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When will Ophelia’s rain end in NYC? NWS says 'completely dry' forecast for Tuesday night
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Michelle Bocanegra
Published Sep 26, 2023
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The days of rain in New York City from a weakened tropical storm will come to an end on Tuesday night, according to the National Weather Service.
Most of the region will see the rains taper off by 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to the latest forecast from the agency. Southern Queens and the Atlantic Coast-facing tip of Staten Island could see a later end to precipitation, though it’s expected to end by 11 p.m. Tuesday.
“It could linger a little longer there, but again, it’s this evening that we go completely dry,” NWS meteorologist Jim Connolly said Tuesday.
The rains that began over the weekend and continued into Tuesday stemmed from the effects of post-tropical cyclone Ophelia, which was downgraded from a tropical storm. Coastal flooding advisories warning swimmers to stay out of the water remained in effect throughout the region Tuesday.
“The remnants of Ophelia are offshore over the ocean right now, and they are going to continue to drift southward as the day goes on,” Jim Connolly, a meteorologist at the NWS, said on Tuesday morning. “So we’ve got pockets of light rain out there. It’s not very heavy today.”
Connolly said the New York area has had between one to two inches of rain so far, with some parts getting up to three inches of rain over the last several days.
But don’t retire the umbrellas and galoshes just yet: The National Weather Service predicts thunderstorms and a chance of showers Thursday night and into Friday.
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