Rainy weather to persist Friday in NYC, while winter hits upstate

The much-needed rainfall that soaked New York City overnight — pursuing 1 of the city’s driest spells successful recorded history — volition linger until the extremity of the workweek with 1 to 3 inches expected done aboriginal Saturday morning, meteorologists said.

While the heaviest rainfall was expected to autumn Thursday morning, a low-pressure strategy should stay adjacent the portion leading to periods of rainfall into Friday night, according to the National Weather Service.

Umbrellas and raincoats are backmost successful usage arsenic much-needed rainfall falls crossed New York City, arsenic seen present connected Cadman Plaza West adjacent Middagh Street successful Brooklyn connected Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)

Gusty winds that developed overnight, with maximum gusts betwixt 25 and 35 mph, are apt to stay successful spot done astir of the day, chiefly on coastal areas.

While a fewer “moderately heavy” isolated showers are possible, the rainfall is expected to go lighter aboriginal successful the day, meteorologists said.

However, immoderate areas northbound and westbound of New York City could see “the archetypal flakes of the season.”

Snow accumulation should stay beneath 1 inch for astir of the area, though higher elevations could spot up to 3 inches.

Umbrellas and raincoats are backmost successful usage arsenic much-needed rainfall falls crossed New York City, arsenic seen present connected Cadman Plaza West adjacent Middagh Street successful Brooklyn connected Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (Theodore Parisienne for New York Daily News)

The concern appears to beryllium drastically antithetic for portions of Upstate New York and Pennsylvania, wherever a winter tempest warning volition stay successful effect for 24 hours, starting Thursday astatine 4 p.m.

“Snow, dense astatine times nether localized bands,” the NWS’s bureau successful Binghamton, N.Y., said successful a Thursday greeting wintertime upwind message.

“Travel could beryllium precise difficult, particularly with snowfall rates of 1-3 inches per hr successful spots overnight. The hazardous conditions could interaction the Friday greeting commute. Heavy snowfall could bring down trees and wires owed to the value of the snow.

Counties affected by the informing see Broome, Delaware, Wayne and Sullivan successful New York, arsenic good arsenic overmuch of northeastern Pennsylvania.

Totals volition beryllium connected elevation, with 5-12 inches expected successful areas supra 1,500 feet and 12-18 inches imaginable successful the highest-elevation areas.

A winter upwind advisory volition beryllium successful effect from 6 p.m. Thursday to noon connected Friday for Wyoming, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties successful New York.

“Periods of snowfall volition effect successful snow-covered roads and constricted visibilities. Slow down and usage caution portion driving,” the NWS bureau successful Buffalo said successful a Thursday greeting statement.