Warm Christmas Day for Long Island; mild weather ahead this week
From left: Mughees and Mubeen Muhammad, of Elmont, with Zaryan Ali, of Franklin Square, at the midpoint of a 15-mile run in Hempstead Lake Park on Monday. Credit: Jeff Bachner
A Christmas morning fog gave way to an especially mild and warm holiday, with the mild weather expected to continue through the week and a chance of rain starting Tuesday night.
Christmas Day has been cloudy, with a high temperature past 50 degrees, a good 10 degrees warmer than usual for this time of year, said meteorologist James Tomasini of the National Weather Service.
The fog is forecast to return Christmas evening, with temperatures coming down to 39 degrees, according to the weather service.
The warmth will stick around Tuesday, with temperatures remaining in the low 50s. Night brings a 50% chance of showers after 1 a.m., with temperatures hitting 43 degrees.
Moderate showers are likely Wednesday across Long Island before 1 p.m., turning into rain afterwards. The temperature will remain high for this season, near 54 degrees. Wednesday night has a 90% chance of rain, with temperatures coming down to 44 degrees.
Thursday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of rain before 8 a.m., with a high of 52 degrees. The the chance of rain extends into the night, with the temperature reaching 37 degrees.
Friday comes with a 40% chance of showers, with the temperature reaching a high near 46 degrees, and a nighttime low of 32.
Looking ahead, the weekend looks dry and mostly sunny, with a high near 43 degrees, forecasters said. Sunday is expected to echo those conditions.
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Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
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