Update on the Fri night/ Sat system and the potentially more interesting storm for early next week!

- The quick little system from overnight left a coating of snow on the cars here in northern Nassau, so I would imagine that southern Nassau and southwestern Suffolk had up to a half-inch or possibly an inch, based on how the radar looked.

- The main theme for today into tomorrow night will be the wind, with gusts of 25 to 35 mph with the strongest being this afternoon through tonight.

- As for the early weekend storm, while the overnight GFS run has a snowstorm for Long Island Saturday afternoon/night, that is unlikely. There is much better agreement from the Euro ensembles in the system moving through and then strengthening well south of us and offshore. So, as of now, and this can be fine-tuned, it looks like rain arriving after 10:00 Friday night and possibly mixing with snow showers at times after midnight before becoming all rain by Saturday morning and ending around early afternoon or so.

- The potential storm for around Monday evening into early Wednesday morning looks more interesting. The new Euro run is showing a big northeast snowstorm. It had the track closer to the coast, but don't focus on the exact track at this point as the ensembles gives a better overall idea of the range of possible outcomes. Just for fun though, I included the Euro snow map for next Tuesday in the last image, and I have also included the 9-day snow maps from all 50 Euro ensemble members and the 50 maps for next Tuesday morning. Let's see how this evolves over the next few days, but it looks really interesting right now, and you know that I have been mentioning mid-March for a while now.

LONG ISLAND FORECAST:

Today: Becoming mostly sunny and windy with highs in the low to mid 40's. Wind out of the NW at 10 to 20 mph in the morning and 15 to 25 mph with gusts near 35 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, windy, and cold with lows in the upper 20's in Nassau and mid to upper 20's in Suffolk. Wind out of the NNW at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Tomorrow: Sunny and windy with highs in the mid 40's. Wind out of the NNW at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 30 mph.

Tomorrow night: Partly cloudy and breezy with lows in the low 30's. Wind out of the NNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Thursday: Partly cloudy and a little breezy with highs in the mid to upper 40's in Nassau and mid 40's in Suffolk. Wind out of the NNW at 10 to 20 mph.

Friday: Sunny in the morning and partly cloudy in the afternoon with highs in the mid 40's. Wind out of the N at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and then out of the SSW at 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. There is a chance of showers after 10 PM, possibly mixing with snow showers for a period overnight before becoming all rain by morning.

Saturday: Any snow showers early becoming all rain showers and ending around early afternoon with highs in the low 40's. Wind out of the ENE/NE at at 10 to 20 mph with gusts to 25 mph.

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

***Watching a potential storm for Monday night into Tuesday night***

- 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: Projected storm locations/strengths from the Euro ensembles for 1 PM Saturday and 7 AM Tuesday, respectively

- 5th and 6th images: All 50 maps for next Tuesday morning from the Euro ensemble members

- 7th and 8th images: All 50 snow maps for the next 9 days from the Euro ensemble members

- 9th image: Long Island snowfall matrix from the Euro ensemble members

- 10th image: Just for fun, this shows the snowfall for next Tuesday from the Euro