New York City is experiencing hazy, muggy weather amid a new heat wave.
Temperatures in New York City on Saturday felt like 100 degrees Fahrenheit as a heat watch that had been in effect since mid-week ended and severe thunderstorms arrived.
Flood watches remain in effect for five boroughs until midnight, and the storm is expected to start late Saturday, bringing the risk of flash flooding and damaging winds of up to 70 mph (hurricane-force).
Meteorologists say hail the size of quarters is possible.
The region will see some relief from the heat on Sunday, but no letup from the storms expected later in the day.
“I don’t want to say the heat is going to ease because it’s only going to increase by about 5 degrees and then the heat will come back on Monday,” Fox Weather forecaster Jordan Overton said.
Monday will be mostly sunny, but dangerously hot, with dehydration and heatstroke at risk, AccuWeather predicts. High temperatures are expected to reach at least 91 degrees Fahrenheit, with the “feels like” temperature rising again to 99 or 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
The city’s heat stroke emergency plan will remain in place until Monday, and Adams said cooling centers will remain open until then. Post to X.
Air quality warnings have also been issued citywide, and rip current watches have been issued for Brooklyn and southern Queens.
Later this week, remnants of the tropical storm will move in the Northeast toward Florida, where it could make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday.
“Depending on the track of the storm, some of that moisture could move along the coast,” AccuWeather senior meteorologist Scott Hohman told The Post.
The storm is expected to strengthen over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico this weekend after battering Puerto Rico and Cuba.
Homan said the storm is expected to move slowly and soon become Tropical Storm Debby, bringing heavy rains across Florida, Georgia, coastal South Carolina and eventually into North Carolina.
Experts are predicting a storm surge of 2 to 4 feet, wind gusts of 74 to 95 mph and 5 to 10 inches of rain in Florida’s Big Bend region. The state was under a state of emergency as of Thursday.
Tornadoes are also possible, Homan warned.
Flash flooding is possible from Jacksonville, Florida, to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on Monday.
