358  
FXUS61 KOKX 290711  
AFDOKX  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY  
311 AM EDT TUE SEP 29 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED  
 
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES.  
 
 
   
KEY MESSAGES  
 
1) HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA THIS WEEK WITH A WARMING  
TREND INTO THE END OF THE WEEK.  
 
2) WATER LEVELS MAY APPROACH MINOR COASTAL FLOOD BENCHMARKS THE NEXT  
COUPLE OF DAYS, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS OF  
NASSAU AND SW SUFFOLK ON LONG ISLAND.  
 
 
   
DISCUSSION  
   
KEY MESSAGE 1  
 
LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH OUT OF THE AREA TUESDAY AS  
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST THROUGH  
THE REST OF THE WEEK. WHILE A STRAY POP-UP SHOWER REMAINS  
POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON, MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE  
ANTICIPATED MUCH OF THE REST OF THIS WEEK.  
 
MUCH OF THE GLOBAL MODELING REMAINS IN GOOD AGREEMENT THAT A  
QUICK WARMING TREND WILL IMPACT THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY  
BEFORE A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE COOLS THINGS OFF AGAIN INTO FRIDAY  
NIGHT AND THE WEEKEND. THE NBM IS TRENDING UP WITH HIGHS IN THE  
70S AND LOWER 80S, BUT 16-18C AT H85 COMBINED WITH PROGGED WLY  
COMPONENT WINDS WOULD SUPPORT HIGHS NEAR 90, ESPECIALLY THE  
USUAL WARMER SPOTS IN NJ AND NY.  
   
KEY MESSAGE 2  
 
WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY FALL THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  
WHILE SURGE GUIDANCE FALLS BELOW MINOR COASTAL FLOOD BENCHMARKS  
INTO TODAY, A CONTINUED 2 FT EASTERLY SWELL COULD KEEP JUST  
ENOUGH WATER IN THE SOUTH SHORE BACK BAYS OF NASSAU AND SW  
SUFFOLK FOR WATER LEVELS TO APPROACH OR TOUCH MINOR COASTAL  
FLOOD BENCHMARKS. LOCALIZED MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE  
THIS MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON HIGH TIDE CYCLE ACROSS THE  
SW COAST OF CT.  
 
 
   
AVIATION /07Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/  
 
WEAK LOW PRESSURE WILL DRIFT SLOWLY NE THROUGH THE GULF OF MAINE  
TOWARD NOVA SCOTIA.  
 
MVFR CIGS AT MOST TERMINALS SHOULD HANG ON THROUGH MUCH OF THE  
DAY ON TUE, BARELY LIFTING ABOVE BY LATE AFTERNOON AT THE NYC  
METROS AND TOWARD EVENING ELSEWHERE. KBDR MAY DRIFT IN/OUT OF  
VFR/MVFR CIGS THROUGH THE DAY. CAN'T RULE OUT A LATE DAY OR  
EARLY EVENING SPRINKLE OR SHOWER.  
 
NW FLOW UNDER 10 KT EXPECTED. LATE DAY SW SEA BREEZE FCST AT  
KJFK/KBDR AND MAY ALSO OCCUR AT KGON.  
 
LIGHT N FLOW BACKS WNW OR NW TONIGHT, WHICH THEN PERSISTS  
THROUGH TUESDAY. SPEEDS UNDER 10 KT.  
 
...NY METRO (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF UNCERTAINTY...  
 
EXACT TIMING OF IMPROVEMENT TO VFR UNCERTAIN, BUT APPEARS  
LIKELY TO OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON.  
   
OUTLOOK FOR 06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY  
 
 
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY: VFR.  
 
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY: MAINLY VFR.  
 
SATURDAY NIGHT: CHANCE OF SHOWERS. MVFR COND POSSIBLE.  
 
DETAILED INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOURLY TAF WIND COMPONENT  
FORECASTS, CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS:/WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ZNY/N90  
 
 
   
MARINE  
 
WINDS AND SEAS WILL BE BELOW SCA LEVELS THROUGH SATURDAY WITH  
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO THE AREA AND A WEAK PRESSURE  
GRADIENT OVER THE WATERS.  
 
 
   
OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES  
 
CT...NONE.  
NY...NONE.  
NJ...NONE.  
MARINE...NONE.  
 
 
 
 
 
DISCUSSION...MW  
AVIATION...GOODMAN  
MARINE...MW  
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