A brief look ahead and the Long Island forecast:
Finally, a sunny day today for Long Island and the northeast. A quick-moving system tomorrow will bring showers to Long Island and a few inches of snow mostly for the higher elevations of northern NY state and New England. The Sunday storm is almost certain to stay offshore, although there are still a few ensemble members from both the GFS and Euro that have the storm bring snow to the northeast. (5:30 AM Edit: The new 06Z runs of both the GFS and ICON now have the storm bring snow to the northeast, so I will be watching the 06Z Euro like a hawk, lol.) The next system then for Tuesday should bring mostly rain (possibly starting as snow) to Long Island with some snow for central to northern New England. It should then be cold and dry the rest of the week and possibly into Valentine's Day. It looks like there will be a chance for snow and ice in the southeastern states Valentine's weekend.
LONG ISLAND FORECAST:
Today: Mostly sunny with highs in the upper 30's. Wind out of the WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Increasing clouds with lows mostly in the mid to upper 20's.
Friday: Cloudy with showers (possibly starting briefly as wet snow with the best chance being in northern Nassau) mostly between around 8 AM and 2 PM with highs in the low 40's.
Saturday: Mostly sunny with highs in the mid to upper 30's. Wind out of the WSW at around 15 mph.
Sunday: Partly cloudy with light winds and highs around 40 degrees.
Monday: Mostly sunny and colder with increasing late day clouds with highs in the low 30's.
Tuesday: Cloudy with a 60% chance of showers, possibly starting as wet snow in the morning. Highs in the low 40's.
Wednesday: Partly cloudy and a little breezy with highs in the low 30's.
- 1st image: Projected snowfall through 7 PM Saturday from the National Weather Service
- 2nd image: Projected temperatures with ranges for Long Island for the next 15 days from the Euro ensembles
- 3rd to 5th images: Simulated future radar for tomorrow at 5 AM, 9 AM, and 1 PM from the HRRR model
- 6th and 7th images: Maps from the GFS and Euro, respectively, for 1 PM Tuesday
- 8th image: Projected snowfall for Long Island for the next 15 days as a running total from every Euro ensemble member
- 9th image: Projected temperatures for Long Island for the next 10 days from the NWS model blend
