A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 5 p.m. Friday for Central and South Jersey, as intense storms are likely to slice through the area from midday through the afternoon.
We’re capping an unsettled week with a flurry of stormy weather Friday and Saturday. The Storm Prediction Center has placed the tri-state area on a low-level severe storm alert both days. Sunday looks to be the better day of the weekend – dry and mild in the city.
Check the latest weather alerts for your neighborhood here.
Storms will be isolated in nature, meaning that at any given time most of the tri-state will be dry with discrete storm cells dotting the landscape. On Friday the threat level in the metro New York City Area will be low – 1 on a scale from 1 to 5. On Saturday, it will bump up to Level 2.
Be sure to have your weather alerts turned on in your free NBC New York app so that you have current radar in the palm of your hand, and you get immediate notification when severe storms move into your neighborhood…