Damp, cool night for trick-or-treaters Tuesday

Trick-or-treaters are in for a cool, and possibly rainy night.

With a high in the low 50s, the National Weather Service says there is a 60% chance of showers Tuesday evening, with temperatures dipping to around 40 degrees. Overnight, starting about 2 a.m. Wednesday, more rain is likely, the weather service said.

Rain is due to continue Wednesday morning, then become lighter in the afternoon. Temperatures will be about 48 degrees for a high, dipping to the mid 30s at night with some of the season's first patchy frost overnight and into early Thursday, the weather service said. 

Forecasters are calling for sun-filled skies the remainder of the week — Thursday through Sunday, with daytime temperatures slowly on the rise, from daytime lows around 50 degrees Tuesday to highs in the low 60s on Saturday and Sunday. 

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”