High Wind Warning for NYC Metro Area Today...Heavy Rain on the Way

A tropical low is forecast to track up the eastern coast of the US through Friday afternoon. The NWS has issued a High Wind Warning for southerly winds gusting to 50 to 60 mph here in the NYC metropolitan area including southern CT, northeastern NJ and all of Long Island. A Wind Advisory is in effect elsewhere. The rain will be heavy at times through Friday morning. Radar shows a huge area of rain across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States.

George Wright is a Certified Consulting Meteorologist and President of Wright Weather Consulting, Inc. Our website is WrightWeather.com. George is also a meteorologist with Cablevision News 12.