High: Friday: 56, Saturday: 56, Sunday: 58.Your Weather Journal weekend forecast roundup: Looking ahead, a medium-range weather outlook issued Thursday by the Climate Prediction Center shows below normal rainfall will continue through the end of next week or so. New York City, like New Jersey also remains in "moderate" drought, according to the National Drought Mitigation Center. And despite receiving one to two inches of rain, New Jersey's drought didn't budge at all. While the record-setting rainfall reduced Connecticut's worrisome "severe drought" levels, the entire state remains locked in an official drought. The dry forecast is coupled with new drought data released Thursday, which make it clear that last weekend's super nor'easter barely dented the local dryness. An early morning freeze watch has also been posted for interior parts of the tri-state, like the Hudson Valley. Temperatures won't break out of the 50s all weekend. The combined forecast rainfall totals for both storms is now less than a tenth of an inch for the five boroughs.Ī cool, dry and windy airmass will be moving through in the meantime, with north winds on Friday that could gust to near 30 mph and ruin the shuttle fun. Weather models have continued to back off their previous predictions of rain on Friday, and a weaker companion storm scheduled to arrive Saturday is also diminishing. But that doesn't mean more rain is in the cards any time soon. WEEKEND FORECAST: Looking ahead to post-shuttle weather, the recent cool and cloudy stretch will stick around. Of the two remaining shuttles, Endeavor is bound for Los Angeles and Atlantis is staying at Florida's Kennedy Space Center. The museum won possession of Discovery instead - unlike Enterprise, that shuttle has actually been to space - and the nation's capital experienced a similar piggyback flight last week. Since its retirement in 1985, Enterprise has served as a centerpiece at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. The shuttle-jet combo ( check out this photo for scale!) will be arriving from Dulles Airport in D.C. You can follow for updates in the morning. Just remember: there's no sure thing on the route, and a turn in the weather before Friday morning could delay the flight for a third time. Even spectators in some parts of New Jersey and Long Island might be in luck. If that map is accurate, viewers in Coney Island, the Brooklyn Promenade, Staten Island and Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens will be able to see the shuttle. The flight buffs at have posted a possible route map based on what the website describes as "an FAA flight itinerary." Take a look.
That means spectators with a view of the Hudson River or the harbor from Battery Park should have an excellent vantage point for the flyover. The shuttle will enter city airspace from the south, and both the Statue of Liberty and the Intrepid are expected to be included in the tour of local landmarks.
It's important to note that there's no official flyover route provided by NASA or the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in Manhattan, where the shuttle will eventually be on display. It's all but certain to be a once-in-a-lifetime sight, and it might just be the most anticipated flight to the city since Charles Lindbergh's first transatlantic trip 85 years ago. VIEWING GUIDE: Do you want to see a space shuttle in a low-altitude flight around the Big Apple? Of course you do.
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