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FXUS61 KOKX 192348
AFDOKX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
748 PM EDT SUN APR 19 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
FROST ADVISORIES ISSUED FOR PARTS OF THE AREA FOR TONIGHT.
MOST OF THE FREEZE WATCH UPGRADED TO A FREEZE WARNING.
KEY MESSAGES
1) ISOLATED SHOWERS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING, MAINLY FROM NYC AND
NORTH AND WEST.
2) A COLDER AIR MASS SETTLES IN, WITH NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES
INLAND TONIGHT AND SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES FOR MUCH OF THE
AREA OUTSIDE NYC AND SOME IMMEDIATE SUBURBS TO THE WEST/EAST
MONDAY NIGHT.
3) MILDER WEATHER RETURNS MID TO LATE WEEK, WITH A POTENTIAL
COOLDOWN FOR NEXT WEEKEND.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1
A STRONG MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TROUGH SWINGS ACROSS EARLY THIS
EVENING, SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS MAY OCCUR FROM NYC NORTH/WEST AS
THERE WILL STILL BE ENOUGH MOISTURE AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY
PRESENT, THOUGH NOT QUITE ENOUGH FOR THUNDER. ANY RAINFALL WILL
BE BRIEF AND LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
KEY MESSAGE 2
FROST ADVISORIES ISSUED FOR COASTAL CT AND OUTLYING NY/NJ
SUBURBS FOR LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MON AM AS TEMPS THERE FALL
TO THE MID 30S AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME SUB-FREEZING TEMPS LIKELY
IN THE INTERIOR VALLEYS, BUT DID NOT ISSUE FREEZE WARNINGS THERE
AS THE GROWING SEASON THERE STARTS ON MONDAY.
A SECONDARY FRONT MOVING THROUGH ON MON WILL BRING A CHANCE OF
SHOWERS. SOME WET SNOWFLAKES MAY MIX IN WELL NW OF NYC IN THE
MORNING. TEMPS WILL BE ON THE COOL SIDE, WITH HIGHS ONLY FROM
THE UPPER 40S TO MID 50S.
THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EARLY NEXT WEEK APPEAR LIKELY MONDAY
NIGHT, WITH CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS HELPING TO
EFFICIENTLY COOL THE BL. SIDED WITH COLDER OF NBM AND GFS/NAM
MOS GUIDANCE, WITH LOWS FROM THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S OVER MOST
OF THE AREA EXCEPT FOR FAR EASTERN LONG ISLAND, NYC AND SOME
AREAS JUST OUTSIDE. UPGRADED THE FREEZE WATCH TO A WARNING FOR
MOST OF THOSE AREAS, BUT KEPT THE WATCH GOING FOR NASSAU COUNTY
AS TEMPS THERE MAY REMAIN JUST ABOVE FREEZING. RECORD DAILY
LOW TEMPS ARE EVEN IN REACH FOR A FEW STATIONS: SEE THE CLIMATE
SECTION BELOW FOR DETAILS.
TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW NORMAL ON TUESDAY WITH HIGHS MOSTLY
50-55. HIGH PRESSURE OVERHEAD WILL SHIFT OFFSHORE TUESDAY NIGHT,
SETTING UP A WEAK RETURN FLOW AND A MILDER NIGHT COMPARED TO
MONDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS FROM THE UPPER 30S TO MID 40S.
KEY MESSAGE 3
FOLLOWING THE DEPARTURE OF AN UPPER TROUGH ACROSS THE AREA,
HEIGHTS WILL BUILD ALOFT MID WEEK AS RIDGING BUILDS EAST FROM
THE MID SECTION OF THE COUNTRY. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A WARMUP
FROM WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. THE FORECAST THEN BECOMES A BIT
MORE CHALLENGING AT THE END OF THE WEEK AS JET ENERGY DROPPING
DOWN THE EAST SIDE OF THE UPPER RIDGE ACROSS EASTERN CANADA
CARVES OUT AN UPPER LOW NEAR THE CANADIAN MARITIMES. THIS THEN
SETS UP A BLOCK OF THE INCOMING RIDGE, WEAKENING IT, AND
POTENTIALLY ALLOWING A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT TO DROP SW ACROSS
NEW ENGLAND AND INTO THE AREA ON FRIDAY, THE LATTER OF WHICH
COULD SERVE AS A FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR SHOWERS HEADING INTO THE
WEEKEND. IT IS TOO EARLY TO BE SPECIFIC WITH ANY DETAILS, BUT
A COOLER WEEKEND WITH A LOW CHANCE FOR RAIN WILL BE ADVERTISED
AT THIS TIME. NBM SPREAD IN THE BOX AND WHISKER PLOTS IS CLEARLY
SHOWING AN INCREASING SPREAD HEADING TOWARD FRIDAY AND NEXT
WEEKEND. THIS IS LIKELY DO TO THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE
BACKDOOR COLD FRONT.
AT THIS TIME, USING THE NBM DETERMINISTIC FORECAST, HIGHS
THURSDAY GET INTO THE 60S ALONG THE COAST, AND 65-70 FROM NYC
AND POINTS NORTH AND WEST. THIS IS LOOKS TO BE THE WARMEST DAY
OF THE WEEK. LOWS WILL BE IN THE 40S TO AROUND 50.
TEMPERATURES WILL THEN BEGIN TO GRADUALLY COOL DOWN FRIDAY INTO
THE WEEKEND. HIGHS COULD STRUGGLE TO GET OUT OF THE 50S
NEXT WEEKEND.
AVIATION /00Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/
ANOTHER COLD FRONT PASSES LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY,
FOLLOWED BY HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FROM THE WEST.
MAINLY VFR THRU THE TAF PERIOD. BRIEF PERIODS OF MVFR POSSIBLE
AT TIMES IN SHWRS MON MRNG AND AGAIN IN THE AFTN. THERE IS A
CHANCE THE SHWRS MIX WITH SNOW NW OF THE NYC TERMINALS.
WNW-NW WINDS FALL BELOW 10 KT TONIGHT, THEN BACK TO THE SW
EARLY MONDAY MORNING. WINDS BECOME NW AGAIN DURING THE DAY MON
WITH GUSTS AOA 20KT IN THE AFTN AND EVE.
...NY METRO (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF UNCERTAINTY...
OCNL GUSTS POSSIBLE THRU 2Z.
PROB30 TIMING MONDAY MORNING MAY BE OFF BY 1-3 HOURS.
OUTLOOK FOR 00Z TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MONDAY NIGHT: VFR. NW WIND GUSTS AROUND 20 KT DECREASING AFT
3Z.
TUESDAY: VFR.
WEDNESDAY: MAINLY VFR. SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING.
THURSDAY-FRIDAY: VFR.
DETAILED INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOURLY TAF WIND COMPONENT
FORECASTS, CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS:/WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ZNY/N90
MARINE
SCA IN EFFECT FOR ALL WATERS AS NW WINDS GUST TO 25-30 KT AFTER
A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE, WITH OCEAN SEAS 5-7 FT. GUSTS COULD
BRIEFLY PEAK AT 35 KT ON THE ERN OCEAN WATERS EARLY THIS
EVENING. SCA EXTENDED INTO EARLY EVENING FOR THESE GUSTS FOR THE
FAR ERN SOUND AND PECONIC/GARDINERS BAYS, ALSO FOR THE NEAR
SHORE OCEAN WATERS FROM FIRE ISLAND INLET TO MORICHES INLET.
QUIET ON ALL WATERS THEREAFTER THROUGH FRI NIGHT.
CLIMATE
DAILY RECORD LOW TEMPERATURES FOR TUE APR 21:
KEWR: 31/1981
KBDR: 29/1956
KNYC: 26/1875
KLGA: 33/1956
KJFK: 34/1956
KISP: 30/1965
OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY
FOR CTZ005>012.
FROST ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY FOR
CTZ009>012.
NY...FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY
FOR NYZ067>071-078>081.
FROST ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY FOR
NYZ069>071-078>081.
FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING
FOR NYZ177-179.
NJ...FREEZE WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT TO 9 AM EDT TUESDAY
FOR NJZ002-004-103>108.
FROST ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY FOR
NJZ002-004-103-104.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ332-
338-340-353.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ350.
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