Long Island weather: A fall-like forecast for the week
Headlights and windshield wipers were in full use on vehicles along the eastbound Long Island Expressway near exit 53 in Dix Hills Sunday. Credit: Newsday/James Carbone
Fall officially starts Tuesday, but Long Island is getting a preview of what's to come with cool, damp conditions as summer comes to an end.
A steady rain fell across the Island for most of Sunday but while the clouds will remain Monday, the latest forecast from the National Weather Service calls for dry conditions, before Tuesday brings a 50% chance or more rain.
The conditions are a product of a low-pressure system and a cold front moving in from the west, David Stark, a weather service meteorologist, told Newsday.
"Now that we're in the end of September, we're starting to see some cooler air masses start make their way down from the north," Stark said. "We're starting to see more of a clash of the warmer, lingering summer air to the south, and starting to get more of the cooler, fall-like air weather coming down from the north."
Temperatures are expected to remain in the mid-60s through Tuesday, Stark said, with lows reaching the mid-50s.
"It's kind of a taste of fall," he said.
The autumnal equinox, the first day of fall, arrives Tuesday at 8:04 p.m. EDT in the Northern Hemisphere, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac.
Joshua Needelman covers the Town of North Hempstead for Newsday. A Long Island native and University of Maryland graduate, his work has appeared in publications including The New York Times and The Washington Post.
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