Mild and unsettled weather continues for now, but still watching potential storms towards mid-month:

- The details for Long Island are in the forecast below as the mild and unsettled weather continues this week, but it will turn cooler later in the week and fairly cold for the weekend and beyond with temperatures overall only slightly above normal.

- There are 2 windows for potential storms that could bring snow to parts of the northeast with the first being around Jan 12th and the second being around Jan 15th. I wish the new Euro run would be right as it's showing an all-out blizzard for Long Island and eastern New England on the 12th, but the chances are still very low for now as it doesn't have much ensemble support. For now, we just have to watch it and see how things develop.

LONG ISLAND FORECAST:

Today: Patchy early morning fog/drizzle/showers with a steadier rain later in the morning and into the afternoon with highs in the low to mid 50's. Wind out of the SSE at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and out of the S to SSW at 10 to 15 mph with gusts to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Cloudy with a slight chance of a shower and patchy fog with temperatures very slowly rising to the mid 50's by morning. Wind out of the SW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tomorrow: Mostly cloudy in the morning with some breaks of sun being possible and then rain likely by late afternoon and very mild with highs around 60 degrees. Wind out of the SW then S at 5 to 10 mph.

Tomorrow night: Rain, mostly before midnight with lows in the mid to upper 40's. Wind out of the S at 5 to 10 mph and then out of the NE by morning.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower with highs just above 50 degrees. Wind out of the NE at 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Some scattered showers likely with highs in the mid 40's. Wind out of the N then NW at 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Partly cloudy with increasing clouds late in the day with highs in the low 40's. Wind out of the WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon with highs in the low 40's. Wind out of the NNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny with highs just above 40 degrees. Wind out of the WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

- 1st image: My 5 day forecast for Long Island

- 2nd image: Projected temperatures with ranges for Long Island for the next 15 days from the Euro ensembles

- 3rd and 4th images: 10-day snow and precipitation maps from the Model Blend

- 5th and 6th images: Projected storm locations and strengths from the Euro ensembles for 1 AM Jan 12th and 7 PM Jan 14th