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FXUS61 KOKX 131947  
AFDOKX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY  
347 PM EDT SUN APR 13 2025  
   
SYNOPSIS  
 
LOW PRESSURE CONTINUES TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE AREA TONIGHT AS  
WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. THE HIGH WILL BUILD  
INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY FOLLOWED BY A COLD FRONT MONDAY NIGHT  
INTO TUESDAY. A SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH TUESDAY  
NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE PASSES TO THE SOUTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY,  
AND MOVES OFFSHORE FRIDAY AS ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM APPROACHES  
THE REGION. THIS SYSTEM IMPACTS THE REGION FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH  
SATURDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS FOR SUNDAY.  
 
 
   
NEAR TERM /THROUGH MONDAY/  
 
LOW PRESSURE, WELL NORTHEAST OF THE AREA, WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE  
AWAY FROM THE AREA TONIGHT. A DRIER NW FLOW WILL REMAIN OVER  
THE AREA OVERNIGHT. AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE THEN BUILDS INTO THE  
AREA AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUES THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY  
MONDAY. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY WEAK SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE  
THAT WILL KEEP MONDAY DRY AND SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR. THE RIDGE WILL  
START TO SLIDE EAST OF THE AREA LATE MONDAY EVENING. HIGHS WILL  
BE IN THE 60S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.  
 
 
   
SHORT TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/  
 
MONDAY NIGHT, ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM THE  
WEST. THE ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES REGION  
WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT INTO THE AREA. THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO  
BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN SHOWERS TO THE REGION. THERE MAY  
ALSO BE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER HOWEVER, CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH  
ON ANY CONVECTION. ANY THUNDER WOULD BE ISOLATED.  
 
WHILE TUESDAY SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY DRY, SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWER  
ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE AS A SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVE ACROSS  
THE REGION. HIGH TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL BE IN THE LOW TO  
MIDDLE 60S.  
 
 
   
LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/  
 
TRANQUIL CONDITIONS EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE LONG TERM AS A DRY  
SECONDARY COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT.  
HIGH PRESSURE THEN DOMINATES INTO FRIDAY. ANOTHER FRONTAL SYSTEM  
IMPACTS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH HIGH  
PRESSURE RETURNING SUNDAY.  
 
MEANWHILE, AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES THROUGH THE NORTHEAST INTO  
EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, WITH HEIGHTS BEGINNING TO RISE WEDNESDAY  
AS THE TROUGH AXIS MOVES OFFSHORE. THIS IS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN  
PREVIOUS FORECASTS. A BUILDING REGION TO THE WEST WEDNESDAY INTO  
THURSDAY WEAKENS AND MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY  
MORNING. ANOTHER TROUGH APPROACHES FRIDAY NIGHT AND MOVES THROUGH,  
MAINLY TO THE NORTH, SATURDAY NIGHT.  
 
GENERALLY USED THE NBM DETERMINISTIC GUIDANCE WITH ONLY LEANING  
TOWARD THE 90TH PERCENTILE FOR WINDS AND GUSTS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT  
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE WAKE OF THE SECONDARY COLD FRONT. WHILE A  
COOLER AIRMASS MOVES IN WITH THE FRONT, AND A CYCLONIC FLOW REMAINS  
INTO WEDNESDAY, TEMPERATURES HAVE TRENDED UPWARD A FEW DEGREES,  
WITH TEMPERATURES NOW ABOUT 2 TO 8 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.  
TEMPERATURES RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE ALONG  
THE CAROLINA COAST MOVES SLOWLY OFFSHORE AND A RETURN FLOW  
STRENGTHENS, AND REMAIN WELL ABOVE INTO SATURDAY AS ANOTHER FRONTAL  
SYSTEM IMPACTS THE REGION.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /19Z SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/  
 
LOW PRESSURE EAST OF NEW ENGLAND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK SLOWLY  
AWAY FROM THE AREA, WHILE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FROM THE  
WEST INTO MONDAY.  
 
THIS WILL BE MAINLY A VFR FORECAST WITH OCCASIONAL MVFR THIS  
AFTERNOON AT KGON. LOW CHANCE OF MVFR ELSEWHERE.  
 
N-NW WINDS 10-15 KT WITH GUSTS 20-25 KT, WITH A FEW HIGHER  
GUSTS POSSIBLE. GUSTS DIMINISH BETWEEN 22Z AND 00Z TONIGHT.  
WINDS WILL THEN GRADUALLY BACK AROUND THROUGH MONDAY MORNING AT  
10 KT OR LESS.  
 
...NY METRO (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF UNCERTAINTY...  
 
LOW CHANCE MVFR CEILINGS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.  
   
OUTLOOK FOR 18Z MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY  
 
MONDAY AFTERNOON: VFR. MVFR OR LOWER IN POSSIBLE SHOWERS AT  
NIGHT. CHANCE OF LATE AFTERNOON SEABREEZE.  
 
TUESDAY: VFR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS. W WIND GUSTS 20-25 KT.  
 
WEDNESDAY: VFR. WNW WIND GUSTS 25-30 KT.  
 
THURSDAY: VFR. NW WIND GUSTS 15-20 KT.  
 
FRIDAY: VFR. CHANCE OF SHOWERS AT NIGHT.  
 
DETAILED INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOURLY TAF WIND COMPONENT FORECASTS,  
CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS:/WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ZNY/N90  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
WINDS AND SEAS HAVE FALLEN BELOW SCA LEVELS. WILL GO AHEAD AND DROP  
THE SCAS THAT ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE OCEAN WATERS. THERE MAY HOWEVER  
BE A FEW OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 25KT ACROSS THE NEAR-SHORE WATERS  
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  
 
SUB-SCA CONDITIONS THEN PREVAIL ON ALL WATERS THROUGH AT LEAST  
TUESDAY MORNING. SEAS MAY START TO RISE CLOSE TO 5 FT ON THE EASTERN  
OCEAN WATERS LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD  
FRONT.  
 
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE FORECAST WATERS,  
ESPECIALLY THE OCEAN, TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING IN THE  
WAKE OF A SECONDARY COLD FRONT PASSAGE TUESDAY NIGHT. CONDITIONS  
WILL BE SUBSIDING ACROSS THE NON OCEAN WATERS LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT  
AS LOW PRESSURE WELL TO THE NORTH SLOWLY WEAKENS AND HIGH PRESSURE  
BUILDS IN FROM THE WEST. ON THE OCEAN WATERS SCA CONDITIONS WILL BE  
ENDING LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ONCE  
CONDITIONS FALL BELOW ADVISORY TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN ON  
THE WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. LATE FRIDAY NIGHT/TOWARD SATURDAY  
MORNING SCA CONDITIONS MAY BE DEVELOPING ON THE OCEAN WATERS AS A  
SOUTHERLY FLOW INCREASES AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM.  
 
 
   
HYDROLOGY  
 
NO SIGNIFICANT HYDROLOGIC IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE  
PERIOD.  
 
 
   
OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
CT...NONE.  
NY...NONE.  
NJ...NONE.  
MARINE...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
SYNOPSIS...BC/MET  
NEAR TERM...BC  
SHORT TERM...BC  
LONG TERM...MET  
AVIATION...DW  
MARINE...BC/MET  
HYDROLOGY...BC/MET  
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