Get your umbrellas prepared – Friday is shaping as much as be a soggy day! We’re not speaking about record-breaking rain, however definitely a much-needed soaking.
The rain will ramp up earlier than daybreak and proceed by means of the night, but it surely received’t rain continuous. Fairly, count on on-and-off gentle to average rain over the course of your complete day. Take additional warning throughout each the morning and night commutes; each will likely be moist.
The morning commute, particularly, may very well be tough to the north and west of town because of the possibility for freezing rain. With temperatures dropping to only under freezing at dawn in these areas, rain may freeze on contact with untreated roads, sidewalks and driveways, producing a razor-thin layer of ice.
Should you encounter what appears to be like like moist pavement early Friday, don’t assume it’s water. It may very properly be a slippery sheet of ice.
By afternoon and night, temperatures will likely be above freezing, so the rain and the relative heat will assist to soften our present snow pack far inland. The melting snow received’t result in flooding, however it’ll exacerbate the results of the rain and result in ponding on low mendacity roads. Finances for additional time on the roads.
Whereas Friday will include commuting complications, the rain we get is desperately wanted.
2025 is off to an exceptionally dry begin in Central Park. In actual fact, this month is at the moment the driest January on document for town. Lower than half an inch of liquid equal precipitation has fallen thus far. Happily, Friday’s rain may double or triple that quantity. It received’t be sufficient to erase January’s rain deficit, but it surely’ll assist.
The Tri-State space continues to be in a drought scenario that began final fall. We’ve seen enhancements since December, however we nonetheless have an extended method to go to be again to regular.
Waiting for the beginning of February we’ve received a pair extra rain and/or snow probabilities on the horizon. They received’t be large storms, however they’ll assist get February off to a wetter begin than we had in January.