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FXUS61 KOKX 150020
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
820 PM EDT Sun Jul 14 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
A thermal trough will be in place Monday and Tuesday. A cold
front approaches from the west on Wednesday, moving through
Wednesday night into Thursday morning. High pressure will follow
for the end of the week.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
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Expect a dry night with an old frontal system/trough remaining. There is a chance for some patchy fog, mainly in the near shore waters late tonight, possibly impacting coastal SE CT and eastern LI. Confidence is low on fog development. Lows will primarily be in the 70s, but close to 80 across some of the NYC and NE NJ metro. During Monday heat headlines continues, but expand to a large majority of the area. A good amount of sunshine is expected with hot and humid conditions. Temperatures should be able to reach the lower and a few middle 90s for the NYC / NE NJ metro with mainly lower half of the 90s elsewhere and some 80s for immediate eastern coastal communities with a wind off the ocean. However, the southerly flow will result in higher dew point values for these locales, and thus not a lot of relief from the combination of the heat and humidity. Timing questions remain as far as convection chances for Monday afternoon and into Monday evening. Some of the convective allowing models have scattered storms moving in for the late afternoon, while some others have it arriving closer to sun down for NW areas and late in the evening further east. A thermal trough will be over the area, along with moderate instability and a shortwave approaching from the west. Also a tropical like environment will be in place with the primary concern with any storms being intense rainfall, but localized and short in duration. It will likely be a scenario where the instability axis will be draped WSW to NE across the area. This will have direct implications on the progression and how far east the activity can get late Monday and Monday evening. This fits with the Storm Prediction Center having a marginal risk of severe weather for western portions of the CWA. Have primarily chance PoPs for the late afternoon and early evening, with relatively slightly lower PoPs further SE. No changes with heat headlines / advisories. With respect to heat numbers went with a MAV MET consensus blend, especially with respect to dew points.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... After convective and shower chances early, look for muggy and partly cloudy conditions. Another night with minimum temps in the urban areas staying well into the 70s to around 80 in the NYC metro. Tuesday looks somewhat similar to Monday with respect to the heat and humidity. Slightly higher heat indices do get a bit further east into eastern portions of LI and CT. Also another shortwave or a series of shortwaves approaches late in the day, but the guidance differs with respect to the amplitude and placement to the north of the shortwave activity. For now handling this with slight chance PoPs for a good portion of the area, with chance PoPs into NW portions of So. CT and into much of the Lower Hudson Valley with the shortwave concentration slightly further to the north. No changes with heat headlines / advisories. With respect to heat numbers went with a MAV MET consensus blend, especially with respect to dew points. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... Key points: * Heat wave likely continues Wednesday with hot and humid conditions. Max heat indices 95 to 100 for much of the region. * Showers and thunderstorms develop along and ahead of an approaching cold front Wednesday afternoon and night, bringing the risk of strong to possibly severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. * Cooler, drier conditions expected behind the front Thursday and into the weekend. Expect another day of high heat and humidity Wednesday as a cold front approaches from the west. While there is little change in the airmass ahead of the front, there is some uncertainty with frontal timing (albeit not too bad), the onset of showers and thunderstorms, and convective debris from upstream activity. Heat indices are generally forecast to be 95 to 100 for much of the area, but due to those uncertainties, the heat advisory will not be extended into Wednesday at this time. Also continued to blend in the CONSALL with NBM dew points to knock them down slightly. NBM typically has been too high and with winds S/SW, mixing may be deeper, especially north and west of NYC. Showers and thunderstorms become likely Wednesday afternoon into the night with the approach of a cold front, which passes through the area overnight. A few storms could become strong and/or severe with some strengthening of the mid level flow and moderate to potentially high instability. Heavy rainfall also a good bet with PWATs around 2 inches. There is backing of the upper flow to the SW as the trough approaches, so this will have to be watched for potential training of the convection. Chances for showers and thunderstorms will linger into Thursday, but recent trends in the global guidance have shown a drying trend. There are some differences with the magnitude and progression of the upper trough that will impact how quickly the front drops south. High pressure will look to follow for the end of the week with some drier, more seasonable air moving into the area. && .AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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A weak surface trough remains in the vicinity through Monday. VFR. There remains potential for IFR across eastern Long Island and southeastern Connecticut late tonight into early Monday morning, however, confidence is low, and only included in a TEMPO at KISP and KGON. There is a chance of scattered thunderstorms Monday afternoon and into the evening, and continued with the PROB30 group at all the terminals with MVFR possible. Winds remain light S/SW at the NYC metro terminals through tonight, and light and variable at the outlying terminals. A SW/SSW flow continues Monday, becoming more S for coastal terminals in the afternoon. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... Adjustments to shower/thunderstorm timing Monday afternoon and evening are likely. OUTLOOK FOR 00Z TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... Monday Night: Mainly VFR. Chance of showers and thunderstorms with MVFR, mainly NYC metro on NW during the evening. Tuesday: Mainly VFR. A chance of afternoon into early evening showers and thunderstorms and MVFR, mainly from NYC metro on NW. SW wind gusts 15-20 kt afternoon into early evening. Wednesday: VFR to start. MVFR or lower in showers and thunderstorms late afternoon into the evening, with a chance of showers and thunderstorms late at night. Thursday: Mainly VFR. Chance of showers and thunderstorms. 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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Another round of fog is possible tonight, with the best chance across eastern ocean waters and areas adjacent to the eastern LI and coastal SE CT. Confidence on fog development is low. Sub small craft conditions are expected to prevail through Tuesday. The pressure gradient remains relatively weak tonight into Monday morning, with a S to SW flow increasing late Monday potentially leading to a brief period of occasional small craft gusts for the western ocean waters. Otherwise ocean seas should be ranging primarily from 3 to 4 ft during this time frame. A period of SCA conditions is possible, mainly on the ocean, Tuesday night into Wednesday night with increased southerly flow ahead of an approaching cold front. Ocean seas may linger at or above 5 ft Thursday before subsiding. High pressure builds in for the end of the week with sub-SCA conditions.
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&& .HYDROLOGY... With a humid air mass in places, any thunderstorms that can develop have the potential to produce locally heavy downpours. The risk of hydrologic impacts is limited to the local scale, and mainly for urban and poor drainage locations through mid week. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
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There is moderate rip current risk on the ocean beaches Monday and Tuesday due to 3-4 ft S swell 6-8s and S winds 10-15kt. RCMOS and NWPS are generally in good agreement.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...Heat Advisory from noon Monday to 10 PM EDT Tuesday for CTZ005>011. NY...Heat Advisory from noon Monday to 10 PM EDT Tuesday for NYZ067>071-078>080. Heat Advisory until 10 PM EDT Tuesday for NYZ072>075-176>179. High Risk for Rip Currents until 9 PM EDT this evening for NYZ081. NJ...Heat Advisory from noon Monday to 10 PM EDT Tuesday for NJZ002. Heat Advisory until 10 PM EDT Tuesday for NJZ004-006-103>108. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...JE/DW NEAR TERM...JE/DW SHORT TERM...JE LONG TERM...DW AVIATION...MET MARINE...JE/DW HYDROLOGY...JE/DW TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...DW