Long Island forecast: Mild temps this week,cooler by Thursday
Jacob Qadir, 6, of East Meadow practices his soccer moves at Eisenhower Park under the watchful eye of his coach Hamid Babazadeh, Sunday, Jan. 1, 2023. Credit: Jeff Bachner
Mild temperatures will prevail much of the week, until the mercury starts to point down to more seasonable highs starting Thursday, the National Weather Service said.
“Our Christmas was spent well-below average for temperatures, but we rounded out the new year with well above average temperatures,” the weather service said in a social media post. “Warmer weather will stick around until another cool-down on Thursday.”
Temperatures through Thursday will continue to be about 10 degrees above normal, forecasters said. The low Sunday night will dip to about 38.
Monday starts out with partly sunny skies and a high of 52, according to the weather service. The low Monday night will drop to about 39 and there will be patchy fog overnight.
Tuesday could bring the year’s first rain with a 50% chance of precipitation in the afternoon, the weather service said. The high Tuesday is forecast for 54. Showers are likely Tuesday night and continuing through Wednesday when the day’s high will hit 56, the weather service said.
After Wednesday night's low drops to 42, Thursday looks drier but somewhat cooler on a mostly cloudy day with a high of about 49 and a low at night about 32. More clouds are in store for Friday when there is a chance of snow or rain in the morning and the high is expected to be just 40, dropping to 30 overnight.
Look for a sunny, but chilly weekend with a high around 40 Saturday, and 42 for Sunday, forecasters said.
Vera Chinese joined Newsday in 2017 after working as an editor for the East End lifestyle publication northforker and a general assignment reporter for the New York Daily News.
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