June 6, 2013: Andrea's Remnants To Produce Heavy Rain

Forecast Highlights:

The first tropical storm of the year, Andrea, formed in the Gulf of Mexico yesterday, and has since strengthened into a strong tropical storm. Andrea will make landfall in Florida later today, gradually losing tropical characteristics as it tracks up the East Coast, with its remnants producing widespread heavy rain between 1.5 and 3 inches, locally up to 4 inches, on Friday and Friday night. A drier and warmer weekend is expected behind Andrea, with rain to return on Monday again.

**Updated at 4:45 PM with a rain map**

June 5, 2013: Rainy Friday From T.S. Andrea

Forecast Highlights:

A high pressure in place provided the region with another mostly sunny day, with high temperatures peaking in the low to mid 70s across most of the area. Similar temperatures will continue into Tuesday, but with rain returning for Friday and Friday night as Tropical Storm Andrea tracks up the East Coast and becomes an extratropical cyclone. Following the storm's departure, a drier but cooler than average weekend is expected, with rain returning for the beginning of next week as well.

June 4, 2013: Rain Expected Friday-Saturday

Forecast Highlights:

A high pressure in place brought mostly sunny skies to the area today with highs generally in the mid to upper 70s. Similar conditions are expected again on Wednesday, with 70s again on Thursday but with increasing  cloud cover ahead of a low pressure with tropical origins tracking up the coast, expected to produce widespread rain across the region on Friday into the first part of Saturday with a drier ending to the weekend.

June 3, 2013: Seasonable Week, Then Rain Returns

Forecast Highlights:

A slow moving cold front moved off the coast today after producing several rounds of thunderstorms, including localized heavy storms in NYC last night, heavy rain this morning, and additional scattered storms in the afternoon. Behind this front, temperatures slightly cooler than average will return along with mostly sunny skies will return for Tuesday and Wednesday, with increasing clouds on Thursday ahead of a potential tropical storm expected to move up the coast, producing widespread rain for Friday and Saturday.

June 3, 2013 Morning Update

8:45 AM: Rain Continues Until Early Afternoon

Last night, mainly cloudy skies continued across the area with scattered thunderstorms affecting the immediate NYC area around midnight, producing heavy rain locally up to 1-2 inches generally limited to NE NJ and northern parts of NYC. Additional widespread showers developed afterwards over the region, with the latest radar showing areas of rain over New Jersey and New England. These showers are generally expected to continue until 10 AM inland, 12 PM-2 PM in the immediate NYC area, and 2-4 PM east of NYC, with an additional 1/4 to locally 1/2 inch of rain expected. Highs are expected to peak in the mid to upper 70s across the area.

June 2, 2013: Cooler Temperatures This Week

Forecast Highlights:

A cold front currently moving through the region will bring an end to the heat wave, with areas of showers and some thunderstorms expected late tonight into Monday morning. Highs will return into the 70s throughout the week, with sunshine returning for Monday afternoon through Thursday before a more humid air mass spreads in from the south, with showers returning again for Friday and parts of the weekend.

June 1, 2013: Storms Return Sunday Night, Monday

Forecast Highlights:

A heat wave continued across the region, with temperatures again in the upper 80s to low 90s across most of the area. A strong cold front will affect the region on Sunday into Monday, bringing an end to the heat wave while producing strong thunderstorms on Sunday evening and night, mostly north and west of NYC. Once rain clears the area on Monday, several days of sunshine and generally seasonable temperatures are expected before rain and humidity return by the end of the week.