Dry, cool stretch ahead after coastal storm moves north
A vehicle navigates around some street flooding from overnight rain on Mill Road in Coram Tuesday morning. Credit: James Carbone
Long Islanders can look forward to a lengthy dry stretch, following a storm that dropped more than two inches of rain in parts of Suffolk, the National Weather Service said.
The quick-hit system that brought intense showers and strong winds to the region moved out to the north in the pre-dawn hours of Tuesday, leaving behind cloudy and cool conditions that will remain through Wednesday.
Forecasters said Wednesday and Thursday will be sunny but breezy and there is no rain predicted through next Monday.
Still, the strong winds of the overnight storm, which reached 69 mph in parts of Suffolk and 57 mph in parts of Nassau, weren't leaving altogether.
Tuesday, winds gusted to 32 mph and Wednesday they are forecast to reach 22 mph on an otherwise sunny day. Wednesday will remain cool, just a few degrees warmer than Tuesday's high of 51, and night time lows will be in the 40s and possibly lower.
The weather service said a frost advisory may be issued for overnight into Wednesday morning as temperatures could fall to the upper 30s before rising to a high of 56 degrees.
The mercury will gradually rise later in the week, however, with Thursday's high reaching 57 degrees, under cloudy skies, and Friday, with abundant sunshine, seeing a high in the mid 60s.
Saturday will be partly sunny with a high of 59 and Sunday will be mostly cloudy with a high of 59, forecasters said. Monday stays dry and is forecast to be sunny with a high of 62.
