Ãngel Franco/The New York Times Today will look quite a bit like yesterday, the weatherman says.Tuesday’s weather will probably be nicer than Monday’s.
But that’s not saying too much.
A mere half-inch of rain is in the forecast (nearly an inch fell yesterday), and wind gusts are only expected to hit 20 miles an hour â€" unlike yesterday, when small tornadoes whipped through New Jersey and Connecticut.
A flash flood watch is in effect through the evening, and the thunderstorms become more likely as the day wears on, so bring the umbrella. And maybe a jacket - it might not hit 80.
Here’s what else you need to know to start your Tuesday.
TRANSIT & TRAFFIC
- Roads: Delays on the Tappan Zee eastbound, otherwise O.K. so far, 1010 WINS reports. Alternate-side parking rules are in effect.
- Mass Transit: Delays on the N train as of 5:58 a.m. Click for the latest status.
COMING UP TODAY
- On the campaign trail, Joseph J. Lhota will greet commuters at Mayor Bloomberg’s subway station on East 77th Street at 7:30 a.m. William C. Thompson Jr. will b! e endorsed by the transit workers union at noon. Bill de Blasio will ask voters for signatures outside a Rite Aid near Brooklyn College at 4 p.m.
- Police cadets are graduating at 11 a.m. at the Barclays Center. The mayor will speak.
- Abe Lincoln, the Marquis de Lafayette and other patriotic statues at Union Square will get a makeover from parks workers as Independence Day approaches.
- The French junior food industry minister will tour a Queens high school cafeteria to check out the grub.
- A-Rod will start at third base tonight - for the Class A Charleston, S.C., RiverDogs, as he continues to mend from hip surgery.
- Free dance party at Central Park Summerstage at 6 p.m., put on by the long-running Freedom Dance Party and featuring an appearance by Cameo. Wrd Up!
- For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide.
AND FINALLY… Beautiful baby bird alert: roseate spoonbills, two of them, newly hatched at the Bronx Zoo. Sweet little bills, suitable for sifting through mud for bugs and crustaceans. And their plumage looks kind of like strawberry ice cream.
E.C. Gogolak contributed reporting.
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