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FXUS61 KOKX 161140
AFDOKX
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
740 AM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
WHAT HAS CHANGED
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS UPDATE.
KEY MESSAGES
1) A WARM FRONT BRINGS SHOWERS EARLY TODAY, WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT
BRINGING A LINE OF HEAVIER SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG, TO POSSIBLY
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BRIEFLY DURING THIS EVENING. ANY STORMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO BRING STRONG, GUSTY WINDS. A FEW ISOLATED DAMAGING
WINDS GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS.
2) THE COOLEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON SO FAR MOVES IN THIS WEEKEND
ALONG WITH GUSTY NNW WINDS DURING SATURDAY.
DISCUSSION
KEY MESSAGE 1
A WARM FRONT PUSHES IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE MORNING AND
SHOULD EXIT NORTHERN AND NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS BY EARLY AFTERNOON.
THE RAIN DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE DAY WILL BE A RESULT OF WARM
AIR ADVECTION AT AND JUST ABOVE THE 850 MB LEVEL. THE WINDS START
OUT FROM THE SE, THEN TURN SOUTHERLY, BEFORE GOING SW DURING THE
AFTERNOON. SOME GUSTY WINDS AT TIMES LATER TODAY ARE EXPECTED CLOSER
TO THE WATER ACROSS EASTERN COASTAL SECTIONS. DEWPOINTS WILL BE
RATHER ELEVATED FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR GETTING WELL INTO THE 60S IN
MANY PLACES, ESPECIALLY FURTHER EAST ON A SW FLOW. IF CLOUDS CAN
SCATTER OUT ENOUGH BEHIND THE DEPARTING WARM FRONT FOR ROUGHLY A 3
HR PERIOD OR SO LATER IN THE AFTERNOON THEN INSTABILITY WOULD BE A
BIT HIGHER. THIS WILL BE CRITICAL IN SUPPLYING FUEL TO ANY STORMS
ATTEMPTING TO INITIATE ALONG THE COLD FRONT LATE IN THE DAY. THE
REGION GETS INTO THE WARM SECTOR FOR ABOUT A 5-6 HR PERIOD, BUT ANY
ADDITIONAL SUNSHINE WOULD LEAD TO A TOUCH MORE INSTABILITY WHICH IS
THE QUESTION WITH REGARD TO THE CONVECTIVE / SEVERE POTENTIAL. LONG
HODOGRAPHS WITH LOW-TOP CONVECTION AND MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND
6 C/KM MAY LEAD TO STRONG GUSTY WINDS. IF ANY STORMS CAN TAKE
ADVANTAGE OF ANY ADDITIONAL INSTABILITY THEN A FEW ISOLATED DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITH THE STRONGEST OF ANY STORMS. SPC
HAS PLACED MOST OF THE REGION IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER,
WITH FAR NORTHEASTERN SECTIONS IN CT IN A MARGINAL RISK. WIND IS THE
PRIMARILY THREAT WITH ANY STORMS IN THE LOW CAPE / HIGH SHEAR
ENVIRONMENT.
CAM GUIDANCE IS IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE TIMING OF
ANY CONVECTION ALONG THE COLD FRONT AS THE GUIDANCE IS IN LOCK STEP
WITH REGARD TO THE TIMING OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WHICH NOW STANDS
AROUND 22Z FOR FAR WESTERN SECTIONS, AROUND 23-0Z FOR THE METRO, AND
CLOSER TO 02Z FOR FAR EASTERN SECTIONS. THUS, THE FRONT MOVES VERY
QUICKLY THROUGH THE AREA IN A SPAN OF ABOUT 4 HOURS FROM WEST TO
EAST. WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT THE RAIN AND ANY STORMS WILL END
QUICKLY AS THE WINDS SWITCH QUICKLY TO THE WNW, AND MORE NW LATER AT
NIGHT. DRIER AIR WORKS IN FOR WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA, BUT WILL
TAKE LONGER TO GET INTO EASTERN SECTIONS. THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS LAGS
BEHIND THE SURFACE FEATURES QUITE A BIT, THUS LINGERING RAIN AND
SHOWERS IS EXPECTED EAST OF THE METRO AND FOR THE EASTERN THIRD OF
THE AREA TOWARDS AND AFTER 06Z TO ABOUT 12-13Z SATURDAY MORNING FOR
FAR EASTERN SECTIONS.
KEY MESSAGE 2
THE COOLEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON SO FAR MOVES IN THIS WEEKEND
ALONG WITH GUSTY NNW TO N WINDS DEVELOPING TOWARDS MID TO LATE
SATURDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY
GUST UP TO 35 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. THUS A DRY, BLUSTERY AND MUCH
COOLER DAY DESPITE DEVELOPING SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY
EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER AND MIDDLE 50S DURING THE DAY.
WIDESPREAD 30S TO AROUND 40 ARE EXPECTED FOR LOWS SATURDAY NIGHT.
SOME FAR NORTHERN SECTIONS MAY GET DOWN TO FREEZING. SOME
TEMPERATURE MODERATION IS LIKELY TOWARDS LATE IN THE DAY ON SUNDAY
WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES RECOVERING A LITTLE INTO THE UPPER HALF OF
THE 50S WITH MUCH LIGHTER WINDS AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES AND
HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES OVER THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON.
AVIATION /12Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/
WARM FRONT LIFTS THROUGH THIS MORNING, FOLLOWED BY A COLD
FRONTAL PASSAGE INTO EARLY EVENING.
MVFR CIGS THIS MORNING, POSSIBLY IFR AT TIMES. SCATTERED
SHOWERS ARE ALSO MOVING THROUGH, AND MAY RESTRICT VSBYS AT
TIMES. THE SHOWERS TAPER BY LATE MORNING, BUT CONDITIONS LIKELY
REMAIN MVFR INTO THE AFTERNOON, BEFORE POSSIBLY IMPROVING TO VFR
FOR NYC AND LOHUD VALLEY TERMINALS BY 18Z. EASTERN TERMINALS
MAY FOLLOW A SHORT TIME LATER, BUT IT ALSO REMAINS POSSIBLE THEY
REMAIN MVFR THROUGH THE DAY. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
MOVES THROUGH WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE FROM 21Z TO 01Z SATURDAY.
SSE FLOW AROUND 10 KT THIS MORNING VEERS S THEN SW INTO LATE
MORNING, WITH GUSTS TOWARD 20 KT DEVELOPING. GUSTS THEN CONTINUE
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF, THOUGH MAY BE MORE OCCASIONAL
AT TIMES. AFTER THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE, WINDS QUICKLY SHIFT W
THEN NW THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT.
...NY METRO (KEWR/KLGA/KJFK/KTEB) TAF UNCERTAINTY...
AMENDMENTS LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH CHANGING FLIGHT CATEGORIES.
A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 21Z.
ISOLATED GUSTS 40 TO 50 KT ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORM.
CHANCE OF MVFR IN SHOWERS EARLY SATURDAY AM.
OUTLOOK FOR 12Z SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
SATURDAY: MAINLY VFR. NW WINDS G25-30KT, DIMINISHING IN THE
EVENING.
SUNDAY-TUESDAY: VFR.
DETAILED INFORMATION, INCLUDING HOURLY TAF WIND COMPONENT FORECASTS,
CAN BE FOUND AT: HTTPS:/WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ZNY/N90
MARINE
CONDITIONS RAMP UP THIS MORNING WITH SMALL CRAFT CONDITIONS QUICKLY
DEVELOPING FOR MOST WATERS IN A SOUTHERLY FLOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE
AFTERNOON WHEN THE WINDS TURN MORE SW AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT. THE WESTERN LI SOUND AND NY HARBOR MAY ONLY SEE A FEW
OCCASIONAL GUSTS OF 20 TO 25 KT TODAY. THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH
THIS EVENING WITH THE WINDS BECOMING W, THEN NW LATE TONIGHT AND
INTO SATURDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF GALES REMAINS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
OCEAN WATERS FOR THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY. SMALL
CRAFT CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY LINGER FOR SATURDAY NIGHT BEFORE SUB
ADVISORY CONDITIONS RETURN BRIEFLY FOR A GOOD PORTION OF SUNDAY.
SEAS HOWEVER BECOME SOMEWHAT ELEVATED TOWARDS MONDAY MORNING WITH A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF SMALL CRAFT SEAS AND GUSTS HOVERING NEAR 25 KT
AT TIMES OUT OVER THE OCEAN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR AN OFFSHORE STORM
LEADING TO GUSTY NE WINDS AT TIMES INTO THE MID WEEK.
OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CT...NONE.
NY...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR ANZ331.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR ANZ332-
340-345.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM EDT SATURDAY FOR ANZ350-353.
GALE WATCH FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR ANZ350-353-355-380-383-385.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM EDT
SATURDAY FOR ANZ355.
DISCUSSION...JE
AVIATION...DR
MARINE...JE
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