Long Island weather: Freeze warning issued for Friday night into Saturday night

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for Long Island and the region from 10 p.m. Friday to 10 a.m. Saturday.

But there is a "warming trend" coming on the weekend, the weather service said.

The cold front partly responsible for winter’s refusal to quit will cause "widespread freezing temperatures and record-breaking cold" from the Lower Mississippi Valley to the Northeast, said the Weather Prediction Center, which is part of the weather service.

This "will lead to unseasonably cold temperatures [Friday] and Saturday morning but moderating closer to normal by Sunday," the center said Friday.

It added, "Temperatures will be 10 to 25 degrees below normal for much of the eastern third of the country, and many daily records for low minimum and maximum temperatures could be set."

Saturday’s high during the day will rebound to 52 degrees, though the wind chill in the morning will make it feel much colder — just 20 to 30, the weather service said.

Then look for a night time low of 38 degrees on Saturday.

Sunday’s day time high should rise to a balmier 58 degrees, the weather service said. Thermometers will fall to about 40 degrees at night.

Next week's Monday to Wednesday stretch should also be sunny and clear, with day time temperatures rising to around 60 degrees or so and dropping into the 40s during the night.

Thursday may bring showers. The odds of precipitation are 30%, the weather service estimated.