Early Look At Nanuet's Weekend While We All Watch Florence

NANUET, NY — Before we get to the weekend, rain and thunderstorms and gloomy skies will dominate through Thursday. Still, we're fortunate that powerful Hurricane Florence will likely have minimal to no impacts in the Hudson Valley.

Unfortunately for the Carolinas, the hurricane is expected to make landfall on Thursday and then stall, producing more than 20 inches of rain along with gale-force winds and storm surges.

What we will likely experience as Florence approaches the coast, says the National Weather Service: high surf and a risk of rip currents.

Otherwise, the NWS says:

Cloudy and rainy conditions persist Tuesday as a warm front slowly moves through the area. An isolated rumble of thunder will be possible as well. With ample cloud cover and a cool onshore flow, temperatures will remain below climatological normals in the mid to upper 70s.

Fog then develops again, with humidity steadily increasing as the warm front moves to our north. Chances of showers and thunderstorms persist into Wednesday as a cold front quickly follows and stalls across the area.

Here's the current forecast through the weekend from the NWS for Rockland County:

• This Afternoon-Cloudy. Patchy drizzle early, then scattered showers with isolated thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. southeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 30 percent.
• Tonight-Cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers. Areas of fog. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. Southeast winds around 5 mph, becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of rain 40 percent.
• Wednesday-Areas of fog in the morning. Cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the upper 70s. Northeast winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
• Wednesday Night-Cloudy with a chance of showers. A chance of thunderstorms, mainly in the evening. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 50 percent.
• Thursday-Cloudy with a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Humid with highs in the upper 70s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent.
• Thursday Night-Cloudy. Lows in the upper 60s.
• Friday-Mostly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s.
• Friday Night-Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.
• Saturday-Partly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s.
• Saturday Night-Mostly cloudy in the evening, then becoming partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 60s.
• Sunday-Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 70s.
• Sunday Night-Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 60s.

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