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FXUS61 KOKX 160533
AFDOKX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1233 AM EST MON FEB 16 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.
KEY MESSAGES
1) A LIGHT SNOWFALL ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION TONIGHT MAY LEAD
TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MONDAY MORNING, PARTICULARLY FOR
THE NYC METRO, NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY, AND MUCH OF LONG ISLAND.
2) PROGRESSIVE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL BRING RAIN/SNOW/MIXED
PRECIP CHANCES MID TO LATE WEEK. PREDICTABILITY DETAILS ON PRECIP
TYPE REMAIN LOW AT THIS POINT.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1
THE FORECAST PICTURE CONTINUES TO SHARPEN FOR TONIGHT INTO MONDAY.
A NORTHERN BRANCH SHORTWAVE DIVING INTO NEW ENGLAND ATTEMPTS TO
PHASE WITH A SOUTHERN STREAM LOW TRANSLATING EAST THROUGH THE DEEP
SOUTH. DESPITE ADJUSTMENTS IN GUIDANCE AND VARYING SOLUTIONS OVER
THE PAST DAY OR TWO, IT'S BECOME MORE APPARENT THE INTERACTION IS
LARGELY TOO LITTLE TOO LATE LOCALLY, THOUGH STILL ENOUGH TO GRAZE
THE REGION WITH A PERIOD OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION TONIGHT AS THE
SURFACE LOW PASSES EAST WELL TO THE SOUTH OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST.
THERMAL PROFILES SUPPORT PREDOMINANTLY SNOW, THOUGH MARGINALLY SO.
SURFACE AIR TEMPS ARE LIKELY NEAR FREEZING THROUGH MUCH OF THE
EVENT, AND MAY EVEN REMAIN JUST ABOVE IT AROUND THE NYC METRO.
THE SNOW LOOKS TO DEVELOP FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST THIS EVENING,
AFTER 8PM OR SO, OVERSPREADING THE REST OF THE COAST INTO LATE
EVENING. NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION A FEW RAINDROPS FALL TO START
AROUND THE NYC METRO AND SOUTH SHORE BEFORE WET BULBING COOLS
THE COLUMN. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE THEN LIKELY FOR COASTAL
AREAS INTO THE NIGHT, WITH LESS COVERAGE GOING NORTH AND EAST AS
SOUNDINGS INDICATE A GOOD DEAL OF DRY AIR AT H925 ACROSS
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, LIKELY LIMITING THE NORTHERN EXTENT OF THE
PRECIP SHIELD. ACROSS SE CT, AND PERHAPS MOST OF S CT, LOCALES
MAY REMAIN ENTIRELY DRY, OR ONLY SEE A FEW FLURRIES.
SHORT RANGE HIRES ENSEMBLES YIELD QPF GENERALLY AROUND OR JUST
ABOVE A TENTH OF AN INCH ALONG THE SOUTHERN COAST, WITH LESS
THAN A TENTH GOING INTO S CT. GIVEN THE MARGINAL PROFILE, SLRS
WILL LIKELY BE NEAR OR UNDER 10:1. FORECAST TOTALS HAVE NOT
CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY WITH THIS UPDATE. STILL ANTICIPATING
AROUND AN INCH FOR THE NYC METRO, NE NJ, MUCH OF LONG ISLAND,
AND PERHAPS EVEN INTO THE LOHUD VALLEY, WITH LESSER TO LITTLE
GOING NORTH AND EAST. REASONABLE WORST CASE (90TH PERCENTILE)
REMAINS AROUND 2 TO 3 INCHES. CONVERSELY, ITS STILL POSSIBLE THE
SNOW SIMPLY DOESN'T FALL HARD OR STEADY ENOUGH TO YIELD MUCH IN
THE WAY OF ACCUMULATION.
GIVEN THE LOW TOTALS, NO ADVISORY WARRANTED WITH THIS UPDATE.
OVERALL NOT A SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTFUL EVENT, BUT THE LIGHT SNOW
MAY LEAD TO SOME ICY TRAVEL CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT AND INTO
MONDAY MORNING. EXTRA CAUTION SHOULD BE USED DURING THIS TIME.
KEY MESSAGE 2
A WARM FRONT WILL APPROACH TUE NIGHT INTO WED, THEN A TRAILING COLD
FRONT WILL PASS SOUTH WED NIGHT INTO THU. POP REMAINS LIKELY TO
CATEGORICAL FOR WED AFTERNOON/NIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE MAY FORM ALONG
THE BOUNDARY AND PASS OVER OR SOUTH OF THE AREA. SOME SPOTTY LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE AT THE ONSET WELL NORTH/WEST OF THE
AREA FOR ANY PRECIP THAT ARRIVES EARLIER DURING WED MORNING. QPF
WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD RANGE FROM 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH, HIGHEST INLAND.
POP FOR THU/THU NIGHT ONLY SLIGHT CHANCE AS THE FRONT SHOULD PASS S
AND HIGH PRESSURE MAY BRIEFLY NOSE IN FROM ERN CANADA, THEN
INCREASES TO LIKELY ON FRI AS THE FRONT RETURNS N AS A WARM FRONT AS
THE HIGH RETREATS AND AS PARENT LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE N PLAINS
TO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES, AND AS ANOTHER LOW FORMS ALONG THE
BOUNDARY TO OUR SOUTH. QPF WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BE A LITTLE
OVER 1/2 INCH AREA-WIDE.
DAYTIME HIGHS SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER/MID 40S, WITH NIGHTTIME LOWS
MOSTLY IN THE 30S CLOSER TO THE COAST AND 20S TO LOWER 30S
INLAND.
AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST WILL RETREAT SOME AS LOW
PRESSURE PASSES WELL SOUTH AND EAST OF THE TERMINALS OVERNIGHT
INTO MONDAY. THIS WILL PLACE THE AREA ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY
OF THE LOW WITH A CHANCE FOR SOME LIGHT SNOW. THE BEST CHANCE
WILL BE ACROSS THE NYC TERMINALS AND KISP.
MVFR/IFR IN LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT, MAINLY CONFINED TO THE NYC
AND KISP TERMINALS. OCCASIONAL MVFR AND LOCALIZED IFR AT THE
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY AND CT TERMINALS. KGON MAY REMAIN VFR FOR
THE ENTIRETY OF THE EVENT DUE TO DRIER AIR ASSOCIATED WITH THE
AFOREMENTIONED HIGH OVER THE NORTHEAST. LIGHT SNOW SNOW TAPERS
AND ENDS FROM THE WEST 09-11Z.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO AROUND 1 INCH AT THE NYC AND
KISP TERMINALS. LESS THAN AN INCH ELSEWHERE, ESPECIALLY FOR FAR
NORTH AND NORTHEAST TERMINALS.
E/NE WINDS OVERNIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 10 KT AT THE
COAST, AND LESS THAN 10 KT ELSEWHERE. N/NE WINDS MONDAY,
GENERALLY SETTLING IN AROUND 5 TO 10 KT DURING THE AFTERNOON. A
FEW GUSTS 15-18KT POSSIBLE AT THE COASTAL TERMINALS OVERNIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING. WINDS BECOME LIGHT AND VARIABLE BY MONDAY
EVENING.
...NY METRO (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF UNCERTAINTY...
CATEGORY CHANGES OF 1-2 HOURS LIKELY WITH THE TIMING OF THE
SNOW AND FOR IMPROVEMENT TO VFR.
OUTLOOK FOR 06Z TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
LATE MONDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY: LOW CHANCE OF MVFR OR LOWER IN A
LIGHT WINTRY MIX AFTER MIDNIGHT INTO TUESDAY AM.
WEDNESDAY: MVFR OR LOWER POSSIBLE IN MAINLY RAIN.
THURSDAY: MAINLY VFR.
FRIDAY: MVFR AND LOWER POSSIBLE IN MAINLY RAIN, MIX POSSIBLE NORTH.
DETAILED INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOURLY TAF WIND COMPONENT FORECASTS,
CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS:/WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ZNY/N90
MARINE
LOW PRESSURE PASSES SOUTH OF THE WATERS OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY,
AND COULD LEAD TO OCCASIONAL 25 KT GUSTS ON THE OCEAN DURING THE
MORNING HOURS.
OTHERWISE, SUB SCA CONDITIONS ON ALL WATERS UNTIL MONDAY EVENING,
AS OCEAN SEAS BUILD TOWARD 5 TO 6 FT. SCA CONDITIONS THEN LIKELY
PERSIST ON THESE WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY EVENING, IF
NOT INTO MIDWEEK.
OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.
DISCUSSION...GOODMAN/DR
AVIATION...DW
MARINE...GOODMAN/DR
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