Mysterious Deaths of Thousands of Fish, Gusty Winds on Saturday | PIX11 Forecast Focus

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[00:00:14]This is Pix 11 forecast focus with Mike Masco. All right, we got the Friday feels on this Friday forecast focus.

[00:00:23]Feel like it's been a long week even though short week for most people. Um, we got a lot to talk about on this episode. I am going to talk about uh the of course what's everybody talking about found an interesting story sad story coming out of Atlanta uh and then let's talk about this weekend because it's really changeable Saturday is going to be definitely a way cooler kind of solution then Sunday feels like we're back to summer so a little bit of a split decision no washouts and that's certainly the good news something we deserve and how about snow in uh New Hampshire so again action-packed got lots of weather to talk about so strap happened. Let's get you to Atlanta.

[00:01:00]Atlanta went through a really nasty flood situation earlier in the week. Uh this is around 7 to 8 days ago and the it's you know it's interesting because you think with flooding it's a oneanddone kind of situation where you get the rain, you see the flooding, you get the river flooding. It actually is these little silent effects that happen post flooding. And this one particular event, this flooding situation was actually responsible for pollutants getting into what's called the Chattahuchi River, which is down in uh Peach Tree County, Peach Tree C uh Creek and Peach Tree County, which is just south of Atlanta. Um, this event dropped 3 in of rain. Doesn't sound like much, but when you get a lot of runoff, and pull up the graphic, Joe, because we'll show you what we're talking about here.

[00:01:49]When you got a lot of runoff, you put pollutants into these creeks.

[00:01:53]Environmental groups are saying that between the runoff happening with all this flooding and the fact that they're in a drought situation, so low water, there was too many pollutants that accumulated causing the mysterious death of thousands of fish. It's really tough to understand. Well, how many f you know what was the cause of this? We can only surmise. It was of course the flooding situation, the runoff um from the pollutants, but there's also an aspect where when you get flooding, sometimes you get sewers that overflow and then it mixes into some of these rivers. We call it storm water, but sometimes it's sewer water mixing with storm water. So, when you compound all of that, you drop your oxygen levels, you pollute the rivers, and you get thousands of fish. And that's what they're seeing down in Atlanta, south of Atlanta. all these fish, these dead fish washing up. So, it's a big weather story because it gives you some some pause here as it kind of associates with the tri-state area where places across uh central New Jersey and southern New Jersey remain in a drought uh classified severe drought criteria. I'm air quoting that because it is like literally borderline. But if we get more rain to run off, mix in with any kind of city sewer water, we could see some of our rivers look like this um very easily. So that's why you need to have a nice perfect balance between, you know, storm events, not flash flooding, just a gentle rain um and also just making sure that oxygen levels and low water levels don't hit our um area rivers and creeks. But, uh, nonetheless, interesting, sad, though story coming out of the Atlanta suburbs. All right, big weather focus, um, for the short term is going to be this cooler than normal pattern we're about to get into.

[00:03:46]Take a look. Love to show you the 850 mibar temps because this is what shows what's going on upstairs into the higher atmosphere. This is about 5,000 ft over our head and this is a lot of cool air that's trying to drill into southern Canada. You could see this 850 upper level low that's sitting in here. You can see the ISO uh bars tightening up here. And that low is going to be responsible for a lot of uh interesting weather as we go into Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. Meanwhile, Meanwhile, back at the ranch, we have all this warm air going on across central Canada where it's a heat wave in Winnipeg. It's going to be warmer in Winnipeg than it will be in New York City come this time tomorrow. Uh we'll get some of that warmer air by Sunday.

[00:04:37]And then unfortunately, and I don't I'm hoping this is not a pattern we're about to lock into, but there's another low sitting south of Alaska that's going to head our way as we head to early next week. So, it's a very transient weather pattern. Stuff is zipping across the country. Thought this was cool. Look at this little shortwave upper level coming out of Mousini. So there's your weather as we go into Saturday. I mean, that's belining it down towards New York City.

[00:05:04]That's actually going to push all the rain and moisture down to the south. I know we talked about it in a prior episode. Could we see some tropical development happening across the far eastern Gulf and uh western Atlantic?

[00:05:17]Models are really split. Uh but there could be some kind of low pressure that develops. The one thing that I've noticed in the models has been the pullback of the idea of development mostly driven for the fact that we have screaming trade winds coming across this area. So we were thinking or I was thinking I should say could we see the potential of our first name storm which would be Arthur spin up over the weekend and early next week. I I think the answer is going to be no just given the the type of dynamics we're talking about. There's another p there's another terminology you may have seen floating on the internet uh called the omega block which takes on the letter omega on the Greek alphabet which is like this kind of and we have that carved out in the jetream nicely. So that's why you're talking cooler coasts and you're talking heat in the middle of the country and it's a really pronounced look. I mean look at that that omega symbol sitting across central Canada. That's exactly why it is going to be blowtorrch hot into southern Canada as we head towards Saturday and that's why we are going to stay on the cooler side uh for Sunday.

[00:06:27]So with the upper level low um that's unfortunately going to give some some wacky weather. I would say if you're going north over the weekend or if you're watching us over the Hudson Valley and into say the Aderandex, you might have the darkest, scariest looking clouds on your skyline and then all of a sudden it's picture perfect sunshine and a nice mild afternoon and then the dark stormy cloud comes back and then the winds start picking up.

[00:06:55]It's going to be that changeable. It's not I liken this as to to like a fall.

[00:07:02]You know how you have those like mid to late fall kind of days with those very billowy cumulus clouds that kind of settle at the ground? They you feel like you can basically touch them. It's going to be that kind of day because this upper level low is a really really strong upper level low. Now that low, by the way, is not drop dropping into the tri-state. We're going to be on the outer periphery. So it's fringe effects.

[00:07:26]What do I mean by that? Well, I mean gusty winds. I mean a couple of spotty showers, right? I mean, it's not pronounced rain. We're not forecasting significant rain, but I do think on Saturday, you're really going to feel the winds go uh gang busters. In fact, we could start with gusts as early as say 10:00 in the morning where some gusts could be approaching 30 mph. I would say that the further north and east you go, and that's been the forecast. We had that on the Pixel 11 morning news. I kept saying, and even the producers were like, "How many times you going to say north and east of the city, Mike?" Well, it's all north and east of the city because that's close to the action. That's close to the upper level low. So, in the area I just circled and also in this area, northwest Orange County, uh, and into Sullivan County, that's another area that could see some peak wind gusts upwards of 40 mph. That's for Saturday before the winds start to relax. Severe weather outlook across the country, um, pretty dismal. I mean, there's not really much going on. I think you could see some stuff across West Texas. Um I don't even what's what's out in what? Abalene. I think that's Abalene and Lach area. Uh could get into some some thunderstorms that may produce an isolated tornado. Uh but that's not even getting into the Dallas Fort Worth uh metroplex. So no concerns there. Travelwise, if you're going up to New England, uh pack your winter gear if you're going to Montreal.

[00:08:47]I know we're showing 60, but look, it's not impossible to see uh some snow showers in Montreal with this upper level low. There's your heat. Rip roaring heat from Dallas um down. Well, I you know, it's not rip roaring. Dallas can get to 90 this time of the year, but um in terms of heat, it's Houston, Dallas up into Oklahoma City, and then really comfortable stuff as you get out towards the West Coast. Now, I can't believe I'm showing you a snow map. I was kind of like laughing at myself trying to put this together, but I thought I mean, this is an interesting little factoid. There could be snow. um into ski country of New Hampshire because of this upper level low. So, uh forecast modeling suggesting at the high peaks. I don't even know where Cuts Grant would be. It sounds like I think that's probably a ski trail up in uh up in the White Mountains. But, uh nonetheless, there could be several inches of snow happening uh across northern New Hampshire. Um I don't think any of this is getting into Gore Mountain, but I think this is like not even into a chemo or or Smuggler's Notch. I think this stuff is going to stay confined across western Maine. I mean, really few very few people live up here, but it's still noteworthy because it's a testimonial to the modified air that's headed our way on Saturday. We'll talk about your hyper local forecast next cuz we got a nice warming trend in that 10day. Stick around.

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[00:10:23]>> All right, so before we get into the hyperlocal weekend forecast, I do want to just mention uh the trends are definitely our friends if you love that 80° weather. Uh this is the temperature outlook. I agree with this from climate prediction. uh warmer than normal and that's again tracing the roots from this Omega block that we just mentioned all the way into New England and into New York City. So we're trending a little bit warmer than normal. Is this a 90° plus pattern going forward? I don't think so. But definitely a good trend in the right direction to warm us up. It's a trend away from what is about to come on Saturday. And this is what I'm talking about. Uh, tomorrow morning could start into the 40s for the outer suburbs, like far outer uh far outer suburbs, 50 in Midtown. But look how look how the day really transpires with a struggle out of the low 60s into the middle 60s. We could squeak out 65 66° in the city, but I'll tell you, if we get more clouds than sun, it will be a struggle bus all day. It is really chilly. protect your vegetable plants, your tomato plants if you're north and west where I think a lot of places are going to be into the low 40s and even a couple upper 30s on Saturday night and Sunday. And then mixture of sunshine and clouds, but a southwest wind should get us into the 70s. Rain chances not really much there to speak of. So, I'm skipping that graphic. I do want to show you the 10day trend uh because yes, a pullback in temperatures on Saturday, early next week and then skyrocketing into the 80s as we head towards uh a week out from today. New York City forecast and we'll tie this into a nice bow for you.

[00:12:03]Sunnier day on Sunday, warmer day on Sunday at 76. We have some shower chances going into early next week. Not much fanfare with that, but look at Thursday and Friday. That is what we're talking about. 80s, maybe middle 80s to end next week's work week. Very gusty winds in Long Island. Spotty showers on Saturday, fine finish on Sunday, and then we'll maintain the 70s, pushing 80 as we go into next week. Jersey Shore, very similar forecast. Also going to be very gusty winds down uh down the coast on Saturday. If you're going to make it a beach day at some point, I don't think Saturday is your day. I do think though today is and Sunday certainly is with low70s. Careful with the rip currents.

[00:12:47]Saturday we're going to have some very high rip currents if you're heading down to the Jersey Shore. Suburbs, watch your tomato plants. Um and you know know your elevation. Watch your tomato plants in late May. 45 but easily could be upper 30s in elevations higher than 800 ft. Uh you know who I'm talking about. Port Jervis uh and uh High Point and into Orange County. Uh 77 on Sunday. Nice. 75 both on Monday and Tuesday. I don't think shower chances are going to be the highest in the outer suburbs. And then 84 87 by Thursday and Friday. Pretty quiet weather pattern. I can't believe we're turning that corner to June. What happened to spring? We got summer on the horizon. We'll talk the June forecast next week here on the forecast focus.