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FXUS61 KOKX 152353  
AFDOKX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY  
653 PM EST WED JAN 15 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE REGION GRADUALLY WEAKENS TONIGHT. THE  
HIGH GIVES WAY TO A WEAKENING FRONTAL SYSTEM THAT APPROACHES  
FROM THE WEST THURSDAY AND PASSES ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY  
NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS FRIDAY. A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM  
PASSES ON SATURDAY, FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER SYSTEM LATE SUNDAY. AN  
ARCTIC HIGH THEN BUILDS TOWARDS THE REGION DURING THE BEGINNING  
OF NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/
 
 
THE FCST IS ON TRACK. HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS OVER THE REGION  
TONIGHT WITH THE STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST FLOW DIMINISHING.  
ANY FLURRIES THAT MAY BE ON-GOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE LOWER  
HUDSON VALLEY AND INTO SOUTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT WILL BE ENDING  
AS THE WINDS DIMINISH AND WEAK UPPER ENERGY SLIDES SOUTH AND  
EAST. HAVE MAINTAINED A MOSTLY CLEAR TO CLEAR SKY CONDITION  
THROUGH TONIGHT WITH THE DRY AIRMASS IN PLACE, AND AS ANY STRATO  
CU DISSIPATE EARLY THIS EVENING. THE NBM DETERMINISTIC AND MAV  
GUIDANCE WERE USED FOR LOW TEMPERATURES AND DEW POINTS.  
 

 
   
SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/
 
 
THURSDAY BEGINS WITH TRANQUIL CONDITIONS AS IN PLACE HIGH  
PRESSURE BEGINS TO SLIDE OFFSHORE AS THE NEXT SHORTWAVE AND  
UPPER TROUGH DIGS TO THE WEST. THE FORECAST REMAINS MAINLY ON  
TRACK AS A WEAK SURFACE LOW DEVELOPS NEAR THE DELMARVA BY LATE  
IN THE DAY WITH LITTLE ASSOCIATED MOISTURE. WHILE THE NBM  
REMAINS DRY WITH THE LOW, CAMS DO DEVELOP SNOW SHOWERS BY LATE  
IN THE DAY AND INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW RATHER QUICKLY  
MOVES SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND. WITH LIGHT PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE  
HAVE MAINTAINED LOW CHANCE AND SLIGHT CHANCE PROBABILITIES LATE  
THURSDAY INTO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. DESPITE WINDS BECOMING WEST  
TO SOUTHWEST WARM ADVECTION IS NEGLIGIBLE, AND WITH THE COLD  
AIRMASS IN PLACE AND INCREASING CLOUD COVER THURSDAY'S HIGHS  
WILL BE SIMILAR TO WEDNESDAY'S AND ONCE AGAIN BLENDED THE NBM  
DETERMINISTIC AND MAV GUIDANCE. WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF A LIGHT  
DUSTING OF SNOW HAVE ADDED QPF. LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY  
NIGHT.  
 

 
   
LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/
 
 
FAIR WX IS EXPECTED ON FRI AS AN H5 RIDGE TRANSITIONS INTO THE  
REGION. THIS RIDGE WILL THEN SLIDE OFFSHORE AS A DEEP UPR TROF DIGS  
INTO THE CNTRL CONUS. MOISTURE ADVECTION AND LOWERING HEIGHTS ON SAT  
WILL PRODUCE CHCS FOR PCPN LATE SAT AND SAT NGT. RAIN ATTM FOR MUCH  
OF THE AREA WITH A MIX INTERIOR WITH THE ARCTIC AIR YET TO BUILD IN.  
THERE COULD BE SOME MIXING OR A CHANGEOVER BEFORE THE PCPN ENDS AS  
THE COLD AIR ADVECTS IN. ALTHOUGH PCPN IS EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY LGT  
AND THEREFORE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS ARE NOT EXPECTED, THERE COULD BE  
SOME REFREEZING ISSUES ON ROADS ETC SAT NGT. ANOTHER WEAK LOW  
DEVELOPS INVOF THE POLAR FRONT LATE SUN AND SUN NGT. THIS WOULD  
PRODUCE SOME SNOW ACROSS THE AREA, WITH A GENERAL 1-3 OR 2-4 TYPE  
EVENT. THIS IS DEPENDENT ON THE POSITION/TIMING OF THE SYS, AND THE  
BLENDED NBM POPS YIELD ROUGHLY 30-50 PERCENT AT THIS STAGE. THIS  
SEEMS REASONABLE AT THIS TIME SCALE SO DID NOT STRAY FROM THE NBM.  
ARCTIC AIR THEN BUILDS IN FOR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK. DRY WX  
UNLESS A STRAY FLURRY FROM THE LAKES REACHES THE CWA. HIGHS IN MANY  
PLACES ON TUE LIKELY TO STAY IN THE TEENS.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/
 
 
HIGH PRESSURE GRADUALLY BUILDS IN THROUGH TONIGHT AND MOVES OFFSHORE  
THURSDAY. A FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST LATE IN THE TAF  
PERIOD.  
 
VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
GUSTS DIMINISH TONIGHT, LIKELY BY 3Z, AS FLOW BECOMES MORE  
WESTERLY INTO THURSDAY MORNING, THEN SW INTO THE AFTERNOON.  
GUSTS TOWARD 20 KT MAY RETURN AT SOME TERMINALS THURSDAY  
AFTERNOON, THOUGH ALSO MAY BE MORE OCCASIONAL. WINDS RETURN TO  
WESTERLY THURSDAY NIGHT, THEN NW INTO EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  
 
A FEW SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY EVENING, AND HAVE ADDED  
A PROB30 TO HIGHLIGHT THIS POTENTIAL, AS WELL AS MVFR CIGS AND  
VSBYS. BRIEF IFR CONDS CAN'T BE RULED OUT, GENERALLY BETWEEN  
22Z THU AND 3Z FRI OR SO.  
 
...NY METRO (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF UNCERTAINTY...  
 
PEAK GUSTS 3-5 KTS HIGHER THAN GUSTS IN TAF ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE  
05Z THURSDAY.  
 
GUSTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON MAY BE MORE OCCASIONAL.  
 
SNOW SHOWER TIMING THURSDAY EVENING MAY BE OFF BY AN HOUR OR  
TWO. BRIEF IFR CONDS POSSIBLE.  
   
OUTLOOK FOR 18Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY
 
 
THURSDAY: MAINLY VFR. OCCASIONAL SW WIND GUSTS 15-20 KT POSSIBLE  
AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE, MAINLY EARLY EVENING  
WITH MVFR OR LOWER POSSIBLE.  
 
FRIDAY: MAINLY VFR.  
 
SATURDAY: MVFR OR LOWER AT TIMES WITH RAIN LIKELY, POSSIBLE SNOW AT  
NIGHT. SW WIND GUSTS 15-20 KT DURING THE DAY.  
 
SUNDAY: CHANCE FOR MVFR OR LOWER AT TIMES WITH INCREASING  
CHANCES OF SNOW, WITH RAIN/SNOW MIX FOR COASTAL TERMINALS DAY  
INTO EARLY EVENING.  
 
MONDAY: MAINLY VFR. POSSIBLE SNOW EARLY WITH MVFR OR LOWER POSSIBLE.  
NW WIND GUSTS NEAR 20 KT.  
 
DETAILED INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOURLY TAF WIND COMPONENT FORECASTS,  
CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS:/WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ZNY/N90  
 

 
   
MARINE
 
 
WINDS AND SEAS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TNGT. ONCE CONDITIONS  
IMPROVE ON THE NON OCEAN WATERS THIS EVENING SUB ADVISORY  
CONDITIONS CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE WEAKENS  
WITH A WEAK FRONTAL SYSTEM PASSING THROUGH THE WATERS THURSDAY  
NIGHT. FOR THE OCEAN WATERS CONDITIONS FALL BELOW ADVISORY SOON  
AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, AND THEN REMAIN BELOW THROUGH THURSDAY  
NIGHT.  
 
WINDS AND SEAS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BLW SCA LVLS ON FRI, THEN  
COND ON THE OCEAN MAY RAMP UP TO SCA LVLS ON SAT WITH A SYS  
MOVING THRU. AS LOW PRES STRENGTHENS OVER THE OCEAN, SEAS BUILD  
TO SCA LVLS ON THE OCEAN SUN. ALL AREAS MAY HIT SCA OR GALE IN  
STRONG NW FLOW ON MON AS ARCTIC AIR BUILDS IN.  
 

 
   
HYDROLOGY
 
 
NO HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.  
 

 
   
OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
CT...NONE.  
NY...NONE.  
NJ...NONE.  
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 10 PM EST THIS EVENING FOR ANZ332-  
340.  
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 1 AM EST THURSDAY FOR ANZ350-353-  
355.  
 

 
 

 
 
SYNOPSIS...JMC/MET  
NEAR TERM...JMC/MET  
SHORT TERM...MET  
LONG TERM...JMC  
AVIATION...DR  
MARINE...JMC/MET  
HYDROLOGY...JMC/MET  
 
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