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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SOUTHEASTERN NY...NORTHEASTERN NJ AND SOUTHERN CT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
315 PM EDT TUE SEP 07 2010

DRY AND SEASONABLY WARM CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL TONIGHT AS A 
SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW USHERS IN A WARM AND HUMID AIRMASS OUT AHEAD OF 
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL MAINLY BE 
IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S...WITH AREAS WELL INLAND DROPPING TO NEAR 60.

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS ON 
WEDNESDAY AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. THE BEST CHANCES 
FOR PRECIPITATION WILL BE IN THE MORNING HOURS. THE COLD FRONT 
SHOULD PUSH OFF THE EAST COAST BY THE AFTERNOON...BRINGING AN END TO 
ANY PRECIPITATION BY LATE AFTERNOON AND USHERING IN A DRIER AIRMASS 
AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM ON WEDNESDAY 
HOWEVER...RANGING FROM LOWER 80S INLAND...TO THE UPPER 80S FOR THE 
NEW YORK METRO AREA AND MUCH OF LONG ISLAND. WITH A TIGHTENING 
PRESSURE GRADIENT OVER THE REGION...WESTERLY WINDS COULD GUST AS 
HIGH AS 25 TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

THE COOLER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS LOWS 
DIP INTO THE 50S NEARLY REGION-WIDE...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SOME 
LOWER 60S IN THE METRO AREA. CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP 
TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S ON THURSDAY WITH DRY CONDITIONS.

&& 

THE FORECAST ULTRAVIOLET INDEX FOR THURSDAY IS 6...WHICH IS 
CLASSIFIED AS HIGH EXPOSURE.

NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION FORECAST AIR 
QUALITY INDEX VALUES FOR THURSDAY...

LOCATION...............AQI VALUE..........AIR QUALITY 
LONG ISLAND................38................GOOD....
NYC METRO..................48................GOOD....
LOWER HUDSON VALLEY........34................GOOD.... 

FOR MORE INFORMATION...SEE THE NYS DEC WEBPAGE...
HTTP://WWW.DEC.NY.GOV/CFMX/EXTAPPS/AQI/

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JP/MPS





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