Improving weather on Long Island following significant holiday weekend rain
The rest of the week looks decent and warmer overall for outdoor plans in Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
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DECENT EVENING WEATHER
The weather continues to slowly improve following all the rain we had this past weekend and the lingering showers to start this Memorial Day Monday. The weather will not slow you down through tonight! It is dry this evening with a variably cloudy sky. Temperatures are gradually dropping through the 60s through the evening.
WEEKEND RAIN RECAP
Check out these rain totals from the past three days! This is beneficial rain for Long Island, but of course just poorly timed for the holiday weekend. It will not completely fix the moderate drought, but it does help. Long Island is now close to average for rain this month, but there is still a deficit of a few inches of precipitation for the year. Drought status updates come out every Thursday morning.
EXTENDED FORECAST
TONIGHT: Variably cloudy. Dry with areas of fog possible into Tuesday morning. Lows will be range from the middle 50s to low 60s.
TUESDAY: A chance for early morning fog. Then, breaks of sun for the morning will give way to more clouds in the afternoon, but it will stay dry. It will feel warmer, too with high temperatures in the middle to upper 70s for most of Long Island. It will be slightly cooler - upper 60s - along the South Shore and East End. Boating: much calmer with no advisories for the Long Island Sound or local Atlantic Ocean waters after 6 a.m. Overnight lows will be mild again - upper 50s to lower 60s.
WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy and warm with highs around 83 degrees. It will be cooler - 70s - for the South Shore and East End. A spotty shower or brief downpour will be possible at night and into early Thursday morning. Lows near 63 degrees.
THURSDAY: Chance for a spotty shower. Otherwise, partly sunny to mostly cloudy with highs around 79 degrees. Lows near 57 degrees.
FRIDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs around 74 degrees. Lows near 57 degrees.
SATURDAY: Sun and clouds. Highs around 74 degrees. Lows near 55 degrees.
SUNDAY: Sun and clouds. Highs around 72 degrees. Lows near 55 degrees.
MONDAY: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy. Highs around 73 degrees. Lows near 54 degrees.
