Long Islanders looking to take advantage of unseasonably warm temperatures will need to do so before the rain comes, according to the National Weather Service forecast for the week ahead.
High temperatures, usually in the mid-40s for the first week of March, will climb to as high as 58 Sunday and 53 Monday. Rain will follow Tuesday and periods of wet conditions could last several days, the agency reported.
“This week is going to feature above-normal temperatures as well as some wet conditions,” said James Tomasini, meteorologist at the National Weather Service.
The rain could arrive as soon as overnight Monday into Tuesday, but is most likely to arrive Tuesday and last throughout much of the day, Tomasini said. Up to three quarters of an inch of rain is possible Tuesday.
The rainfall will likely pick up again Wednesday night and continue into Thursday, the weather service has forecast.
Highs are expected to return closer to normal next weekend — 47 degrees Friday and 44 Saturday — when a slight chance of rain remains, according to the extended forecast.
“It’s really just a lingering chance of rain through the end of the week,” Tomasini said. “20 to 30% chances.”
Tomasini said the rain earlier in the week is projected due to a coastal low. The “second shot of rain” is due to a low pressure system approaching from the west, he said.
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