Long Island weather: Chilly and perhaps snow mixed in with rain

The chilly weather that has had Long Islanders getting out their winter coats is expected to continue for the next few days and those who venture out late Sunday night might be wise to find their car windshield snow scrapers.

Saturday the temperature peaked at 40 degrees at 12:30 p.m. in Islip. The normal high for the date is 46 degrees.

Saturday night temperatures were predicted to fall to about 33 degrees.

Sunday will be cloudy with a 70% chance of rain after 1 p.m., the National Weather Service said Saturday evening. Highs during the day Sunday will be around 44 degrees, and a northeast wind will blow at 8 mph to 13 mph.

The forecast for Sunday night into early Monday morning calls for rain before 4 a.m., then a mix of rain and snow as temperatures will drop to around 34 degrees. Little of now snow accumulation is expected.

"Weak low pressure will . . . impact the area Sunday into early Monday, followed by high pressure trough the middle of next week. Low pressure looks to impact the region later in the week for the Thursday into Friday time frame," the weather service's area forecast said.

The new workweek will start Monday with a chance of rain and snow showers before 7 a.m., then a slight chance of rain showers until 10 a.m., according to that weather service. After that, the clouds are expected to gradually clear and the skies should become mostly sunny on a day with high temperature of about 42 degrees.

Both Tuesday and Wednesday should be sunny but both Thursday and Friday could bring rain again.

High temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday will be around 40 degrees while the highs Thursday and Friday will be in the mid-40s, the weather service said.