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FXUS61 KOKX 262036
AFDOKX

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
336 PM EST Sun Jan 26 2025

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A cold front moving through this afternoon exits offshore, with weak high pressure briefly returning tonight and Monday. Low pressure passes well to the north Monday night, dragging another cold front through Tuesday. Weak high pressure moving across Tuesday night will give way to an Alberta Clipper low tracking to the north on Wednesday, with a trailing cold front passing through by Wednesday evening. High pressure will then build from the west from Wednesday night into Thursday, and retreat to the northeast on Friday as a low pressure system approaches for the weekend.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
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The region remains at the base of broad troughing situated over eastern Canada. Weak embedded shortwave energy passing thru New England is pushing a cold front through the region this afternoon, though no precipitation given weak lift and very limited moisture to work with. Deeper mixing above 900 mb has led to some wind gusts exceeding 25 mph, but this should subside early this evening with lightening flow. After the mildest day in a week, temperatures tonight fall back similar to last night, teens inland and 20s along the coast. Skies clear out overnight into early morning as weak high pressure returns behind the fropa and drier air and subsidence move in.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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Subsidence sets up abundant sunshine Monday with clear skies. Low level flow begins to strengthen ahead of the next incoming frontal system, and SW gusts 25 to 30 mph develop by day`s end. Slightly cooler air mass in place Monday, a couple of degrees cooler from the previous day, with afternoon highs generally spanning the mid 30s inland to around 40 along the coast. A bit more potent shortwave rounds the base of the broader trough into Monday night. Associated surface low well to the north rapidly deepens as it does so, dragging another cold front toward and through the region on Tuesday. Pressure gradient tightens as the region gets sandwiched between this deepening low pressure, and a high centered over the Deep South. This will lead to a period of blustery winds late Monday through Tuesday, though it still looks to fall short of a wind headline, with gusts generally 30 to 35 mph, and a few toward 40 mph possible. Best chance of exceeding 40 mph are along the SE CT coast, as well as eastern LI. Deep mixing behind the cold front should allow 30 to 35 mph gusts to remain possible through Tuesday afternoon. Better forcing with this front may couple with some added moisture from the Lakes and allow a few snow showers to move through along and ahead of the boundary, generally Tuesday AM, with highest chances across the interior. Coverage in the higher res guidance looks isolated to scattered at best. Little to no accum with this activity. Frontal passage in the morning, then drying out Tuesday afternoon, absent a stray flurry or snow shower.
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&& .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... A clipper system approaches Tuesday night and tracks over southern/central New England Wednesday. Best pcpn chances along and N of the sfc low track. Although the timing seems to be in pretty good agreement amongst the models, the exact position of the low is still uncertain, with the 00Z ECMWF further N than the GFS. Both models however bring the CWA into the warm sector attm. Cannot rule out a track ending up further S, but for now will continue to follow the consensus modeling and keep the low N of the area, resulting in milder temps and lower pcpn chances and amounts. Thereafter, high pressure builds in through the end of the week. However, a frontal boundary remains draped over the area, and could potentially remain in the vicinity through the weekend. Another weak clipper system may pass over northern New England Thursday night, but looks to be too far north to bring any precipitation the the area. However, this far out, there is a great deal of uncertainty with the low and where the front will be, so stuck close to the NBM. With the area in the warm sector of the clipper system on Wednesday, temperatures are expected to be above normal, ranging from the lower to middle 40s. The front dips south of the area on Thursday, and below normal temperatures are once again expected, with near normal temperatures for Friday, and slightly warmer temperatures for Saturday. && .AVIATION /21Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
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A weak cold front passed through the terminals 19Z to 20Z, and winds have become more WNW. High pressure builds to the southwest while low pressure tracks across southern Canada through Monday. VFR. WNW winds 10-15 kt, gusts around 20 to 25 kt through 21Z/ 22Z. Winds then diminish to less than 10 kt this evening. WSW winds increase Monday morning with gusts developing 15Z to 17Z. NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... No unscheduled amendments expected. Occasional gusts Monday afternoon may approach 30 kt. .OUTLOOK FOR 18Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... Monday afternoon: VFR. WSW gusts 20-25kt, diminishing late day, and ending by 01Z. Tuesday: Mainly VFR. CHC brief MVFR, possibly IFR, in snow showers. WNW 15-20 kt, gusts 25-30 kt, with chc 35 kt along the coast. Wednesday: Chance of MVFR or lower in light snow, especially across the northern terminals. WSW gusts around 25 kt. Thursday - Friday: VFR. NW gusts 20-25 kt Thursday. 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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Small Craft Advisory remains in effect for all waters into early this evening, and on the ocean until 1 AM tonight with westerly wind gusts aoa 25 kt. SCA comes down as winds lighten, then a brief reprieve in conditions tonight on all waters. Thereafter, strengthening flow ahead of the next frontal system will return Advisory conditions to all waters, first on the ocean Monday morning, then all other waters by the afternoon. Gales develop on the ocean, eastern LI Sound, and Peconic and Gardiners Bays Monday evening, persisting thru at least Tue afternoon, if not Tue evening. Gusts on these waters likely between 35 and 40 kt, with a few gusts exceeding 40 kt possible. Gale Watch that had been in place for these zones has been upgraded to a warning. Given the strong winds, seas on the ocean climb toward 8 to 12 feet and up to 5 ft on the LI Sound. All other zones will continue to see at least SCA conditions Monday night and Tuesday, and gales can not be ruled out, but may be more occasional here. Will continue a mention in the HWO. SCA cond likely on the ocean daytime Wed with W flow gusting to 25 kt, and may be possible on the other waters as well. SCA cond likely on all waters after cold fropa early Wed evening and continuing into Thu morning, with some gale force gusts possible on the ern ocean waters Wed night. SCA cond should persist on the ocean waters thereafter from Thu afternoon into Fri morning, and out east Fri afternoon/night, as flow turns westerly Thu night.
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&& .HYDROLOGY...
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No hydrologic impacts expected through this week.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
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CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM EST this evening for ANZ331- 332-335-338-340-345. Gale Warning from 6 PM Monday to 1 PM EST Tuesday for ANZ332- 340-350-353-355. Small Craft Advisory until 1 AM EST Monday for ANZ350-353-355.
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&& $$ SYNOPSIS...BG/DR NEAR TERM...DR SHORT TERM...DR LONG TERM...BG AVIATION...MET MARINE...BG/DR HYDROLOGY...BG/DR