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FXUS61 KOKX 231711
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
111 PM EDT Thu May 23 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
A slow moving cold front will move through the area today and
tonight, moving offshore early Friday morning. Weak high
pressure builds in Friday and remains Friday night. High
pressure moves over the region Saturday. A cold front moves
through Sunday, moving back north as a warm front Monday. A cold
front moves through Tuesday with dry conditions expected by
mid-week.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...

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Showers with embedded thunderstorms are exiting east of the forecast area early this afternoon. Additional showers will be possible this afternoon, mainly over the southern zones. CAMs still imply sct convective shower activity right along a slow- moving cold front late day into early evening for approx the SW half of the forecast area. Will leave thunder out of the forecast for now, but CAPEs should recover this afternoon with some clearing behind the exiting storms. Might therefore need to add a mention of thunder for anything the pops up along the front later today. Lowered the high temp forecast slightly based on latest obs and anticipated cloud cover for the next hour or two. Highs still reaching the low 80s in NE NJ and 75-80 for most other locations. Low 70s along south-facing coasts.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... The cold front slowly moves to the south this evening through tonight and passes south Friday morning. Little precipitation is expected with the front after this evening, and will be mainly to the south, ahead of the front, so have gone with a dry forecast later this evening and through tonight. Ridging amplifies to the west tonight and the ridge moves slowly into the region Friday into Friday night as weak surface high pressure builds to the west. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Key points: * Above normal temperatures on Sunday transition to near or slightly above normal Monday through Wednesday. * Rather unsettled during this time frame with multiple fronts affecting the area. Zonal flow aloft for Saturday, though there are some model differences with the potential for a weak cut off low over Virginia to head toward the region as advertised by the 00Z GFS. This low This low weakens into a trough as it moves toward the area late Saturday afternoon into Saturday night. A cold front approaches later Saturday night and moves through Sunday morning, bringing a chance for light showers. Strengthening low pressure over the western Great Lakes region heads northwest into Canada on Monday, sending the cold front that moved through on Sunday back north as a warm front. A period of unsettled weather is then expected from Monday through Monday night as the warm front, then cold front move through the region. A period of moderate to briefly heavy rain is possible Monday night in association with the cold frontal passage. However, given uncertainty this far out, did not mention in the forecast just yet. The area looks to get dry slotted for Tuesday, cutting off precipitation, though condition could get breezy as the low continues to strengthen somewhere over the Great Lakes region or southern Canada, depending on the model. Dry conditions continue into Wednesday. Above normal temperatures Sunday will trend closer to normal to slightly above normal for the remainder of the long term period. Monday temperatures may be a couple of degrees to high if more in the way of clouds and rain occurs, as is advertised by the ECMWF and Canadian models. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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A weak front pushes through tonight. Mainly VFR. There is a chance for some MVFR conditions for eastern areas tonight (KJFK, KISP, KBDR and KGON), mainly after 03Z, but this is more likely to be patchy fog rather than stratus. Winds shift S to SW around 10kt this afternoon before becoming light and variable tonight (mainly north). On Friday winds become onshore around 10 kt by 15z-16z. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... No unscheduled amendments are expected outside of patchy fog along the coast overnight. OUTLOOK FOR 18Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... 18z Friday: VFR. Saturday: Chance of afternoon/evening showers and possibly a tstm, with MVFR cond possible. Sunday: Mainly VFR. Monday: Chance of showers and possibly a tstm, with MVFR cond possible. Tuesday: VFR. Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts, can be found at: https:/www.weather.gov/zny/n90
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&& .MARINE... Sub-SCA conditions are expected across the forecast waters today through Monday night. && .HYDROLOGY... No hydrologic impacts are expected today with rainfall of 1/4 to 1/2 inch, with locally higher amounts possible in heavy rain with thunderstorms. No hydrologic impacts are expected tonight through the middle of next week. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...JP/MET NEAR TERM...JC/MET SHORT TERM...MET LONG TERM...JP AVIATION...IRD MARINE...JP/MET HYDROLOGY...JP/MET