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WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK 
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
510 PM EDT WED MAY 14 2003

SUNSHINE GRACED A PORTION OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY AS LOW PRESSURE 
OVER NEW ENGLAND RELINQUISHED ITS HOLD ON US. MOST OF THE SUNSHINE 
WAS ACROSS THE EASTERN SECTIONS...WHILE THE METRO AREAS SQUEAKED OUT 
PARTLY SUNNY SKIES AT BEST. TEMPERATURES WERE AROUND 5 DEGREES BELOW 
NORMAL.

THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AND WEAKEN. IN THE 
MEANTIME...WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE INTO POSITION ALONG THE 
COAST TONIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND 
SLACKENING WINDS. THURSDAY WILL DAWN TRANQUIL...WITH A FEW CLOUDS 
AND COOL TEMPERATURES.

THE HIGH WILL MOVE OFF THE COAST DURING THE DAY AS THE NEXT STORM 
SYSTEM ORGANIZES OVER THE OHIO VALLEY AND HEADS FOR THE MID ATLANTIC 
COAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP INTO A WIND AND RAIN MAKER FOR A 
LARGE PORTION OF THE MID ATLANTIC COASTAL STATES. 

CLOUDS WILL LOWER AND THICKEN BY THURSDAY NIGHT...NOT GOOD FOR 
ANYONE HOPING TO VIEW THE LUNAR ECLIPSE. RAIN WILL FOLLOW LATER 
THURSDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. AT THE 
SAME TIME...AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS...WINDS WILL PICK UP SPEED FROM 
THE NORTHEAST. WINDS WILL LIKELY REACH 20 TO POSSIBLY 30 MPH AT 
TIMES FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. THE PERSISTENT ONSHORE WIND IN 
COMBINATION WITH ABNORMALLY HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WILL LIKELY 
CAUSE COASTAL FLOODING AT THE TIMES OF HIGH TIDE FRIDAY THROUGH 
EARLY SATURDAY. MINOR TO LOCALLY MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED 
FRIDAY...WITH MORE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TIDAL FLOODING SATURDAY.

&&

THE FORECAST ULTRAVIOLET INDEX FOR THURSDAY IS 5...WHICH IS 
CLASSIFIED AS MODERATE EXPOSURE.

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