A lot going on! Fiona on way to 140 mph Cat 4! Next hurricane looks very concerning!
- See below for the Long Island forecast, but basically we have nice weather until the cold front brings showers and possibly a thunderstorm on Thursday, and then only around 64 degrees and windy for a high on Friday. Gradually warming up this weekend with rain becoming likely for late Sunday night into Monday and then probably nice the rest of next week.
- Fiona is now a major hurricane and expected to peak as a Cat 4 with 140 mph winds with higher gusts. It should pass just west of Bermuda, but will bring hurricane conditions there, and then it will still be a hurricane as it bends back northward towards Nova Scotia/ Newfoundland.
- The NHC has increased the chances of tropical development for our next tropical wave to 40% within the next 5 days, and it will likely keep increasing over the next few days. This one seems destined to become a hurricane in the western Caribbean Sea and to then come northward or northwestward into the central to eastern Gulf of Mexico with no escape except to make landfall as possibly a major hurricane. If the system in the middle of the Atlantic steals the name Gaston first, then this will be named Hermine. The 3rd image is from the Euro run on September 29th, but the exact location/intensity is still uncertain.
- The Euro ensembles are even hinting at the potential for another hurricane to form in the Atlantic in early October.
LONG ISLAND FORECAST:
Today: Sunny in the morning with a few more clouds in the afternoon and less humid with a very slight chance of a passing late afternoon shower in eastern Suffolk with highs around 80 degrees, but a little cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the NW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: Mostly clear with lows in the low 60's in Nassau and in the upper 50's to around 60 degrees in Suffolk with some mid to upper 50's in the Pine Barrens area in Suffolk. Wind out of the NW at 10 to 15 mph.
Tomorrow: Mostly sunny with low to moderate humidity with increasing high clouds in the afternoon with highs in the upper 70's, but a little cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the NNW at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and then out of the S at 10 to 15 mph by late afternoon.
Tomorrow night: Increasing clouds with a chance of widely scattered showers and thunderstorms after 3 AM with lows in the mid 60's. Wind out of the SSW at 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms developing, ending from west to east around mid to late afternoon with highs in mid 70's, but a little cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the WNW at 10 to 15 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, windy, and much cooler with low humidity with highs only in the mid 60's. Wind out of the NW at 15 to 20 mph with gusts to 30 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny with low humidity with highs in the upper 60's to around 70 degrees, but a little cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the NW to WNW at around 10 mph.
Sunday: Partly cloudy with low humidity with highs in the mid 70's, but a little cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the WSW at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and SW at 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.
- 1st image: Euro ensembles for the next 15 days
- 2nd image: Hurricane Fiona forecast map from the NHC
- 3rd image: The end of the Euro run on September 29th
- 4th image: My 5 day forecast for Long Island
- 5th image: Projected temperatures for Long Island for the next 10 days from the NWS Model Blend
- 6th image: Map from the NHC
