Fallout from Monday’s extreme climate continued into Tuesday within the New York Metropolis and tristate space, as flash-flood runoff engorged rivers, closed some roads and plagued practice tunnels.
For the approaching week, although rain may also be an element, meteorologists’ issues are principally a looming warmth wave with humidity that might enhance the warmth index a number of levels.
Individuals play soccer at a Brooklyn park at nightfall on the finish of the most well liked day of the yr thus far on June 24, 2025 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Spencer Platt/Getty Pictures)
Wednesday via Friday would see a “moderate to high potential” for warmth indexes of 95 levels to the low 100s, the climate service mentioned in its web site forecast dialogue.
The warmth index is what the temperatures really feel like, and that can rely on humidity, Ramsey mentioned. Wednesday’s precise temperatures will vary from the higher 80s to the low 90s, however the warmth index will likely be 95 to 100, he mentioned. Thursday’s precise temperature isn’t anticipated to be a lot completely different — 90, 91 or 92 — “but it will be even more humid, so we’re looking at heat index values of 100 to 105,” Ramsey mentioned.
“Once we get into tomorrow [Wednesday], we are going to have more of a chance for rain as we get into the midafternoon and evening,” Ramsey mentioned. “We’ll carry that chance through the night.”
Whereas scattered thunderstorms have been forecast for Thursday, the in depth flooding that swept away two girls in New Jersey, inundated New York Metropolis subway stations and flooded a number of highways was not anticipated to recur.
This picture produced from video exhibits a flooded road in Rahway, N.J., on July 14, 2025.(WABC-TV through AP)
Three New Jersey counties remained beneath a flood warning into early Tuesday morning, and Amtrak warned of delays on the Northeast Hall line “due to heavy rain and weather-related impacts overnight.”
The Bronx River rose above flood degree Tuesday morning as storm runoff flowed into the waterway in a single day Monday, closing down elements of the Bronx River Parkway. By afternoon, ranges have been again to regular, and the roadway was open, Ramsey mentioned. Subway service, too, was again to regular Tuesday morning.
The heavy rainfall — 1 to 2 inches an hour, with a storm whole topping 6 inches in elements of New Jersey — was as a result of storms that “were kind of stalling out, moving at a snail’s pace,” Ramsey defined, dumping all their rain in a single place. The remainder of the week wouldn’t ship something like that deluge, he added. Wednesday evening would see some scattered showers, with extra quite a few spates Thursday.
This picture produced from video exhibits automobiles submerged in floodwaters in Rahway, NJ., on July 14, 2025.(WABC-TV through AP)
“Because of that we do have a marginal risk for flooding, but it’s mainly expected to be isolated, so what we do see is not as widespread or significant as what we just saw,” Ramsey mentioned. “But we could have an isolated downpour.”
The Nationwide Climate Service predicted an “isolated severe threat and localized flash-flood threat” for late Wednesday afternoon and night for New York Metropolis and westward “in a moderately unstable and moist air mass.”
Friday issues will almost definitely each dry out and funky off, Ramsey mentioned.
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