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AWUS41 KOKX 210851
RWSNYC
CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-212130-

WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK...
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
350 AM EST THU MAR 21 2002

...MILD TODAY...THEN MUCH COLDER WEATHER AHEAD...

PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AND MILDER TEMPERATURES WILL DOMINATE MUCH OF 
TODAY AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS THE REGION FROM 
THE WEST. AFTERNOON READINGS WILL REACH 5 TO 10 DEGREES ABOVE 
SEASONAL LEVELS FOR LATE MARCH.

TONIGHT...A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE REGION 
FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE EVENING...ACCOMPANIED BY SOME 
CLOUDS...AND PERHAPS A BRIEF SHOWER OF RAIN. CONSIDERABLY COLDER AIR 
BEHIND THIS FRONT WILL RAPIDLY MOVE INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT INTO 
FRIDAY. IN FACT...SOME OF THE SHOWERS ACCOMPANYING THE FRONT MAY 
BRIEFLY CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS INTERIOR 
AREAS. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY IN THE WAKE OF THE 
FRONT...WITH SOME GUSTS REACHING OR SLIGHTLY EXCEEDING 35 MPH AT 
TIMES.

BLUSTERY CONDITIONS WILL LINGER INTO FRIDAY...DESPITE PERIODS OF 
BRIGHT MARCH SUNSHINE. TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO RISE THROUGH 
THE 30S...AND WITH THE GUSTY WINDS...WILL FEEL MORE LIKE THE 20S 
MUCH OF THE DAY.

WINDS WILL FINALLY BEGIN TO SUBSIDE FRIDAY NIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE 
OVER THE GULF COAST STATES BUILDS INTO THE AREA. IT WILL STILL BE 
QUITE COLD...UNDER MAINLY CLEAR SKIES.

FAIR BUT UNSEASONABLY CHILLY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF 
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...FOLLOWED BY SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED CONDITIONS FOR 
SUNDAY NIGHT INTO THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT WEEK.

 
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KL