A man drowned while swimming off Fire Island, Near Cherry Grove, the afternoon of the 18th. Suffolk police state the man was carried away from shore by a strong current.
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A man drowned while swimming off Fire Island, Near Cherry Grove, the afternoon of the 18th. Suffolk police state the man was carried away from shore by a strong current.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 18, 3:07 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 407 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A SURFACE TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING IN SOME DRIER AIR...COOLER AIR INTO THE REGION TO FINISH OUT THE WEEKEND. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE AREA SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THEREAFTER...THE OVERALL PATTERN TAKES A TURN TOWARD A MORE TROPICAL-LIKE AIRMASS AS A BERMUDA HIGH TAKES UP SHOP OVER THE WESTERN ATLANTIC. THIS WILL BRING MORE HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION...BUT STILL NO SIGNS OF REAL HOT WEATHER THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIOD. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... A LEE TROF OVER THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON TRACKS EAST THIS EVENING WITH SOME DRIER...COOLER AIR TO WORK INTO THE REGION OVERNIGHT. MID LEVELS CAPPED SO ANY CONVECTION EARLY THIS EVENING IS FORECAST TO BE ISOLATED AND WELL NORTH AND WEST OF NYC. THE FEW CU THIS AFT WILL DISSIPATE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. SKIES WILL BE CLEAR OVERNIGHT WITH DIMINISHING WEST WINDS. THE DRIER AIRMASS WILL ALLOW LOWS TO DROP INTO LOWER TO MID 60S AT THE COAST AND NYC...WITH THE MID TO UPPER 50S IN THE NORMALLY COLDER SPOTS NORTH AND WEST AND ACROSS THE PINE BARRENS REGION OF LI. THIS STILL IS A FEW FEW DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY/... SUN WILL PRETTY MUCH MIMIC SAT...HOWEVER A BIT DRIER AND COOLER. ONCE AGAIN...WARM MID LEVELS AND NO SFC TRIGGER WILL KEEP CONVECTION AT BAY. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S ALONG THE COAST TO NEAR 85 AT EWR. W WINDS WILL VEER AROUND TO THE SW WITH SEABREEZE DEVELOPMENT AT THE COAST. WITH THE UPPER LOW LIFTING AND FILLING ACROSS EASTERN CANADA...HEIGHTS WILL RISE ACROSS THE WESTERN ATLANTIC WITH SIGNS OF THE SUB TROP HIGH BEGINNING TO ESTABLISH ITSELF FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. MODELS ALSO HINT AT SOME ENERGY AT THE BASE OF THE DEPARTING UPPER TROUGH GETTING LEFT BEHIND ACROSS THE TN VALLEY. THIS WILL RESULT IN A DEEP-LAYERED SLY FLOW ESTABLISHING ITSELF MON INTO TUE WITH INCREASING PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. OVERALL AIRMASS STILL APPEARS TO BE CAPPED ON MON WITH POSSIBLE SCT CONVECTION IN THE LATE AFT. BEST FOCUS WOULD APPEAR BE ACROSS THE HILL NORTH AND WEST OF NYC DUE TO DIFFERENTIAL HEATING...HOWEVER MODELS SHOWS SOME SHORT WAVE ENERGY AND WEAK SFC WAVES ALONG A BOUNDARY ALONG THE MID ATLANTIC AND SE COASTS. IN FACT...THE 12Z GFS TAKES A WEAK WAVE ACROSS EASTERN LI SUN NIGHT INTO MON MORNING. THE REMAINDER OF THE MODEL ENSEMBLE IS WEAKER WITH THIS FEATURE AND FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. AS A RESULT...DO HAVE VERY LOW POPS ACROSS FAR EASTERN LI LATE SUN NIGHT INTO MON MORNING. ON TUE...AIRMASS CONTINUES TO SHOW A DEEPENING VERTICAL MOISTURE PROFILE WITH ECMWF AND NAM WRF BRINGING A WEAK SFC WAVE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR CONVECTION AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH BUILDING HEIGHTS ALOFT...INSTABILITY MARGINAL WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN. STILL THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO GO ABOVE CHC POPS. WHILE INCREASINGLY HUMID MON INTO TUE...THE AIRMASS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO WARM MUCH HIGHER THAN THE LOWER 80S. OVERNIGHT LOWS THOUGH WILL BEGIN TO GET WARMER. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... UNSETTLED WEATHER EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH IS FORECAST TO GRADUALLY DEEPEN AND REMAIN OVER THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND WESTERN ATLANTIC WATERS THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY JUST OFF THE NJ AND LONG ISLAND COAST AS A SERIES OF WAVES TREK ALONG THIS FRONT BRINGING ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... HIGH CONFIDENCE VFR FCST....AND MEDIUM CONFIDENCE ON WINDS EARLY BUT BECOMING HIGH CONFIDENCE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WITH SFC TROUGH JUST TO THE EAST AND WINDS ALOFT GRADUALLY BACKING FROM NW TO SW...WIND DIRECTION AT NYC TERMINALS COULD FLUCTUATE BETWEEN 240-290 EARLY IN THE TAF PERIOD WITH SOME GUSTS CLOSE TO 20 KT...THEN KLGA/KEWR SHOULD SETTLE IN CLOSE TO 240-250...AND KJFK AROUND 220 VIA COMBINED SYNOPTIC SCALE FLOW AND SEA BREEZE. OUTLOOK FOR 18Z SUN THROUGH THU... SCATTERED MAINLY DIURNAL SHOWERS/TSTMS WITH BRIEF SUB-VFR CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY FROM MON-THU...AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SITS TO THE WEST AND A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT SITS JUST OFFSHORE...WITH A MOIST S-SW FLOW BETWEEN THE TWO. && .MARINE... WAVEWATCH CONTINUES TO ADVERTISE 5 FT SEAS OVERNIGHT AT BUOY 44017. THIS WILL BE A MARGINAL EVENT AND BASED ON THE CURRENT SEA STATE AT THE OFFSHORE BUOYS AND FORECAST W/SW WINDS THE NEXT 24H...OPTED TO NOT GO WITH SCA. SEAS WILL BE AROUND 4 FT AND THERE MAY BE WAVE SETS AROUND 5 FT...BUT THIS WILL BE LIMITED IN BOTH COVERAGE AND TIME. GUSTS POTENTIAL UP TO 20 KT...ESPECIALLY NEAR LAND AREAS. OTHERWISE...TRANQUIL WEATHER THROUGH TUE. WINDS/SEAS SUBSIDE ON SUN...THEN EASTERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ON MON. WITH AN UPPER TROUGH NEAR THE WATERS FOR THE NEW WEEK...CONVECTION WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY. && .HYDROLOGY... RELATIVELY DRY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MUCH OF NEXT WEEK WITH TROPICAL AIRMASS MOVING TOWARD THE REGION. && .OKX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... CT...NONE. NY...NONE. NJ...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...DW NEAR TERM...DW SHORT TERM...DW LONG TERM...BC AVIATION...BG MARINE...BC/DW HYDROLOGY...DW
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 358 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2009 CTZ005>012-NJZ002>006-011-NYZ067>081-191100- NORTHERN FAIRFIELD-NORTHERN NEW HAVEN-NORTHERN MIDDLESEX- NORTHERN NEW LONDON-SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD-SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN- SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX-SOUTHERN NEW LONDON-WESTERN PASSAIC-BERGEN- EASTERN PASSAIC-ESSEX-HUDSON-UNION-ORANGE-PUTNAM-ROCKLAND- NORTHERN WESTCHESTER-SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER-NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)-BRONX- RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND)-KINGS (BROOKLYN)-QUEENS-NASSAU- NORTHWESTERN SUFFOLK-NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK-SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK- SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK- 358 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT...NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA. ANZ330-335-338-340-345-350-353-355-191100- LONG ISLAND SOUND EAST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- LONG ISLAND SOUND WEST OF NEW HAVEN CT/PORT JEFFERSON NY- NEW YORK HARBOR-PECONIC AND GARDINERS BAYS- SOUTH SHORE BAYS FROM JONES INLET THROUGH SHINNECOCK BAY- MORICHES INLET NY TO MONTAUK POINT NY OUT 20 NM- FIRE ISLAND INLET NY TO MORICHES INLET NY OUT 20 NM- SANDY HOOK NJ TO FIRE ISLAND INLET NY OUT 20 NM- 358 AM EDT SAT JUL 18 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD MEET NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WARNING CRITERIA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. && THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK PROVIDES A SUMMARY OF POTENTIAL WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENTS THAT MAY REACH NWS WARNING CRITERIA. MOST LONG FUSED NWS WATCHES...WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES IN EFFECT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST NWS FORECASTS FOR WEATHER NOT MEETING NWS WARNING CRITERIA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 rip current. Local standard time, as filed.
A 22 year old man died while swimming off Fire Island, near Cherry Grove, around 5 pm. Suffolk Police state the man was pulled away from shore by a strong current.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rip Current, Southwest Suffolk | 2009-07-18 | 22 | Male | In Water | Direct |
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