Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued for Long Island

No, it’s not snow and it may not be for a while.

But the National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for Long Island and New York City warning of patchy dense fog after midnight and through daybreak Friday.

Visibilities of a quarter-mile or less will be possible during that period, the NWS says.

Once the fog clears, Friday will be mostly sunny with a high near 60 degrees. The unseasonably warm weather will continue into early next week.

“Areas across the East will have several days in a row of record or near-record warmth through Monday,” AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Dan Pydynowski said.

How about a white Christmas?

The odds still aren’t looking good, if that is the sort of thing you are into.

An overall mild pattern is expected to hold through at least the end of December and into the first part of the new year, according to AccuWeather.

The current forecast for Christmas Day on Long Island: 53 degrees with clouds breaking for some sun. Santa might need a lighter suit.