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FXUS61 KOKX 101515
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
1115 AM EDT Mon Jun 10 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
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A series of surface troughs will pivot across through tonight, then high pressure will build across for the first half of the week. A cold front will approach on Friday and move through Friday night, followed by high pressure next weekend.
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&& .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
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Some forecast adjustments made per latest obs and CAM output. A very comfortable air mass for this time of year will be in control for today and tonight. A WNW flow will provide dry conditions with low humidity. Expect a good deal of sunshine to start. However, with an upper level low and cooler air aloft expect more clouds to develop by the early afternoon as sfc heating increases. A sfc trough pushes through early in the afternoon which may aid in some buildup in cumulus cloud cover, with some isolated to widely sct late day showers, in particular across S CT. The synoptic pressure gradient should provide enough of a WNW flow to preclude much sea breeze intrusion this afternoon, perhaps backing winds to the WSW-SW closer to the shoreline late today. Overall, a partly to variably cloudy afternoon takes shape with seasonable temperatures and low humidity. For tonight, look for partly cloudy to mostly clear skies as high pressure gradually builds from the west. Another sfc trough pushes through during the evening, after which a more northerly component takes shape. A light NW-N wind will provide continued dry conditions with widespread 50s in outlying areas, and lower 60s in the metropolitan area.
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&& .SHORT TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
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For Tuesday with high pressure pushing in look for a weaker synoptic pressure gradient. This should allow for more in the way of sea breeze development for the afternoon. Temperatures will be very similar to Monday with mainly middle and upper 70s for daytime maxes. Again, quite comfortable with dew point readings mainly in the lower half of the 50s with a fair amount of sunshine. Spokes of upper level energy will pivot through from time to time into Tuesday evening, but really shouldn`t amount to anything in terms of sensible wx, with only intervals of clouds anticipated from time to time. For Tuesday night high pressure will be directly over the area providing mainly clear skies. Temperatures once again will be very comfortable with lows in the 50s again in outlying areas, and upper 50s and lower 60s closer to the coast and in the metropolitan areas.
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&& .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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**Key Points** * Big warmup for the second half the week, followed by a brief cool down for the weekend. * Mainly dry conditions through the period. * A frontal system to impact the area with showers and thunderstorms Friday and Friday night. A trough quickly moves out on Wednesday with shortwave ridging on Thursday. Afterwards, the upper flow flattens out with a fast flow from the Northern Plains into the Northeast. This is short-lived as another upper trough moves into the area to start the weekend. At the surface, High pressure builds in for Wednesday, giving way to a frontal system late Friday into Friday night. High pressure then returns to start the weekend. This will be a mainly dry period with the exception of the frontal system at the end of the week. The 00Z global guidance appears to be in close agreement on the magnitude and timing of the upper trough swinging across the Great Lakes and Northeast at the end of the week. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected on Friday with the frontal system guided ahead of the upper trough. Based on the NBM box and whisker temperature plots, the deterministic is generally at the 25th percentile or lower, especially with respect to high temps. So, this may not be as much of a cool down behind the cold front as suggested by the 2m temps of some of the 12Z operational guidance. Relatively speaking though, it should be noticeable as Thursday and Friday climb well into the 80s and possibly the lower 90s for the interior. The 50th percentile is even warmer for those days, so will have to see where this trends. Given decent onshore flow projected, we can expect heating to be limited at the coast. Typically at this time of year, coastal locations need a decent westerly component to achieve higher temps. The NBM deterministic blended with the SuperBlend allowed a better representation on the temperature gradient between the coast and the interior as the SuperBlend had much cooler temperatures on the coast than the NBM. At this time, max heat indices are forecast to stay below 90 on Thursday and below 95 on Friday.
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&& .AVIATION /15Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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Weakening low pressure remains over the Canadian Maritimes as high pressure builds in from the west through Tuesday. VFR. WNW winds may back to the SW or WSW during the afternoon at ISP, JFK, BDR, and GON from a modified sea breeze, but confidence in occurrence is not strong for BDR and JFK. Winds weaken and return to NW tonight, and may become light and variable. Tuesday winds will return more northerly 5-10 kts with a southerly sea breeze likely at most terminals in the afternoon. NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... Gusts may be more occasional 15-20 kt into mid afternoon. Winds at KJFK and KBDR could stay WNW through this afternoon and not shift to the SW. OUTLOOK FOR 12Z TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... Tuesday-Thursday: VFR. Friday: Mainly VFR. MVFR possible in afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. 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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High pressure should provide a weakening pressure gradient and thus fairly tranquil conditions across the coastal waters through mid week with ocean seas generally around 2 ft. The winds become southerly for the end of the week ahead of an approaching frontal system with marginal small craft conditions possible on the ocean Friday afternoon until Saturday morning.
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&& .HYDROLOGY...
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No hydrologic concerns expected attm.
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&& .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
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For the ocean beaches, the rip current risk will be low for NYC and western Long, and decreasing from moderate to low this afternoon for Suffolk. All the beaches should have a low rip current risk on Tuesday.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...JE/BG/BR NEAR TERM...JE/BG SHORT TERM...JE LONG TERM...BR AVIATION...BR MARINE...JE/BG/BR HYDROLOGY...JE/BR TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...