Amid an unprecedented uptick in brush fires and a drought warning, it rained in New York City for the first time in weeks Thursday.

New York City is set to get 1 to 2 inches of rain late Wednesday into Thursday—the first significant rainfall the city has seen since late September—as the area continues to deal with a “severe” drought and widespread wildfires.

New York City has received just over an inch of rain, not nearly enough to end the drought but definitely helpful, a winter storm hits our region, dropping potentially as much as a foot of snow in areas of upstate New York and parts of the southern tier.

Heavy rain and snow is expected across the tri-state area on Thursday, a day after City officials declared the fist drought warning in over two decades.

Rain (at long last!) arrives overnight tonight and could bring a quick inch or two to much of the tri-state by sunrise Thursday. Light showers will linger through the rest of the week, but the big news will be the heavy rain Thursday morning.

Rainy and chilly wether will persist in City through Friday night, while some areas just north and west of the city are expected to see “the first flakes of the season,”