Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS New York, NY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
AND WEATHER MAP DISCUSSION FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
400 PM EDT FRI MAY 29 1998

...THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY
TONIGHT...

WITH A WARM...MOIST...UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE...LINES OF SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY
TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE AREA MOST VULNERABLE TO
THESE STORMS EXTENDS FROM NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST OF NEW YORK CITY.

FAIR WEATHER WILL RETURN FOR SATURDAY...AS A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM
BUILDS EAST ACROSS THE AREA. WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND LOW
HUMIDITY...TEMPERATURES WILL QUICKLY CLIMB INTO THE LOWER AND MID
80S EXCEPT RIGHT ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORES WHERE LIGHT SEABREEZES
WILL DEVELOP.

THIS FAIR WEATHER WILL BE SHORT-LIVED AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
RAPIDLY INTENSIFIES AS IT MOVES EAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES. A WARM
FRONT WILL DEVELOP SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND MOVE
NORTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION SUNDAY. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE IN RESPONSE
TO THIS AND THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE
DURING SUNDAY. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY AS THE
COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW MOVES OVER THE AREA.

KEEP TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR
UPDATES CONCERNING THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL. KEEP AN EYE
TO THE SKY FOR THREATENING WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN AN
EAST DIRECTION...SO LOOK TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST.

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