Time to shamrock-shake off the rain.
Rain showers are forecasted to stick around for New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade Monday — though the storm is expected to subside as the celebration progresses.
“At the start of the parade, it looks like we’ll have some rain, but as the parade progresses it’ll be more scattered in nature, and then it really does seem like it will wrap up around 2 p.m.,” Fox Forecast Center Meteorologist Mathieu Blue told The Post.
“The chance for rain becomes less as the parade progresses,” he said, noting the showers “won’t be coming down” as heavy and persistently as they were overnight and into early Monday morning.
While it will likely be a difficult feat to stay dry during the parade, temperatures will at least be bearable.
“Temperatures will be about 57, 58, at the start of the parade, and then we’ll see temperatures lower a bit by the end,” Blue said.
As the storm system shifts east, out toward Long Island, don’t expect sunshine.
“We’re not expecting clouds to clear up until sunrise tomorrow morning. So kind of a gloomy day in New York,” Blue said.
Despite the wet weather, New Yorkers and tourists are expected to come out in full force as this past weekend’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations will culminate in the oldest and largest St. Patrick’s Day parade in the world on Monday.
More than 150,000 participants are set to march — and show off their pipes — along Fifth Avenue, where they’ll be cheered on by millions.
The parade, which begins at 11 a.m. and will end at approximately 4:30 p.m., will follow a route up Fifth Avenue starting at 44th Street — before concluding at 79th Street.
The entire stretch of Fifth Avenue where the festivities take place will be closed to traffic, and subway entrances on or near the route may be closed.
If you can’t make it there in person, the festivities will be televised from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on WNBC and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Cozi TV.
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