Some light snow coming and the L.I. forecast with the Arctic blast maybe not as frigid for L.I.:

- As I posted about yesterday and last night, we have the cold front coming through this morning with some rain showers changing to wet snow showers with no accumulations on the roads for Long Island.

- Then we have the weak system for late tonight into early tomorrow morning with Long Island on the northern fringe with a chance of light snow or flurries between around 1 AM and 6 AM tomorrow morning with a slight chance of a coating of snow with lows in the upper 20's.

- Both the Euro and GFS showed the Arctic blast not extending as far south on Friday night into Saturday morning; however, their respective ensemble means only shifted slightly less cold as they are both around 3 degrees for lows for Long Island.

- You know about the milder weather for next week with no snowstorms in sight (see the 10-day Model Blend snow map below).

LONG ISLAND FORECAST:

Today: Rain showers between around 6:30 AM and 8 AM ending as wet snow showers for an hour or two and then becoming partly sunny in the afternoon with highs in the upper 30's. Wind out of the NNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of snow showers or flurries after 1 AM with a slight chance of a coating of snow with lows in the upper 20's. Wind out of the N at 5 to 10 mph.

Tomorrow: Possible early morning snow showers or flurries ending by 6 AM and then becoming mostly sunny with highs in the mid 30's. Wind out of the N then NW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy with lows mostly in the mid 20's in Nassau and low 20's in Suffolk with temperatures around 20 degrees in the Pine Barrens area. Wind out of the NW then WNW at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly cloudy with highs near 40 degrees. Wind out of the SW at around 5 mph in the morning and 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Friday: Mostly sunny, windy, and very cold with temperatures falling into the teens by early evening. Wind out of the NW at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph.

Friday night: Frigid with mostly clear skies with lows of 2 to 8 degrees with a minimum wind chill of -5 to -15 degrees. Wind out of the NW at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, breezy, and frigid in the morning with afternoon highs in the low 20's. Wind out of the NNW at 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers by late afternoon or evening with highs in the low 40's. Wind out of the SW at 10 to 15 mph.

Monday: Partly cloudy with highs in the mid 40's. Wind out of the NW at 10 to 15 mph.

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

- 2nd image: Projected wind chill temperatures for early Saturday morning from the Euro

- 3rd image: Projected early morning lows on Saturday from the Model Blend

- 4th image: 10-day snow map from the Model Blend

- 5th and 6th images: Projected temperatures for Long Island