STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Residents may want to set the shovels aside and grab their umbrellas, as a wet and windy Friday morning is expected, with the worst conditions coinciding with the early morning commute.
Brian Hurley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center, said the New York City area faces a 100% chance of rain. “In other words, you ain’t getting away from it,” he quipped.
The heaviest rainfall is forecast between about 6 a.m. and 8 a.m., when three-quarters of an inch to 1 inch of rain could fall. A brief break is possible before another round of showers moves through the area closer to noon…