Long Island weather forecast: Less wind, lower temperatures

After a very windy couple of days, Friday is expected to be only moderately breezy although a bit colder.

The National Weather Service said that Friday on Long Island should be sunny with a high temperature of about 38 degrees, which would be two degrees below the normal high for the date in Islip.

The temperature rose to 43 degrees early Thursday afternoon.

The wind Friday is expected to be out of the west at 13 to 15 mph.

On Thursday winds of 47 mph were recorded at Montauk and Fishers Island, according to the weather service. On Wednesday, New Year's Day, winds were clocked at 62 mph in Stony Brook and 58 mph in Fair Harbor.

The weather service said that on Friday night the thermometer will slide down to around 25 degrees under partly sunny skies.

Saturday and Sunday are both expected to be mostly sunny with high temperatures in the mid-30s.

"A seasonably cold airmass will remain in place Saturday into Monday with temperatures near 5 degrees below normal," according to an area forecast from the weather service.

Monday, the first day of the first full workweek of 2025, brings a 50% percent of light snow and a prediction for a high temperature of around 34 degrees.