Long Island weather forecast: Warming trend this week helps melt nor'easter's snow

A warming trend this week will help to melt the mounds of snow left by the weekend's nor'easter, forecasters said.

After a clear but cold Monday, Tuesday's high will be 35 degrees and the sun will be out again before the temperature dips to below freezing at night, the National Weather Service said.

That starts a gradual uptick in daytime temperatures with a high of 43 on Wednesday, and just 38 at night, followed by a daytime high of 46 on Thursday, falling to 35 at night.

But Thursday’s odds of showers are 50%, mostly after 1 p.m., which grows to 80% as night falls. That, coupled with the warmer temperature should encourage any snow leftover from the weekend blizzard to melt further.

Rain becomes even more likely Friday, with the odds at 90%, the weather service said, and showers could easily continue all day as the daytime high climbs to 47 degrees.

The system delivering the rain, however, will help end the mild stretch of temperatures, the forecasters said, by dragging a cold front into the metropolitan area.

Friday’s nighttime low will be a frigid 17 degrees. As a result, the weather service said, "some of the precipitation may change over to or mix with snow as it ends."

Saturday should be sunny but cold, with a high of 29. That night will be quite cold with temperatures plunging to about 16 degrees.

Sunday, however, should be milder, offering mostly sunny skies, and a high near 34 degrees.

With Joan Gralla