Rain soaks NYC Fathers Day and thats just the beginning

Dads across the Big Apple braved a rainy, gray Father’s Day — as forecasters warn the gloomy stretch is only getting started.“Monday through Wednesday is going to stay overcast, with highs mostly in the 60s and low 70s,” FOX Weather meteorologist Cody Braud told The Post on Sunday.“It’s just gonna be another kind of similar stretch of days like today, where it’s kind of gloomy outside, but there may also be some pockets of extremely light rain,” Braud said.Then the weather will take a turn for the worse Thursday evening.“There’s actually a chance of severe storms on Thursday,” Baud said.“There’s gonna be a cold front pushing in from the west.“We could see some storms later in the afternoon, possibly even once the sun goes down, bringing the threat of damaging winds,” he added.Despite Sunday’s dismal skies, several determined dads hit the sights from Citi Field to Coney Island to make the most of their rain-soaked afternoon with the family.At Citi Field in Queens, 41-year-old Michael Handell wouldn’t let the rain ruin his Father’s Day and his daughter’s first-ever Mets game.“The weather’s been terrible,” said Handell, a Washington Heights native who runs a kids’ sports program.

“It seems to rain on the weekends all the time, like every weekend there seems to be rain.”But his daughters, Libby, 6, and Molly, 3, were still “excited” despite the weather while clad in their colorful rain coats.“It’s what I want to do on Father’s Day,” Handell said.

“It’s a great gift.”On Coney Island in Brooklyn, Dan Lutz, 55, came in from Sayville, LI, with his son Jason, 12, for a new Father’s Day tradition of riding the amusement park’s famed Cyclone rollercoaster.“We would have gone more times but had to stop after three times because of the rain hitting you in the face, it’s a little rough,” he said.Sebastian Green, a 40-year-old filmmaker from Astoria, Queens, also was at Luna Park and watched his sons, ...