Forecast: Nor’easter arrives not long after spring this week
Phillip Buchser of Shirley goes for a ride on Sunday with his service dog, Bella, who keeps warm under a blanket in a carrier, on Union Avenue in Riverhead. Credit: James Carbone
Spring arrives this week but first forecasters are keeping their eyes on another nor’easter Tuesday and Wednesday that could bring more snow to Long Island.
Monday starts with mostly sunny skies but it will still be cold with highs in the lower 40s. At night, clouds move in and the temperature is predicted to drop to 30 degrees.
Spring starts at 12:15 p.m. on Tuesday when meteorologists said they will begin tracking the storm, a low-pressure system that will be developing off the mid-Atlantic coast, according to National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Pollina. Tuesday will be cloudy and cold with a chance for rain or snow developing late in the day. Highs will be 35 to 40 degrees compared to the normal average high at Islip of 48.
Pollina, who is based in Upton, said Long Island is expected to be at the “northern fringes” of the storm. Light snow should begin late Tuesday morning, with temperatures in the upper 30s as the high during the day.
A brief lull in snow is expected Tuesday night, but Wednesday – with its highs forecast to be slightly warmer than Tuesday – could see a chance of snow all day.
“Right now, it’s very tough to pinpoint specifically when the heaviest of the snow will fall,” Pollina said, nothing that it’s still uncertain if the Island will get “fair amount of precipitation” or “just some light stuff.”
As of Sunday evening, meteorologists predict there will be between 1 and 3 inches of snowfall for central and eastern Long Island, less than an inch for most of Nassau County and about an inch for southeastern Nassau between Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday night could bring additional snow, he said.
Any storm activity will slowly move away on Thursday when it will be mostly cloudy and windy with periods of wet snow, mostly earlier in the day. The snow should clear out by afternoon with highs predicted in the mid-40s and lows overnight in the mid-30s.
A mostly cloudy and cool day is ahead for Friday with the mid to upper 40s for highs and nighttime lows expected in the mid-30s.
— Stefanie Dazio
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