(CNN) Oh, what a difference a year makes, at least for New Year's Eve weather conditions in Times Square.

Unlike the near-subzero temperatures crowds experienced last December 31 in New York City, this year's Times Square forecast is rain with a high of 48 degrees -- all the way into 2019.

In other words, out with the parkas and in with ponchos.

"It will still be raining when the clock strikes midnight," CNN meteorologist Jennifer Gray said. "We could get a break here or there but I'm not counting on it."

It's serious enough that the New York Police Department is not deploying its new fleet of drones as planned for the first time over Times Square on New Year's Eve.

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