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FXUS61 KOKX 111932
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
332 PM EDT Sun Aug 11 2024

.SYNOPSIS...
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A frontal boundary will continue to push slowly east offshore as high pressure noses in from the west. A trough passes through on Monday into Monday night, then weak high pressure will be in control for much of the week. A frontal system approaches Saturday and likely pivots through on Sunday.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
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While surface high pressure continues to build in from the west, stubborn mid level clouds have persisted along the coast much of the day with a passing wave offshore. As this pulls away, clearing skies and dry conditions prevail through tonight. The cloud cover pushes east into this evening and mostly clear skies develop tonight. Coupled with a light flow, efficient radiative cooling looks likely in outlying areas. Overnight lows are progged in the 60s along the coast, with mid to upper 50s possible once again across the interior. Blended in the cooler MAV/MET guidance to achieve this.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/...
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Upper trough pivots through the Northeast on Monday, with a shortwave rounding the base and swinging through in the afternoon. At the surface, a 1020 mb high centered over the Midwest continues to gradually build east. CAMS hint at widely scattered showers developing in the afternoon with the shortwave energy and cold pool aloft as the trough moves through. Best chances of seeing this are across the interior, though a few may may their way down to the coast. Moisture is limited, and instability is relatively weak, so not anticipating much in the way of thunderstorms and have omitted from the forecast with this update. Despite some increased cloud cover and a few possible showers, the day overall should feel quite pleasant, with temperatures around 80 in the afternoon coupling with dew pts in the 50s. Once again, clear skies and light flow should allow those outside the urban metros to cool a bit below national blended guidance, utilizing MAV/MET yields overnight lows falling back into the 50s and 60s.
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&& .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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A broad trough upper level trough gets anchored just to the east providing a prevailing NW to N flow throughout much of the column through mid week. A second area of mid level troughiness forms over the Great Lakes late in the week and pushes into the area towards the weekend. It should be mainly dry Tuesday through Friday with weak and broad high pressure established in the lower levels. The global guidance appears to be favoring a re-introduction to PoPs towards Friday night and into the start of next weekend. The push northeast of a warm front now looks to get delayed now until the start of the weekend. Thus minimal to no PoPs are now forecast through the day Friday. PoPs should gradually increase from late Friday night through Sunday with a warm front likely, followed by low pressure and a cold frontal passage later in the weekend. Temperatures through much of the period will be hovering close to normal for mid August. Perhaps towards the weekend daytime temperatures will run a shade below normal due to more cloud cover. Also, dew points will be running lower than they have been for much of the summer thus far. Towards Friday into Saturday the humidity may increase as more of a southerly component to the low level flow gets established.
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&& .AVIATION /20Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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VFR with high pressure in control. An upper level disturbance approaches tomorrow. S to SW winds will shift to the SW and W into this evening. However, the flow may at times be so light that winds may be light and variable. Wind speeds should increase later this afternoon to near 10 kt or less. Winds diminish this evening as they shift to the W- WNW. Outlying terminals (and even the metro terminals at times) will go light and variable overnight. W to WNW flow continues Monday morning to near 10 kt once again. However, there is some uncertainty in wind direction, especially along the coast as there is the potential for sea breezes to develop once again. Do not have this occurring in the forecast just yet. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... Amendments possible due to wind direction being slightly off from forecast through the rest of the afternoon. Winds at KLGA could end more NW-N into early this afternoon. OUTLOOK FOR 18Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... Monday: VFR. Afternoon/early evening shower/thunderstorm possible. Tuesday-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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An uneventful period on the coastal waters as high pressure provides a weak pressure gradient and a light wind regime overall. Ocean seas should average close to 2 ft or just below through Thursday night.
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&& .HYDROLOGY...
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There are no hydrologic concerns through this weekend.
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&& .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
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Subsiding onshore swell activity has allowed the rip current risk to lower to moderate everywhere for the remainder of the day. Mainly a low rip current risk for all ocean beaches Monday, although the ocean beaches of Nassau and Queens may experience a brief moderate risk in the morning. The low rip current risk is expected to continue on Tuesday.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None. && $$ SYNOPSIS...JE/DR NEAR TERM...DR SHORT TERM...DR LONG TERM...JE AVIATION...JP MARINE...JE/DR HYDROLOGY...JE/DR TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...JE