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FXUS61 KOKX 210108
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
908 PM EDT Tue Aug 20 2024

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A broad low pressure area extending from the New England coast into the Canadian Maritimes will be slow to lift to the northeast the next couple of days. At the same time, high pressure over the Great Lakes will nudge ever so slowly east toward the area and become the dominant feature by the end of the week. Low pressure will be near or over the area Sunday into Monday with a weak cold front. High pressure will follow on Tuesday.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/...
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Only minor adjustments were made to hourly temperatures and dewpoints with this update for the rest of this evening. Otherwise, the forecast remains on track. This will be a relatively benign period of weather as we head through the rest of the week. An upper low descends across Upstate NY tonight, but remains north of the area. A subsident NW flow off the Catskills should keep skies mostly clear tonight with occasional NW gusts 15 up to 20 mph early this evening. Lows will be about 7-10 degrees below normal, generally in the 50s. A few of the normally colder spots may drop into the upper 40s.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/...
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The upper low passes just north of the area on Wednesday and then gradually lifts to the north across northern New England into Thursday. Steepening lapse rates and cyclonic flow should result in increasing clouds late morning into the afternoon with an isolated shower possible, mainly across the interior. It will remain unseasonably cool with temperatures in the upper 60s/lower 70s. A few spots may get into the mid 70s. Occasional gusts from the WNW up to 20 mph will continue, mainly in the afternoon. Not much change expected Wednesday night into Thursday, with less cloud cover and dry conditions. Temperatures will be slightly warmer on Thursday.
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&& .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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A trough aloft exits east Thursday night into Friday as ridging moves in from the west. Surface high pressure builds in from the Great Lakes around this time frame. A weak ridge aloft with surface high pressure remains over the region through Saturday. Warm air advection is expected to gradually occur Friday into Saturday with winds turning from northwest to south and west on Friday and remaining that way on Saturday. This will lead to high temperatures returning to the 80s, closer to climatological averages. Dewpoints will also increase Friday into Saturday with the influence of the onshore flow. Overall, it should remain dry and mostly sunny Friday and Saturday due to general subsidence over the region from high pressure. After Saturday, global models diverge on their solutions of a low pressure system that may descend from Quebec on Sunday. The GFS resolves a deepening low pressure system with a deepening trough aloft in New England on Sunday and into our area Monday, bringing a weak cold front Monday afternoon/evening, then exiting to the southeast on Tuesday. Should this solution transpire, expecting isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms Monday afternoon and evening. The GDPS and ICON have a similar solution to the GFS, except with a weaker low, which would minimize rain coverage. Given the divergence in model guidance, have kept PoP at 15-20% for Monday afternoon/evening. Dry weather is likely to follow on Tuesday.
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&& .AVIATION /01Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
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VFR as high pressure slowly builds in. Diminishing NW winds tonight should pick up in the morning to around 10 kt, then to 15-25 kt with some gusts either side of 20 kt in the afternoon. BKN cigs expected in the afternoon. ...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... No unscheduled AMD expected attm. OUTLOOK FOR 00Z THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...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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With high pressure slowly building in from the west, expect sub advisory conditions through the weekend.
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&& .HYDROLOGY...
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No hydrological impacts expected.
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&& .TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...
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The rip current risk decreases to moderate on Wednesday and then low on Thursday as swells diminish. With a full moon earlier this week and higher astronomical tides lingering expect minor coastal flood benchmarks to be approached or slightly exceeded for tonight`s high tide cycle across SW CT and the south shore bays of Nassau and Queens. This is being handled with coastal flood statements. Elsewhere, water levels should remain below minor flood benchmarks.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...None.
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&& $$ SYNOPSIS...BR/DW NEAR TERM...BR/DW SHORT TERM...DW LONG TERM...BR AVIATION...BG MARINE...BR/DW HYDROLOGY...BR/DW TIDES/COASTAL FLOODING...