NYC Atlantic Pacific Tropical Systems Temporarily Jolt Jet Stream
Good afternoon everyone. Clouds and some showers with embedded thunderstorms are on their way, marking step 1 of 2 of our cool-off. We can partially thank some tropical moisture off the SE coast for energizing our front, but the big players will be Hurricane Fiona and the remnants of Typhoon Merbok in terms of jolting our pattern towards a cooler one in the upcoming week.
SATELLITE
Clouds will be on the increase today as showers and storms march our way. In typical fashion though, most of the energy will be going to our north and we stand the chance for a glancing blow late in the afternoon/evening. Look for highs in the mid to upper 80’s in the NYC Metro Area, but much cooler out on the island and the south shore as highs stick in the 70’s to near 80.
Tomorrow we cool off a tad and the humidity drops. We’ll have highs a comfortably warm low 80’s.
WEATHER RADAR
We’ll catch a little breeze on Wednesday with sunshine and highs near 80, then we will cloud up overnight with the chance of some showers and storms. I don’t expect any severe weather here in the NYC area since the front is poorly timed and lacking sun, but we could see a little energizing with the tropical flow as Fiona passes well offshore.
Thursday continues to show clearing after early AM showers, with mid 70’s and a steady breeze. Friday will be the coolest day of the bunch with highs in the mid to upper 60’s; and as lows drop into the low 50’s in NYC, we could see some 40’s away from the City. The weekend is looking perfectly early fall-like, with sunshine and low 70’s Saturday; then more sunshine and mid 70’s Sunday.
In the tropics and long range, Fiona and Merbok lend a helping hand to give the jet stream a nice 1,2 jolt. That’ll help things move along since we’ve been in this semi-zonal flow for far too long. A few kinks and ripples in the jet stream never hurt anyone, and that’ll help bring in cooler air, stronger fronts, and maybe even some needed rain.
We will continue to watch old fronts that get caught up along the SE and Gulf Coast as they can be a birthing area for quick developing tropical activity, and/or a mechanism to bring anything in the lower latitudes up north and into the US.
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