715  
FXUS61 KOKX 260810  
AFDOKX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY  
410 AM EDT FRI JUN 26 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1) PERIODIC RAIN SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH  
EARLY SATURDAY.  
 
2) BUILDING HEAT LATE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. MAINLY DRY  
BUT A FEW DISTURBANCES MAY BRING ABOUT SOME PERIODIC SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
   
KEY MESSAGE 1  
 
AREA IN WARM SECTOR WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW. THE SOUTHERLY FLOW  
INCREASES THIS AFTERNOON BECOMING GUSTY ALONG PARTS OF THE COAST.  
 
THE RAIN SHOWERS WITH LEFT FRONT QUAD DYNAMICS WILL BE LESS  
EXPANSIVE AND DECREASE IN PROBABILITY LATER THIS MORNING WHEN  
THE DYNAMICS ARE LESS FAVORABLE. SHOWERS WITH POSSIBLE EMBEDDED  
THUNDERSTORMS INTO EARLY THIS MORNING WILL BE CAPABLE OF  
PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.  
 
THERE WILL BE BUILDING INSTABILITY BUT DRIER AIR AND A LACK OF  
VERTICAL MOISTURE. SO, THE COLD FRONT IS NOT EXPECTED TO RESULT  
IN ADDITIONAL SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS IT APPROACHES  
THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVES ACROSS THIS EVENING INTO OVERNIGHT.  
 
THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS INCREASE LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A  
WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPS ALONG THE COLD FRONT SOUTH OF THE  
REGION. THERE MAY BE ENOUGH ELEVATED INSTABILITY FOR A POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM BUT PROBABILITIES FOR THESE ARE SLIGHT CHANCE.  
 
MAX TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S TODAY FOR MOST LOCATIONS AND MORE IN  
THE 70S TO NEAR 80 SATURDAY WITH THAT GREATER CHANCE OF SHOWERS.  
 
   
KEY MESSAGE 2  
 
BUILDING HEAT POTENTIAL LATE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK. MAINLY DRY  
BUT A FEW DISTURBANCES MAY BRING ABOUT SOME PERIODIC SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEK.  
 
HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN BY SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. THIS HIGH  
PRESSURE AREA SETTLES SOUTH OF THE REGION AND BECOMES BASED IN  
WESTERN ATLANTIC THEREAFTER.  
 
MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH THE  
REST OF THE WEEKEND AS WELL AS THROUGH MONDAY. CHANCES FOR ANY  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TIED MORE TO ANY OCCASIONAL  
DISTURBANCES, WEAK WAVES OF LOW PRESSURE OR EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES  
IN THE MID LEVEL FLOW ALOFT TUESDAY ONWARD NEXT WEEK. THERE ARE  
RELATIVELY HIGHER CHANCES AS THE WEEK PROGRESSES AS THERE WILL  
BE MORE DAYTIME INSTABILITY TO HELP MAKE THE AIR MORE BUOYANT.  
 
THE FORECAST USED A BLEND OF FORECAST GUIDANCE FOR LATE WEEKEND  
INTO NEXT WEEK FOR TEMPERATURES. FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURES  
WELL INTO THE 80S FOR MONDAY WILL GET MORE INTO THE 90S AS THE  
WEEK PROGRESSES WITH MORE OF THE REGION GETTING INTO THE 90S  
RANGE. WITH THE SYNOPTIC SETUP, AIRMASS WILL BECOME HUMID AS  
WELL, WITH POTENTIAL MAX HEAT INDICES IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100  
RANGE FOR MID TO LATE NEXT WEEK.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /08Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/  
 
A COLD FRONT APPROACHES, EVENTUALLY MOVING ACROSS TONIGHT.  
 
RAIN SHOWERS AND POTENTIAL MVFR/IFR INTO JUST AFTER DAYBREAK.  
OTHERWISE VFR.  
 
WINDS ARE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FOR NIGHT INTO EARLY MORNING.  
DAYTIME, MORE OF A SW TO WSW FLOW NEAR 10 KT, SOME TERMINALS  
HAVE RELATIVELY HIGHER WINDS, MORE IN THE 10-15 KT RANGE WITH  
GUSTS UP TO 20 KT. THE GUSTS WILL BE CONFINED TO MAINLY THE  
AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.  
 
...NY METRO (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF UNCERTAINTY...  
 
AMENDMENTS POSSIBLE TO REFINE TIMING OF SHOWERS AND MVFR.  
 
LOW PROBABILITY OF THUNDER BOTH EARLY THIS MORNING AND INTO  
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.  
   
OUTLOOK FOR 09Z SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY  
 
SATURDAY: MVFR TO IFR POSSIBLE WITH EARLY SHOWERS, POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE VFR.  
 
SATURDAY NIGHT: VFR.  
 
SUNDAY AND MONDAY: VFR.  
 
TUESDAY: MAINLY VFR. POSSIBLE LATE DAY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM  
WITH POSSIBLE MVFR. S WINDS G15-20KT IN THE AFTERNOON.  
 
DETAILED INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOURLY TAF WIND COMPONENT  
FORECASTS, CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS:/WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ZNY/N90  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
CONDITIONS FORECAST TO REMAIN BELOW SCA THRESHOLDS THROUGH THE  
WEEKEND AND INTO MONDAY. POTENTIAL FOR OCEAN SCA CONDITIONS  
TUESDAY. MARGINAL SCA POTENTIAL FOR NON-OCEAN WATERS TUESDAY.  
 
RIP CURRENTS:  
 
MODERATE RIP CURRENT RISK FOR OCEAN BEACHES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY  
WITH ONSHORE FLOW. SOME POTENTIAL FOR LONGER PERIOD SOUTHERLY  
SWELL TO DEVELOP SATURDAY.  
 
 
   
OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
CT...NONE.  
NY...NONE.  
NJ...NONE.  
MARINE...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...JM  
AVIATION...JM  
MARINE...JM  
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