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FXUS61 KOKX 201745
AFDOKX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1244 PM EST THU NOV 20 2008
.SYNOPSIS...
UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AS A SERIES
OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE ACROSS. THE FIRST OF THESE WILL
MOVE THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LATE TONIGHT
INTO FRIDAY...AND THE LAST IN THE SERIES MOVING THROUGH DURING
FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG HIGH PRESSURE PUSHING SOUTHEAST FROM CENTRAL
CANADA INTO THE PLAINS STATES THROUGH FRIDAY WILL THEN BUILD
EASTWARD THIS WEEKEND.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/...
THE CURRENT FORECAST FOR TODAY SEEMS TO BE PRETTY MUCH ON TRACK.
MID TO HI LVL CLOUDS ASSOCD WITH SHORTWV TROF OVER NEW ENG HAVE
JUST ABOUT CLEARED AWAY TO THE EAST AS OF 1100 AM...BUT THEN
DIURNAL STCU ARE FORMING AS THE SUN BREAKS OUT. SO WILL STICK WITH
PARTLY SUNNY WORDING FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LIGHT SNOW WAS
REPORTED EARLIER OVER THE LOWER HUDSON VLY BUT HAS NOW DISSIPATED
OR MOVED AWAY. CURRENT TEMPS ARE IN THE LOW TO MID 30S...SO WITH
JUST A LITTLE FURTHER HEATING THE FCST MAX TEMPS IN THE MID TO
UPPER 30S LOOK REASONABLE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY/...
FLOW ALOFT TURNS W AND THEN SW TONIGHT AS A STRONG MID LEVEL
SHORTWAVE DIGS SE TOWARD THE UPPER GREAT LAKES...WITH WEAKLY
CYCLONIC H8 FLOW AND MID LEVEL INVERSION HELPING MAINTAIN PARTLY
CLOUDY SKIES. ANOTHER MID LEVEL VORT WITH ACCOMPANYING SFC-H8
REFLECTION MOVING TOWARD THE AREA IN ADVANCE OF THE AMPLIFYING GREAT
LAKES TROUGH WILL BRING INCREASING CLOUDS AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND
PERHAPS A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW LATE TONIGHT INTO FRI MORNING...
MAINLY TO THE NYC METRO AREA AND PORTIONS OF THE LOWER HUDSON
VALLEY. WITH THE STRONGEST FORCING PASSING JUST SOUTH OF NYC AND
LONG ISLAND...HAVE ONLY FORECAST CHANCE POP ATTM...WITH ANY POSSIBLE
ACCUMULATION ON THE LIGHT SIDE...A DUSTING TO POSSIBLY AN INCH...
POSSIBLY IMPACTING THE MORNING COMMUTE.
THE AMPLIFYING TROUGH TO THE WEST SHOULD ALSO INITIATE CYCLOGENESIS
OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST FRI AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WHILE BECOMING
NEGATIVELY TILTED...AND FORECAST MODELS ARE IN CLOSE AGREEMENT THAT
THE DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW SHOULD PASS WELL SE OF THE 40/70
BENCHMARK...SO DO NOT EXPECT ANYTHING MORE THAN A SLIGHT CHANCE POP
FOR THE AFTERNOON ACROSS NYC AND LONG ISLAND. AS THIS UPPER TROUGH
SWINGS ACROSS FRI NIGHT...EXPECT THERE COULD BE A FEW WIDELY
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS THE INTERIOR. TEMPS ON FRI SHOULD BE
HELD CLOSE TO THOSE OF THU DUE TO CLOUD COVER AND ANY PRECIP....ONCE
AGAIN MID/UPPER 30S.
WINDS PICK UP FRI NIGHT INTO SAT AS THE OFFSHORE LOW INTENSIFIES...
PULLING DOWN YET ANOTHER BATCH OF UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR...WITH LOWS
FROM THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S BOTH FRI/SAT NIGHT...AND ONLY RISING
TO WITHIN A COUPLE OF DEGREES EITHER SIDE OF FREEZING ON SAT.
&&
.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
COLD AIR ADVECTION WITH NW WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP TEMPERATURES
BELOW NORMAL ON SUNDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL MODERATE SOMEWHAT ON MON
AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE DRIFTS OFF THE COAST AND WINDS SHIFT TO
THE WSW.
LOW PRESSURE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE UPPER GREAT
LAKES/MIDWEST COULD IMPACT THE REGION LATE MONDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.
THERE REMAINS MODEL UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE TIMING AND INTENSITY OF
THIS SYSTEM. MODEL RUNS HAVE BEEN TRENDING WARMER...THOUGH PRECIP
MAY STILL START AS LIGHT SNOW OR A MIX IN INTERIOR LOCATIONS MON
NIGHT. HAVE KEPT LOW POP FOR WED TO REFLECT UNCERTAINTY IN MODEL
SOLUTIONS.
&&
.AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
THE LOCALIZED MVFR CONDITIONS THE REGION EXPERIENCED THIS MORNING
ARE NO LONGER IN PLACE. A NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL DOMINATE TODAY,
THEN PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS SPEEDS RELAX.
STATOCU IS THE FLAVOR OF THE DAY ACROSS MANY OF THE TERMINALS,
ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN ONES. THE STRATOCU IS
EXPECTED TO LESSON TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL ALTOCU LAYERS(OR HIGHER) CAN
BE EXPECTED AFTER ABOUT MIDNIGHT AS A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE
APPROACHES THE METRO REGION. STRATOCU WILL ONCE AGAIN BECOME MORE
PREVALENT SHORTLY BEFORE OR RIGHT AFTER SUN-UP TOMORROW. WHEN IT`S
ALL SAID AND DONE THOUGH, VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD
THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD AS PRECIPITATION IS GUIDED SOUTH OF THE
REGION.
OUTLOOK FOR 12Z FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...GENERALLY VFR FRIDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY. BRIEF ISOLATED SUB-VFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY
MORNING. MORE FLURRIES AND ISOLD MVFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. SUB-VFR CONDITIONS COULD POSSIBLY DEVELOP ON
MONDAY...DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE NEXT FRONTAL SYSTEM.
&&
.MARINE...
WINDS AND WAVES WILL REMAIN BELOW ADVISORY LEVELS THROUGH FRI
MORNING. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY SE OF THE 40N 70W
BENCHMARK ON FRIDAY CAUSING THE PRESSURE GRADIENT TO INCREASE
BETWEEN THIS STORM AND STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
MIDWEST. SCA CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ON THE OCEAN WATERS BY
LATE FRI AFTERNOON. AS THE HIGH MOVES EAST AND THE LOW MOVES NORTH
WHILE CONTINUING TO STRENGTHEN FRI NIGHT AND SAT...THE GRADIENT WILL
REMAIN TIGHT WITH SCA CONDITIONS...POSSIBLY GALE FORCE WINDS ON THE
WATERS. DO NOT HAVE THE CONFIDENCE TO RAISE A GALE WATCH WHICH WOULD
BE PRIMARILY FOR THE 4TH AND 5TH PERIODS AS IT APPEARS IT WILL BE A
CLOSE CALL. SCENARIO LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO TUESDAY/S STORM...WHICH
JUST BARELY REACHED GALE FORCE GUSTS ON THE EASTERN SOUND AND OCEAN
WATERS. SO WILL LET THE DAY SHIFT HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE
IF A GALE WATCH IS NECESSARY. HOWEVER...WILL HOIST THE SCA FOR THE
OCEAN WATERS FRI AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.
THE PRESSURE GRADIENT STARTS TO RELAX SAT NIGHT...BUT FLAGS WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED INTO SUN MORNING UNTIL CENTER OF THE HIGH BUILDS
OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD.
SCA CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RETURN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH THE
NEXT CLIPPER/COASTAL SYSTEM.
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
NO SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 7 DAYS.
&&
.OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 1 PM TO 6 PM EST FRIDAY FOR ANZ350-
353-355.
&&
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