-cloud air and steep low level lapse rates. High temps look to be a little warmer across the board, with widespread lower/mid 60s, possibly upper 60s in NE NJ and NYC.
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&& .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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High pressure will be in control Wednesday night into Friday night with a cool airmass in place, and temperatures below seasonal normals. With late April temperatures below normal, frost and freeze headlines will be possible across much of the area Wednesday night and Thursday night. A warm front approaches Saturday and slowly moves into the area through Sunday as the associated low remains in the western Great Lakes region. A return southerly flow sets up Friday night with high pressure off the northeast coast. And a southerly flow, and the approach and possible warm frontal passage will bring temperatures to levels 5 to 10 degrees above normal Saturday and Sunday. There will be chances for showers with the warm front, however, there remain timing uncertainties with the movement of the front. There a also a low chance of isolated thunder Sunday with some CAPE and developing surface instability. However, with the uncertainty of the warm front position, low chance of thunder, late in the forecast period, will not mention thunder at this time.
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&& .AVIATION /08Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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High pressure builds in from the west through today, and remains in place tonight. An afternoon thermal/lee trough sets up. VFR. Winds generally NW less than 10 kt overnight, but veer more to the NNW toward morning. There is a chance of an afternoon seabreeze, but looks to be late. Best chance at KJFK, KBDR, and KGON. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... There is a chance of a late day seabreeze at KJFK. OUTLOOK FOR 06Z TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... Late Monday night-Tuesday: VFR. A chance of showers late Tuesday night. Wednesday: Generally MVFR with showers, isolated thunderstorms. Low chance of IFR. SW winds 10-15G20-25kt, becoming W-NW in the afternoon into the evening. Thursday-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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Quiet conditions on the waters through Tue evening. Increasing S flow ahead of a cold front should build ocean seas above 5 ft late Tue night into Wed. NY Harbor could also see a few gusts up to 25 in W-NW flow after fropa late day Wed. Ocean seas remain elevated Wednesday night behind the cold front, and gusts during the evening may briefly reach SCA levels as departing low pressure deepens. The non ocean waters will be below advisory levels Wednesday night through Thursday. Ocean seas gradually subside late Wednesday night in a weakening NW, falling below advisory levels Thursday morning. Winds and seas across the forecast waters then remain below advisory levels through Friday night.
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&& .HYDROLOGY...
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No hydrologic concerns attm.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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CT...Frost Advisory from midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Tuesday for CTZ005>008-011-012. NY...Frost Advisory from midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Tuesday for NYZ068>070-079-081. Freeze Warning from midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Tuesday for NYZ067. NJ...Frost Advisory from midnight tonight to 8 AM EDT Tuesday for NJZ002. MARINE...None.
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