Get your umbrellas ready – Friday is shaping as a lot as be a soggy day! We’re not talking about record-breaking rain, nonetheless undoubtedly a much-needed soaking.
The rain will ramp up sooner than dawn and proceed by the evening, nonetheless it acquired’t be steady. Anticipate on-and-off delicate to common rain over the course of all of the day. Take additional warning all through the morning and evening commutes; every will doubtless be moist.
The morning commute, notably, might very properly be troublesome to the north and west of city due to the chance for freezing rain. With temperatures in these areas dropping beneath freezing by daybreak, liquid rain will freeze upon contact with untreated roads, sidewalks, and bridges, resulting in a thin glaze of ice. For many who’re heading exterior early Friday morning in one amongst these freezing spots, assume any moist surfaces you see are ice.
The Nationwide Local weather Service has issued winter local weather advisories all through all of the Hudson Valley, Fairfield County, and parts of North Jersey environment friendly for Friday morning – alerting for the potential of as a lot as a tenth of an inch of ice.
It solely takes a hundredth of an inch of ice to create treacherous journey circumstances, so be cautious of “wet-looking” surfaces if you wish to drive early Friday morning. That moist avenue may very properly be icy, in its place.
By the afternoon and evening, temperatures in all places will doubtless be once more above freezing. The relative warmth along with the rain will help soften our current snowpack far inland.
This acquired’t end in flooding, nonetheless it ought to exacerbate the results of the rain. Do not be surprised to see ponding on low-lying roadways or areas with poor drainage.
Whereas Friday will certainly ship its share of commuting issues, the rain we get is desperately needed.
2025 has been off to an exceptionally dry start in Central Park. Truly, this month is in the mean time the driest January on file for city. Decrease than half an inch of liquid equal precipitation has fallen so far. Friday’s rain may double that amount. It acquired’t be adequate to erase January’s rain deficit, nonetheless every bit helps.
The tri-state house continues to be under the drought circumstances that began remaining fall. And no matter our decently soggy December, this dry January has marked a step backward as we’ve seen the enlargement of areas under the “severe drought” designation, notably extra south.
There’s nonetheless a protracted resolution to go sooner than we completely erase the drought from our space, nonetheless Friday’s rain is a minimal of a step within the exact course.
