A strong inverted trough with storm moving offshore yesterday brought significant rainfall to parts of the Tri-State area yesterday. Parts South-Central NJ coast saw rainfall totals over between 2.00″ to 3.50″.Further north into NYC, JFK saw around 1.00″ total. As the storm offshore began to intensify winds have increased during the overnight hours. Wind gusts have gusts between 35mph to 45mph overnight. As the pressure gradient increases today, winds are expected to frequently gust between 40mph and 50mph during the day today, Daytime heating and cold air aloft will also steepen lapse rates that will cause stronger winds aloft to mix down to surface. For these reasons, the National Weather Service in Upton,NY has issued wind advisories until 6pm today, for New York City, Long Island, Extreme Northeast NJ, Southern Westchester and Coastal Connecticut. Marathon runners will more challenging weather conditions to deal with this year. Some isolated or occasional wind gusts a little over 50mph are possible as well. Especially over Long Island and Connecticut this afternoon.

This storm has also brought some colder air behind it. High temperatures will likely be middle to upper 40s, despite sunshine, as cold air convection continues through the day. Tonight some inland areas just outside of New York City, might see their first frost or freeze, as temperatures drop into upper 20 to lower 30s in those areas. For this reason, freeze warnings have been from 3am to 8am tonight, for parts of Northeast NJ and the Lower Hudson Valley. Temperatures tonight along the coastal plain will only drop into low to middle 30s.