000 
AWUS41 KOKX 010826
RWSNYC
CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-012200-

WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NEW YORK 
NORTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
430 AM EDT TUE JUL 1 2003

AS A WEAK HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS INTO THE REGION 
TODAY...NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH LOW HUMIDITY IS ON TAP.

AS THIS HIGH MOVES OFF THE COAST...THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM 
BILL ARE FORECAST TO PASS OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST THURSDAY AND 
THURSDAY NIGHT. OUR AREA MAY EXPERIENCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS STARTING THURSDAY MORNING AS THIS SYSTEM PASSES SOUTH 
OF THE REGION. OVERALL...IT LOOKS AS THOUGH MOST OF THE EFFECTS FROM 
THE REMNANTS OF BILL WILL REMAIN SOUTH OF THE NEW YORK CITY METRO 
AREA.

THE AIR MASS WILL REMAIN VERY WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE FOR NEXT 
WEEKEND. WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP 
WITHIN THIS AIRMASS DUE TO HEATING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY...AS A 
COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTH TOWARD THE AREA.

THE FORECAST ULTRAVIOLET INDEX FOR TODAY IS 8...WHICH IS 
CLASSIFIED AS HIGH EXPOSURE.

$$