New York weather maps show rain set to return this week

After a pretty dry weekend, the rain's making a comeback – and potentially in buckets.

The better part of today should remain dry with perhaps a shower or thunderstorm through the afternoon commute, but mainly inland. The odds will go up tonight, however, with a batch of showers and embedded thunderstorms expected to move through. Any storms, though mainly isolated and sub-severe, will be capable of dumping a lot of rain in a short period of time, so flooding will be possible.

Heading into tomorrow, things will likely start off a little wet, but some sunshine should breakout thereafter. With daytime heating, however, this will allow for isolated showers and thunderstorms to develop once again. The good news is, the activity looks mainly isolated to scattered, so odds are you'll be spared.

Unfortunately, showers and thunderstorms will remain in the forecast through the end of the week, so plan on packing the umbrella each day.

So when do we see a break in the pattern? Well, as of now it looks like Friday offers the most hope with sunshine, seasonal temperatures and less humid conditions.

New York & New Jersey weather this week

Today: Quiet, muggy morning with temps in the 70s and 60s. Partly sunny to mostly cloudy and humid this afternoon with a chance of showers and storms, but mainly inland. Highs in the low to mid 80s.

Tonight: Showers/thunderstorms push through.

Tomorrow: Early leftover showers. Humid afternoon with isolated pop-up showers. Highs in the mid 80s.

Wednesday: Humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the low to mid 80s.

Thursday: Humid with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the low to mid 80s.

Friday (Pick of the Week): Brighter and less humid. Highs in the low to mid 80s.

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