000 AWUS41 KOKX 060158 RWSNYC CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-061000- WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK... NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 900 PM EST SUN JAN 5 2003 A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS THE REGION... PASSING JUST SOUTH OF LONG ISLAND LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. ON MONDAY...A SECOND DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SOUTH THEN EAST OF THE AREA PROVIDING THE AREA WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. IT WILL BE A SEASONABLY COLD DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 30S AND NIGHT LOWS IN THE UPPER TEENS TO MID 20S. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE RETURNS TO THE REGION THEN SLIDES OFF THE COAST TUESDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REGION AND BRING SCATTERED FLURRIES FOR TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. DRY AND QUIET WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND PREVAIL THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. $$