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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
1115 PM EDT Fri Aug 9 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
A cold front moves through late tonight into early Saturday
morning. High pressure off to the west builds in for Saturday
into Saturday night. A weak front moves offshore on Sunday,
allowing high pressure to build in west of the area through next
week.

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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SATURDAY MORNING/...
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Forecast mostly on track with only slight adjustments to account for the latest observations. Showers will continue to push through the forecast area tonight in association with a cold front. The cold front is expected to move offshore around daybreak Saturday or a couple of hours thereafter. South to north warm conveyor belt bands of tropical showers continue ahead of the line of showers over eastern LI and eastern CT. The trend of a faster system has led to lower rainfall amounts. Only light to locally moderate rain showers are left, which could locally bring about 0.5in/hr rates. The Wind Advisory has also been canceled as wind gusts have lowered significantly with the low level jet now almost east of the area. It will be warm and muggy with temperatures in the upper 70s to lower 80s with dew points well into the 70s. In fact, there are heat indices around 90 at the coast this afternoon. Overnight lows will be in the upper 60s to lower 70s with some drier air arriving behind the front late.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... A westerly flow on Saturday will bring in a significantly drier air mass into the region. Cold advection lags behind the front and the airmass should heat up nicely into the lower and mid 80s. Dew points will be falling through the 60s. Dry conditions with seasonable temperatures will be on tap for Saturday night. Lows Saturday night will be near normal, ranging from the upper 50s inland, to the upper 60s along the coast and into NYC. Dew points should fall into the upper 50s to lower 60s, possibly lower as models typically do not handle the influx of drier air too well. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A weak boundary over the region will pass out to sea on Sun as an upr low reaches QC. The airmass will be moisture starved, so no pcpn is expected on Sun. The upr trof will leave suppressed heights across the region thru the week. Moisture remains limited however, so only some isold aftn shwrs/tstms modeled across the interior at times. Pops were kept at slight chance, with the NBM timing followed. Return flow from the ocean on Fri may add some upslope component and allow for better coverage of shwrs, but this far out the prob remains low at only 20-25 percent. The NBM seemed reasonable for temps thru the extended, with some cooler temps possible on Fri due to the onshore flow. In general, low humidity thru the period, with an uptick on Fri. && .AVIATION /03Z SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
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A strong cold front moves across the terminals this evening and passes east early Saturday morning. Mainly MVFR to IFR cigs. Gradual improvement in cigs overnight with VFR expected for most terminals by the morning push, though there is some uncertainty in how quickly any low stratus can scatter out. SHRA moving over the terminals now and VCSH possible for the first half of the overnight before drying out completely after 06-09Z. Ahead of the front, S/SE winds 10-15kt gusts 20-30kt. Winds shift to the SW and W overnight and winds diminish. Gusts should end by morning though there still may be a 10-15kt sustained wind. Winds may become NW in the morning before veering back to the W/SW into the afternoon. NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... Low confidence in timing of flight category changes overnight and into early Saturday morning. OUTLOOK FOR 03Z SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... Saturday-Wednesday: 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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Winds have come down over all waters so Gale Warning have been replaced with Small Craft Advisories through the night. Seas on the ocean will build to 8 to 10 ft by this evening, with 3 to 6 ft across Long Island Sound. Seas diminish late tonight but should remain above 5 ft on the ocean waters for much of Saturday morning, then slowly diminish to below 5 ft through Saturday night. Winds and seas are expected to subside blw sca lvls on Sun, and remain blw criteria through at least Thu with high pres W of the waters.
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&& .HYDROLOGY... The threat of flash flooding has lowered and mainly light to locally moderate showers are expected through the rest of tonight. The heavier showers could bring rates of up to 0.5in/hr. There are no hydrologic concerns from Sun-Fri. && .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING... There is a high risk for rip currents today through Saturday evening as breaking surf builds to 5 to 11 feet by mid to late afternoon and remains at least 7 feet into midday Saturday. A high surf advisory remains in effect from noon EDT today through noon EDT Saturday. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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CT...None. NY...High Risk for Rip Currents through Saturday evening for NYZ075-080- 081-178-179. High Surf Advisory until noon EDT Saturday for NYZ075-080-081- 178-179. NJ...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 6 AM EDT Saturday for ANZ331-332- 335-338-340-345. Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM EDT Saturday for ANZ350-353- 355.
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