It was a rainy morning in the upper 50'sF. The rain wasn't really that bad. What was bad was the traffic jam from the accident on the QBE:

Cross Bronx Expressway crash causes major delays to George Washington Bridge | New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV

It left a jam for miles past the GWB on the New Jersey side. Anytime this happens, the side roads (like Ft Lee Rd) get jammed up as well. A lot of people think that they are going to use the side road to circumvent the Rt 95 traffic. It usually turns out worse for them since the local police have to block traffic by Overpeck Park in Leonia when it gets that heavy.