Long Island Weather: Freezing Rain, Accumulating Snow This Week

LONG ISLAND, NY — If you enjoyed last week's snow and ice, we've got some great news for you. Freezing rain is in the forecast Monday and later in the week we could see another snowstorm on Long Island.

A winter weather advisory will be in effect from 5 a.m. Monday until 5 a.m. Tuesday. Pockets of light freezing rain or freezing drizzle will produce a light glaze at times. A steadier period of freezing rain is likely Monday night before it changes to the normal variety of rain, the National Weather Service says.

A tenth of an inch of ice could cover roadways and cause treacherous travel conditions for the Monday morning and evening commutes. Power outages are also possible.

Another chance for wintry weather arrives on Thursday. The NWS pegs the current odds at 80 percent for Long Island to see snow.

"There are still some uncertainties to iron out, especially the track of the low, but models do appear to bring at least some accumulating snow Thursday morning, as moisture from the system overruns the cold air from the high, before a change over to a wintry mix, then to rain along the coast Thursday night, which will continue into Friday," the weather service's New York office said in a forecast discussion Sunday evening.

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The full forecast:

Sunday Night- Freezing rain and sleet likely, mainly after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 29. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. Northeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Monday- Freezing rain and sleet likely, becoming all freezing rain after 7am. Cloudy, with a high near 31. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. North wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Monday Night- Freezing rain before 4am, then rain. Temperature rising to around 34 by 5am. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. East wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Tuesday- Rain, mainly before 2pm. High near 40. East wind 7 to 11 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night- Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Wednesday- Mostly sunny, with a high near 31.

Wednesday Night- Increasing clouds, with a low around 22.

Thursday- Snow. High near 36. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday Night- Snow and sleet before 10pm, then rain and sleet between 10pm and 1am, then rain after 1am. Low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday- Rain likely before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Chance of precipitation is 70%.