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FXUS61 KOKX 280045
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Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service New York NY
745 PM EST Thu Feb 27 2025

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On the heels of a cold frontal passage, weak high pressure will build in from the west into Friday, then passes offshore by evening. A strong cold front passes through the area Saturday afternoon, followed by building high pressure into Monday. Deepening low pressure over the mid section of the country will then lift out of the central Plains on Tuesday.
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&& .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/...
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Cold front along with a few showers will clear eastern LI within the next hour. Expect a dry westerly flow to develop with perhaps a few gusts up to 20 kt, especially along the coast. Skies will gradually clear from west to east overnight. Lows will remain above normal in the lower 30s inland and the mid 30s to around 40 at the coast.
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&& .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... High pres ridges across the area on Fri ahead of an Alberta Clipping dropping down then the Great Lakes. The low is modeled to track into nrn New England, so this puts the area in the arm sector and out of the region of best lift and dynamics. As a result, only some low pops in the fcst attm, with the highest chances across nrn areas of the cwa. Mainly light rain as the pcpn type, but there could be some wet flakes at times across the far nrn tier. No accums expected. Based on a well mixed wly flow on Fri, did increase wind gusts abv the NBM to about 25 mph thru the day. Temps Fri and Fri ngt close to the NBM with some local adjustments made. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...
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Key Points * Significant temperature decrease Saturday night with lows by Sunday morning in the teens to lower 20s. * Well below normal Sunday and Monday with highs only in the 30s. * Temperatures trending warmer for midweek, returning to above normal. * Heavy rain possibility for the middle of next week. Stayed close to the NBM guidance during this period as global models are in decent agreement. However, made some minor adjustments in timing and speed based on trends in 12Z globals and ensembles. An amplifying upper trough across eastern Canada south into the Mid Atlantic states will send a strong polar cold front through the area Saturday afternoon. Any showers will be brief and mainly across the interior. The core of cold air will stay well to the north across eastern Canada with 85h temps of -30C. However, there will be a period Saturday night into Sunday where 85h temps get as low as -15 to -20c. After highs in the lower to mid 50s Saturday, temperatures will quickly drop behind the front with lows by daybreak Sunday into the teens to lower 20s. Gusty NW winds up to 25 mph will follow Saturday night and then gradually subside heading into Sunday as high pressure builds in from the west. Highs Sunday will only get into the upper 20s to mid 30s, warmest across the coast. With no upstream blocking over the north Atlantic, the airmass will be fleeting with the upper trough quickly lifting offshore by Monday. Expect a significant warmup heading into midweek as a southern branch storm system emerges from the southern Plains Tuesday, heading up through the Great Lakes Wednesday and into eastern Canada by Thursday. Ahead of it will be a period of large scale warm advection Tuesday night into Wednesday, followed by a cold frontal passage on Thursday. The system looks to have a good feed of moisture from both the Gulf and Atlantic. This combined with deep-layered lift would be able to produce some heavy warm conveyor belt rains. Keep in mind, this is almost a week out and way too early to be too specific with the details.
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&& .AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/...
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A cold front passes through late this evening. VFR. WSW winds becoming W for the next few hours, then WNW by midnight. Gusts around 20kt for a few hours at some terminals this evening, with any gusts ending overnight. Gusts return near 14z Friday from the WNW 20-25kt before subsiding towards 20-21z. NY Metro (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF Uncertainty... No amendments expected. .OUTLOOK FOR 0Z SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... Friday night: VFR. S winds, gusts 15-20kt late. Saturday: VFR. WNW winds gust 25-30kt PM. Sunday: VFR. NW winds gust 15-20kt. Monday-Tuesday: 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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SCA remains up for the ocean waters through Saturday. There could be an ocnl gust to around 25 kt right behind the cold front tonight. Otherwise, increasing W winds and seas remaining aoa 5 ft on the ocean thru Fri ngt. Winds mrgnl elsewhere thru the period. SCA conditions continue into Saturday on the ocean waters, mainly for seas to start. However, a cold frontal passage will be followed by marginal NW gust to around 25kt Saturday afternoon and night. Thereafter, high pressure builds in from the west Sunday into Monday with diminishing winds and seas.
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&& .HYDROLOGY...
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No issues expected at this time. There is a storm system that has the potential to bring some heavy rain into the area for the middle of next week, however, it`s too early to be specific with rainfall amounts.
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&& .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...None. NY...None. NJ...None. MARINE...Small Craft Advisory until 6 PM EST Saturday for ANZ350-353- 355. && $$ SYNOPSIS...JMC/DW NEAR TERM...JMC/DW SHORT TERM...JMC LONG TERM...DW AVIATION...JE MARINE...JMC/DW HYDROLOGY...JMC/DW