The turkey won’t be dry this year!
The Big Apple is set for a real basting Thursday — with a steady downpour expected when the balloons take flight for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
“We’re probably going to have a steady rain throughout much of the parade,” Fox Forecast Center Meteorologist Greg Diamond told The Post on Monday.
“The good news is, if there’s any good news, the winds shouldn’t be strong enough to impact the balloons.”
While it will likely be a wet one, beloved mainstay balloons like Snoopy and Pikachu — and newcomers like Minnie Mouse, Gabby from “Gabby’s Dollhouse” and Spider-Man — should be just fine to fly given the current forecast.
“The balloons can’t fly if there are sustained winds at about 23 miles an hour,” Diamond explained. “Right now we’re forecasting staying winds will be around 10 to 15 miles an hour, so a little bit of a breeze, but not enough to take down the balloon so they will still be fly-based.”
A Macy’s spokesperson confirmed to The Post that the parade would take place rain or shine.
“Based on the city’s guidelines, no giant character balloon will be operated when there are sustained wind conditions exceeding 23 mph and wind gusts exceeding 34 mph on the parade route,” the spokesperson added.
Even though it may be a little breezy, it won’t be too cold, with temperatures staying in the mid to upper 40s, Diamond said.
“It’s looking like it will be kind of a raw day, but nothing too crazy, temperature-wise,” he said.
As far as holiday travels go, the rest of the week — excluding Thursday — will likely be clear for planes, trains and automobiles to make it to and from Thanksgiving festivities in the tri-state area.
“The day before flying into New York City should be fine, but on Thanksgiving, that rain and low clouds could cause some delays at New York area airports. On Friday and Saturday, there might be some minor delays due to wind, but the weather looks good.”
Outside of New York, however, a weak storm system is expected to bring rain from parts of the Southeast into the Northeast, according to the Fox Forecast Center. The low-impact storm will likely only bring winter-like weather to the Canadian border and Great Lakes regions.
Winter weather advisories were in effect Monday morning across portions of the Upper Midwest and northern New England as a result of the storm system.
With warmer temperatures holding strong, the storm will likely only bring some heavy rain to the Interstate 95 corridor, according to the forecast center.
At the same time, a more impactful storm system will be working through the Intermountain West, which could lead to snow-covered roads and delays at major airports across that region.
That system may bring heavy precipitation and even snow to parts of New England starting on Wednesday and lasting through the weekend.
According to the forecast center, there is a chance those in the Northeast who were impacted by last week’s winter storm will face another snowstorm, likely falling on Black Friday.
The second storm system may also linger through the weekend, according to forecasters.
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