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Today's rain is courtesy of a warm front moving up the east coast. A few episodes of light rain are possible before the front passes through town around the time the Yankees take the field. The clouds ahead of the slow-moving front will keep today's high in the upper 60s. If that's not warm enough for you hop on the next NJ Transit train to Trenton, where it will be in the upper 70s.

Ack! There's way too much going on in the weather department. For brevity's sake the activity can be boiled down to one word: rain. Looking at the satellite image above you can see three rainmakers: Tropical Storm Danny off the coast, a bunch of tropical moisture along the East Coast, and a bunch of clouds associated with a cold front that stretches from Michigan down to Texas.

There is a cold front ready to rescue us from this week's heat and humidity melodrama. Unfortunately the front will have to wait in the wings as diva Hurricane Bill lights up the stage. Bill isn't going to make landfall in the US but it will cause dangerous rip currents this weekend. Be careful!

Ugh. On mornings like this, with a dew point of 74 degrees, we wish Morningside Park had a funicular. After climbing all those steps we're a big, stinky, ball of sweat. Today will remain disgusting with a dose of danger this afternoon. A host of factors: heat, extreme humidity, unstable air, an approaching cold front, etc. all point to heavy rain, and potentially severe thunderstorms this afternoon. High winds, hail, flash flooding, frequent lightning, and possibly even a tornado are not out of the question. At present it appears that the most severe weather will hit slightly north and west of the city but it is still wise to keep an eye on the sky later today.

Time to bring back an updated rain graph. It came down to the wire, but yesterday evening's intense shower did not have what it takes to become the rainiest June ever. For the record, 10.06 inches of rain fell on Central Park, a mere 0.21 less than 2003. That's nearly triple the normal amount! One local news outlet prattled on today about how there was more rain in New York than Seattle last month, conveniently not mentioning that Seattle is almost always drier than NYC in June. Adding to the joy, last month was also the eighth coolest June since records began in 1851.

Enjoy the sun while you can as it is only making a brief appearance today. A line of fairly intense showers and thunderstorms has broken out northwest of the city and is headed this way. The atmosphere over the city is a bit more stable than that inland, which means the showers will meet some resistance as they get closer. Scattered showers and thunderstorms may stick around through the evening.

First the good news: With all this rain it should be easy to repel the really stupid aliens from Signs should they mount an attack. Another downpour in the wee hours has pushed the monthly total to more than 4.5 inches. Average rainfall for all of June is 3.84 inches! An approaching warm front early today and a slow moving cold front tonight should add to the rainfall total. Look for scattered showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and evening. Today's high should be in the hyper-muggy upper 70s.

When our weather guru Joe Schumacher proclaimed that this week's weather would be unsettled—"The primarily west-to-east flow of the summer jet stream will let surface fronts flop around like an oversized Montauk Monster in its death throes"—he was not kidding! Who wasn't woken up by the insanely loud thunder and lightning around 2:30 a.m.? The National Weather Service issued an urban flood advisory: "At 822 am EDT Doppler radar and local observations indicate very heavy rain occurring from a line of thunderstorms. The storms will move through New York City during the next 30 minutes... and Nassau County during the next hour." And AccuWeather says, "This will be the first of several waves of showers and thunderstorms expected to overspread the region through the end of the week" and "While the storms will most likely not be capable of producing tornadoes, they will feature damaging winds and some hail." Well, at least the dog poo gets washed away, right?

Some days Mother Nature throws the good stuff at you and some days she's got nothing but junk. Despite the holiday, today is a junk day. There's a cruddy-looking stationary front stretching from the East coast back to the Rockies this morning. The front will slowly sink south of the city the next couple of days. A series of upper level disturbances, artistically depicted above, along the front is a near guarantee of showers and thunderstorms through Friday.

It's a fast-changing weather situation this morning. A warm front should reach the city any time now. After it passes the temperature should jump up to the lower 70s for a little while. Several hours of light-to-moderate rain is pretty much guaranteed at this point and an afternoon thunderstorm is not out of the question.

Do you know what yesterday, today and tomorrow have in common? Statistically speaking, they are the hottest days of the year, averaging 85 for a high and 70 for a low. In that sense the recent hot spell peaked just about on time. Although the heat advisory is still in effect, today shouldn't be as warm as the weekend as the temperature will probably top out around 90. There's a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Tomorrow will be very similar, very warm with a chance of showers.

Independence Day is turning out humid and gray. There will be an occasional light shower this afternoon and a pretty good chance for showers or thunderstorms this evening. You can probably make it through the Feelies/Sonic Youth show without getting too wet, but it would be a good idea to bring an umbrella if you're going to see the fireworks this evening.

Will somebody please pick up the needle? If you'll excuse the nearly dead metaphor, the skipping record that the weather has become will continue through tomorrow. Today and tomorrow should be hazy, warm and humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening. Like over the weekend some of those showers could contain heavy downpours -there's lots of water that could be wrung out of the air. Tomorrow might turn out to be a degree or two cooler as a weak and dissipating cold front moves through town.

Look up. You see those wispy high cirrus clouds out there? They are harbingers of doom, or at least a rainy Saturday. Before then today will bring another promise of summer with a max temperature flirting with 80 degrees and a mostly sunny sky. The change will begin after bar-closing time tonight. That's when a warm front will pass through the city. Once it does, there will be an increasing chance of showers through the day tomorrow. Showers and thundershowers are expected to be widespread by Saturday afternoon. Be aware that there's a slight chance that some of the thunderstorms could produce high winds and hail.

Yesterday's near picture perfect day is being followed by another summery day today. Sunny skies and a southwesterly breeze should warm the city into the low 80s this afternoon. If you are going to the beach the Weather Service is now issuing surf zone forecasts for the summer. High clouds may begin to arrive in the early evening.