Long Island weather: Clear or mostly clear skies for next few days
A man in rain gear walks toward the Ronkonkoma railroad station Friday. Credit: Tom Lambui
After a day of rain Friday the skies should clear over Long Island by Saturday and stay clear, or mostly clear, for the next few days.
The coastal storm that has dampened the area should move out Friday night when the chance of rain will be 50%, mainly before 11 p.m. The low temperature for the night will be about 33 degrees.
The National Weather Service said Friday evening that Saturday will be sunny with a high temperature near 42 degrees, which would be just two degrees below the normal high for the date in Islip.
A west wind is predicted to blow Saturday at 13 mph to 15 mph with gusts up to 29 mph.
The weather service's area forecast said a low-pressure system will slowly move into the Gulf of Maine on Friday night and a high-pressure system builds in from the south and west Saturday through Monday and stays until the middle of next week before a complex low-pressure system approaches late in the week.
More sunny skies are in the forecasts for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday with Wednesday garnering the only slightly less optimistic forecast of "mostly sunny."
But on both Thursday and Friday, rain and snow are likely, according to the weather service, with both days having a 60% chance of precipitation.
Daily high temperatures will be about 40 degrees Sunday through Wednesday, before warming a bit to about 44 degrees on Thursday and then dropping to a high of around 36 degrees on Friday, the weather service said.
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