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Severe Weather Threat Ebbs for Tri-State; NYC Out of ‘Severe' Risk Area

The severe weather threat diminished over the course of the day Tuesday

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What to Know

  • A beautiful first half of the day Tuesday gave way to clouds, but the severe weather threat that had been on tap for the tri-state area diminished
  • Showers are possible for the New York City area, but no torrential rain is expected for a big chunk of the metro
  • Clouds persist on Wednesday, even though the rain will have moved out apart from a passing shower. Expect above-average temperatures near 90 degrees

Enjoy the gorgeous holiday weekend weather? It's over.

But Tuesday isn't turning out to be as bad as we feared.

The severe storm threat diminished for the tri-state area by mid-afternoon.

As the afternoon hours passed by, the tri-state area moved out of the severe threat entirely for the rest of the night.

Any thunder will likely be west or south of New York City, which could see light showers as opposed to the torrential rain forecast earlier. The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center has modified its severe weather forecast for Tuesday night as well.

It has scaled back the “likely" threat area to include mainly Maryland and Virginia.

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Clouds persist on Wednesday, even though the rain will have moved out apart from a passing shower. Expect above-average temperatures near 90 degrees.

10-day outlook tues
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Here's your 10-day weather outlook.

The weather cools back down to the more tenable low 80s on Wednesday and should stay there through the early part of next week, though Friday could bring some showers. It looks to be a picture-perfect weekend, though, so keep the grill tools close.

Track any approaching weather using our interactive radar below.

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