NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – It will be a chilly, stormy and very windy weekend in the New York City area as clocks "spring forward," and officials announced travel advisories and flood warnings in preparation for the onslaught of precipitation.
While spring doesn't officially begin until March 19, daylight saving time starts this weekend. Clocks should be set forward one hour starting at 2 a.m. Sunday.
It's been an especially rainy year so far in the city, with Central Park recording 10.34 inches as of Friday. That's 2.45 inches above the historical average—and another 0.75 to 1.5 inches is expected by weekend's end.
Saturday will be breezy and chilly with periods of rain that will become steady by late afternoon. The daytime high will be 45, AccuWeather said.
Rain will continue into the evening, with an early thunderstorm that will taper off after midnight.
The rainfall could be heavy enough to cause localized flash flooding on streets and in poor drainage areas as temperatures begin to climb through the 40s, according to AccuWeather.
NYC Emergency Management issued a travel advisory from Saturday evening into Sunday afternoon to account for potential coastal flooding, heavy rain and strong winds.
Per AccuWeather, a Flood Warning is in effect for some Tri-State ares, including Northeastern New Jersey and Westchester, Rockland, Fairfield and New Haven counties.
Temps will rise to near 50 overnight as winds gust to near 50 mph. However, RealFeel temps will only be in the 30s Saturday evening and night.
This temperature trend will continue into an increasingly windy and chilly Sunday, with a high of 52 but RealFeels still in the 30s by afternoon.
A stray shower Sunday afternoon may even fall as wet snow in some of the northwestern suburbs.
Monday will be very windy and cold to start the workweek. While it will be dry and partly sunny, wind gusts of 45 mph could push RealFeels into the 20s and 30s—well below the day's high of 46.
A warmup will push temps into the 50s again on Tuesday and Wednesday. By Thursday, they could be in the mid-60s, with less than a week to go until the official start of spring.