Ãngel Franco/The New York Times Today will look quite a bit like yesterday, the forecaster says.Updated, 12:48 p.m. | 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 on Monday), and wind gusts are expected to hit only 20 miles an hour â€" unlike Monday, when small tornadoes whipped through New Jersey and Connecticut.
A flash-flood watch is in effect through the evening, and thunderstorms become more likely as the day wears on, so bring an umbrella.
Consider a jacket, too â€" the high might not hit 80. Just another blustery summer day in the big city.
Here's what else you need to know to start your Tuesday.
TRANSIT & TRAFFIC
- Mass Transit Subway: Click for the latest status.
- Air Travel Weather-related delays have been reported at area airports. Click for the latest status.
COMING UP TODAY
- Police cadets are graduating at 11 a.m. at the Bar clays 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.
- On the campaign trail, Joseph J. Lhota will greet commuters at Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's subway station on East 77th Street at 7:30 a.m. William C. Thompson Jr. will be 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. Click for candidates' schedules.
- Free outdoor concert for kids in Madison Square Park from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. with Big Bang Boom.
- France's junior minister of the food industry will tour a Queens elementary school cafeteria to check out the grub.
- A-Rod will start at third base tonight â€" for the Class A Charleston, S.C., RiverDogs, as he continues to mend from hip surgery.
- If skies clear, you can stargaze from the High Line with telescopes provided by the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York. Follow @highlinenyc on Twitter for weather updates.
- 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. Word Up!
- Mets host Diamondbacks at 7 p.m., Yankees at Minnesota.
- For more events, see The New York Times's Arts & Entertainment guide< /a>.
IN THE NEWS
- Texting while driving is now a five-point violation in New York. [Gothamist]
- Mentally disabled Long island newlyweds who sued group homes to let them live together as husband and wife moved into a new apartment and threw a party. [Associated Press]
- Time Warner is leaving the Time Warner Building. [New York Times]
- The ske leton of a Poughkeepsie schoolteacher reported missing by her husband in 1985 turned up in the walls of their old house. She had been beaten to death. Her husband died in December. [Journal News]
- A dead dolphin washed up on the beach in Coney Island. [A Walk in the Park]
- A new police precinct station house opened on Staten Island. The 121st Precinct is the first new one in the city since the 33rd o pened in Washington Heights in 2002. [Staten Island Advance]
- The Yankees' home attendance is down 6 percent, and their TV ratings are plummeting. On the other hand, they won last night, as did the Mets - in 13 innings. [New York Times]
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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