A nasty Monday morning commute in the forecast? Anyone else getting déjà vu?
Just one week after an overnight storm made a total mess of the roads and dumped multiple inches of rain across the tri-state (some places saw up to 5 inches!), another rain storm is on track to drench our area to kick off the start of the week.
Before the system was set to arrive, we were treated to a relatively mild weekend. Temperatures stayed in the mid-50s for much of Saturday and Sunday -- that's about 10 degrees above average for this time of year.
Rain chances don't become a real threat until late in the day on Sunday, close to dinnertime. As the night ticks on, the downpour will only get heavier.
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Conditions stay wet and blustery all night long, surely making for a real mess of Monday morning. Winds will ramp up late Sunday as well – gusting to 60 mph for parts of NYC and Long Island.
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There is a flood watch for most of the area with 2-3 inches of rain expected to fall in about a 12-hour window. In the city, Mayor Eric Adams issued a travel advisory for Sunday and Monday.
A high wind watch was also put in place for Brooklyn and Queens, which is predicted to see sustained winds between 25-35 mph and gusts up to 60 mph. Those speeds will only be slightly lower in the other boroughs, which were under a wind advisory.
“If you have loose things outside, now is a good time to secure them, before the winds start. People in low-lying and poor drainage areas should take extra precautions. And today is a great day to clear your catch basins, to make sure the rain ends up in the sewers and not in our basements and streets," Adams said in a statement on Saturday.
Thunderstorms are looking lightly overnight as the storm pushes through. The threat of minor flooding is widespread, and could cause problems for many commuting Monday morning.
Colder air pours in behind this storm, which could produce some snow late Monday into Tuesday. That chill, overall, settles in and remains through at least next weekend.
Check out our 10-day forecast below. Get more need-to-know weather information here.
