Long Island weather: Sun not expected until Tuesday

Wet weather that arrived on Long Island on Friday evening is expected to continue Saturday, Sunday and Monday before sunny skies finally return on Tuesday.

The National Weather Service was predicting Friday evening that on Saturday there would be areas of drizzle — possibly heavy at times — before 10 a.m. and then a chance of showers after noon. Widespread fog was also expected mostly before 10 a.m. The chance of precipitation was put at 30%.

The forecast called for the high temperature for Saturday to about 68 degrees — exactly the normal high for the date in Islip — and for a 6 mph wind out of the south in the afternoon.

Saturday night there is a 40% chance of showers with a low temperature of around 55 degrees.

Sunday there with be a 30% chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2 p.m. with a high temperature for the day of about 68 degrees, the weather service said.

Monday, the first day of the workweek, showers are likely mainly after 2 p.m. but both Tuesday and Wednesday are expected to be sunny and Thursday and Friday at least partly sunny.

The workweek's high temperatures will be in the upper 60s and low 70s, the weather service said.