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FXUS61 KOKX 111141
AFDOKX
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
741 AM EDT Fri Oct 11 2024
.SYNOPSIS...
High pressure builds south of the region today, then a dry cold
front passes through on Saturday. Low pressure then approaches from
the west and passes to our north, sending a cold front into the
region Sunday night into Monday morning. High pressure then builds
in through Wednesday.
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.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
A flattening ridge in the 500mb pattern shifts towards us today,
with surface high pressure building to our south. Mainly sunny with
perhaps some cirrus streaming in from the west by late in the day.
The sunshine and westerly winds will help push high temperatures back
up to near normal - mostly 65-70, which is around 5 degrees warmer
than what was observed yesterday.
Increasing cirrus tonight, and with a light WSW wind, tonight`s low
temperatures will be warmer than last night`s - ranging from around
50 across the northern zones to the upper 50s in the city.
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.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/...
A cold front passes through the area Saturday morning with moisture
limited to the upper levels, so no showers occur with its passage
over here. Although 850mb temperatures fall to 7-8C in the afternoon
behind the front, WNW-NW downslope winds should add a little
compressional heating. Have therefore bumped up the deterministic
NBM by a few degrees in most spots. Highs in the upper 70s for the
typically warmest spots in NE NJ and some areas in the city, with
lower to middle 70s elsewhere.
Saturday night will feature a zonal flow in the 500mb longwave
pattern, however 850-700mb moisture and shortwave lift approach us
from the west late at night. This along with decent isentropic lift
could produce showers NW of the city by the end of the night. The
longwave pattern then begins to amplify on Sunday courtesy of an
upper jet streak diving south from central Canada along with a 500mb
shortwave shifting into the Great Lakes region. These in turn will
energize a surface low shifting east across the lower Great
Lakes/upper Ohio Valley regions. Models disagree as to where the
center of this low eventually tracks, but favor a path north of us.
This scenario would then send a cold front into the forecast area
late Sunday night. Rain chances generally increase through the day
with the higher chances over the northern zones. Then as the cold
front approaches and a low level jet increases offshore, rain
becomes likely Sunday night. Won`t include thunder in the forecast
just yet during Sunday night, but upward forcing with the llj
combined with a little elevated instability and progged
conditionally unstable mid-level lapse rates may contribute a rumble
of thunder mainly east of the city. NBM was used for temperatures
Saturday night through Sunday night.
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.LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
The the cold front continues to move through the forecast area into
early Monday morning, pushing offshore later in the morning into the
early afternoon. This far out of course, there are timing
differences among the models. This will lead to some lingering
showers, mainly for eastern locations, with perhaps a slight chance
of showers for most other locations Monday morning.
Low pressure associated with the cold front treks into southeastern
Canada as high pressure from the center of the US slowly builds in
at the surface and troughing sets up aloft for the eastern third of
the country, which amplifies as head into the midweek period. This
will allow for a continued period of cold air advection from Monday
through Wednesday, leading to the coldest airmass of the early fall
season thus far. Then surface high pressure builds to the south and
a return flow sets up with temperatures moderating for Thursday.
Temperatures will be near normal on Monday, then drop to 5 to 10
degrees below normal Tuesday and Wednesday, with high temperatures
hard pressed to break 60 on both days. Slightly warmer, but still
below normal highs are expected for Thursday. Lows during this time
frame will be in the 30s and 40s. If winds let up enough, some
isolated locations in the outlying areas could drop to freezing or
slightly below. Frost therefore is a possibility, however there is a
good deal of uncertainty in both how low temperatures will drop as
well as wind speeds and any cloud cover, and there is thus
uncertainty in where any frost will develop at this time.
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.AVIATION /12Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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High pressure builds through this morning, settling nearby late in
the day. A cold front approaches tonight and moves through
Saturday.
VFR through the TAF period.
Winds remain NW overnight at less than 10 kt. Wind speeds resume
near 10 kt for most terminals by late this morning, shifting to the
W then WSW to SW (mainly for coastal terminals, inland terminals
will remain more W) into this evening. Winds shift back to the
NW Saturday morning at 10 to 15 kt. Additionally, low level
wind shear may be a problem late tonight, between 06Z to 12Z,
but not enough confidence to put in TAFs just yet. If it does
occur, it would likely be at 030 at 40-45 kt at 2 kft.
...NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty...
No unscheduled amendments expected.
OUTLOOK FOR 12Z SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...
Saturday: VFR. W-WNW winds G15-20kt during the day.
Sunday: VFR for much of the day, SE / S winds G15-20kt in the
afternoon. Chance of showers with possible MVFR late and mainly at
night.
Monday: Mainly VFR, brief MVFR possible early in showers. W to NW
winds 10 to 15 kt, with gusts 15 to 20 kt.
Tuesday: VFR. NW winds.
Detailed information, including hourly TAF wind component forecasts,
can be found at: https:/www.weather.gov/zny/n90-- End Changed Discussion --
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.MARINE...
Sub-advisory conditions today with a NW to W flow under 15kt.
Westerly winds then pick up tonight ahead of an approaching cold
front. The front shifts through Saturday morning, then veering winds
become lighter through the rest of the day. Expecting advisory-
level conditions on the ocean starting this evening and lasting into
Saturday, so SCAs have been issued accordingly. There could be
occasional gusts to 25kt over central and eastern LI Sound, but will
hold off on an advisory. Winds further subside Saturday night, then
a probable return to SCA conds on the ocean for Sunday in advance of
an approaching low pressure system and cold front.
Small craft conditions on at least the ocean waters lasting into
Monday as a cold front moves through. Gusts of 25 to 30 kt are
likely on the ocean, and possible on all other waters. Waves of
4 to 8 ft on the ocean waters begin to slowly diminish Monday
afternoon, not falling to below 5 ft by Monday night into
Tuesday morning (mainly for the eastern ocean waters).
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.HYDROLOGY...
No hydrologic concerns expected through the middle of next week..
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.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...None.
NY...None.
NJ...None.
MARINE...Small Craft Advisory from 10 PM this evening to 6 PM EDT
Saturday for ANZ350-353.
Small Craft Advisory from 10 PM this evening to noon EDT
Saturday for ANZ355.
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SYNOPSIS...JC/JP
NEAR TERM...JC
SHORT TERM...JC
LONG TERM...JP
AVIATION...JP
MARINE...JC
HYDROLOGY...JC/JP