About two inches were forecast to fall through Saturday. Officials say it won’t be enough to fully replenish the city’s reservoirs.

The exposed reservoir divider comes as New York City officials issue the first drought warning in more than 20 years.

Rain is coming down across the tri-state area on Thursday as the drought continues to persist. A drought warning was declared in New York City on Monday, the first one in over 20 years. It’s the second of three levels,

Hundreds of brush fires and wildfires have sparked all over the New York City region. Hilary Howard, who covers climate change and the environment in the region, explains what’s happening.

The warning comes as a record-breaking dry spell and abnormally high temperatures have lowered reservoirs and fueled wildfires in the northeast.

New York City and the Northeast will finally get some measurable rain this week, but it won’t be enough to break the drought that has gripped the region for months.

The atmosphere is shifting into a new pattern that will bring much-needed rain to the Tri-State Area late Wednesday. There may even be snow in parts of New York.

Significant rain is forecast to arrive in the Northeast towards the end of the workweek amid what, for many cities in the area, has been the driest fall on record.