NYC Weather Update – Jul 23, 2018

Wet weather this weekend continues into much of this week as we settle into a pattern favoring rain chances every day. Tropical moisture remains firmly entrenched in the region due to an anomalously strong upper trough and deep layered southerly flow. A strong high pressure center over the western North Atlantic will block the progress of frontal boundaries until next weekend when we finally get a break from the wet weather.

Rest of today – mostly cloudy, high temperatures in the low-80s. Chances for scattered showers throughout the remainder of the day and into the overnight hours.

Tuesday – mostly cloudy, high temperatures again in the low-80s. Lower chances for rain than the rest of the week due to the high pressure mentioned above retrograding west. This should keep things largely dry.

Wednesday – best chance for sustained bouts of heavy rain as a cold front approaches from the west but stalls out and dissipates. High temperatures in the low-80s with mostly cloudy skies again. Flash flooding could be a concern given the atmospheric water content and the southerly steering currents parallel to the frontal boundary, favoring training of storms hitting the same area repeatedly.

Thursday – yet another day with the chance for showers and thunderstorms, high temperatures in the mid-80s and mostly cloudy.

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