After a grey and damp Tuesday, we’re in for a really moist Wednesday.
Showers will blanket the tri-state all day, bringing some much-needed rainfall to the area. Scattered showers arrived late Tuesday night, rising steadier in a single day and persevering with via the day Wednesday. Count on wet roads for each the morning and night commutes. Showers start exiting late Wednesday night; they’re passed by midnight.
Together with the rain, heat temperatures blanket the area. Highs will beat 60 levels Wednesday afternoon. However because the system exits, we’ll plummet to close freezing on Thursday.
Rain will probably be regular a lot of the day Wednesday, however there will probably be pockets of heavy downpours, bringing rainfall charges of 1-2 inches an hour. Minor flooding is a priority, particularly in low-lying and flood-prone areas. The best flood concern will probably be out in Suffolk County, the place we predict among the highest rain totals and rainfall charges.
In whole, we are able to count on 1-3 inches of rain to fall on Wednesday. We’ll see 1-2 inches area-wide, with domestically increased totals within the areas the place the heaviest bands of rain arrange.
And this can be a welcome quantity a rainfall. We’re nonetheless going through extreme to excessive drought circumstances throughout the tri-state. Central Park has been operating a rainfall deficit since late summer time, and Wednesday’s rain will go a great distance in serving to to make up among the distinction.
Nevertheless it’s not simply the rain coming together with this method, it’s also the gusty winds. Winds will probably be gusting 20-30mph all through the day on Wednesday. However by mid-to-late afternoon, when among the heaviest rain is coming via, wind gusts will probably be peaking between 50 and 60mph.
A excessive wind warning has been issued for elements of Suffolk and Nassau counties. Verify the newest climate alerts in your neighborhood right here.
Because the rain exits Wednesday night time, winds shift to the west, ushering a lot colder and drier air into the area.
Temperatures start Wednesday morning very gentle within the mid-50s, climbing up into the 60s by the afternoon. However because the showers filter out and the chilly air begins speeding in, temperatures shortly crash, dropping into the 30s in Central Park by Thursday morning.
Outdoors of the fast metro space, temperatures will dip beneath freezing. It will make for its personal journey difficulties for the Thursday AM commute. Whereas temperatures sharply drop in a single day, many roads and surfaces will nonetheless be moist from the rain. These surfaces will freeze over, making for icy highway circumstances Thursday morning.
And these chilly temperatures are coming together with blustery winds. Temperatures Thursday morning will probably be within the 30s and 20s, with feels-like temperatures within the 20s and 10s. You’ll wish to swap Wednesday’s rain jacket for a heavy winter coat instantly.
These frigid temperatures stick with us via Friday earlier than we see them begin to average by the weekend. That is additionally in time for our subsequent likelihood on Sunday.
