By: Mary Jones
travelling knowledge
strong gusts of wind and heavy rain until midnight. The east end may experience gusts of more than 35 mph. It's consistently close to fifty degrees.
Highs around fifty degrees with a mix of sun and clouds make for a dry and bright morning commute. windy, with westerly gusts of 10 to 20 mph. Lows of about thirty degrees over night.
A few clouds & very cold with a stiff afternoon breeze at 15 to 25 mph. Highs in the upper 30s, feels like upper 20. Overnight lows in the mid-20s.
Cold start, then more clouds in the afternoon. Highs in the upper 30s. Overnight lows in the 30s.
Heavy rain and winds are expected to move into the tri-state on Tuesday afternoon, just in time for Thanksgiving travel to get underway.
For the afternoon commute on Tuesday, rain is expected to arrive by Tuesday evening, with the heaviest rain expected late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
In Pike and Sullivan counties, there might be a few snowflakes blending in at the onset, but the weather will soon turn to rain there.
By 7 a.m. on Wednesday, the majority of the rain has left our area. After all is said and done, the tristate will likely see one to two inches of rain, with isolated bursts possibly reaching three inches.
Travel on Tuesday is likely to be affected if your Thanksgiving destination is anywhere from Chicago to Atlanta to D.C. The storm is expected to affect much of the Midwest before making landfalls in the NYC area and the northeast.
For Wednesday morning's high tides, coastal flood advisories are in effect for New York City, Long Island, and coastal Connecticut. This is because there's a possibility that strong northeast winds will raise water levels.
The winds will pick up on Wednesday morning and then gradually decrease. In certain cases, they could reach speeds of 40 to 50 mph on the eastern part of Long Island.
The temperature rises again! Thursday's highs are in the mid-40s, and Friday and Saturday's highs are almost average at 50. Rain is expected again on Friday night.