If you’re heading to a sporting event this weekend in the tristate area, you better bring a rain coat.
Tropical Storm Ophelia slowly is making its way up the East Coast.
The Yankees were scheduled to play the Diamondbacks Saturday and Sunday afternoons at Yankee Stadium, but Saturday’s game has already been postponed.
It will be “rescheduled for a yet-to-be-determined date.”
But with neither team in serious playoff contention in the final week of the regular season, don’t look for the game to be made up this year.
The Yankees and Diamondbacks are scheduled to wrap their series Sunday, but the latest forecast from the National Weather Service, which posted a Hazardous Weather Outlook in the Bronx for flashing flooding, doesn’t look promising:
Sunday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 64. Northeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
The Jets and Patriots are scheduled for a 1 p.m. ET kickoff Sunday at MetLife Stadium, which also is under a Hazardous Weather Outlook for flash flooding, according to the National Weather Service:
Sunday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 63. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Heading down I-95, the Mets are in Philadelphia this weekend and are scheduled for games Saturday and Sunday afternoons.
The latest forecast from the National Weather Service is not promising, with a Hazardous Weather Outlook for in effect for the area there as well:
Saturday
Periods of rain. High near 64. Breezy, with a northeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday night
Periods of rain. Low around 60. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Sunday
Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 68. East wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.