Weather
Special Weather Statement Issued for Suffolk County
BREAKING: Plunging temperatures along with snow and rain may cause some issues during the Monday morning commute.
The National Weather Service has issued the following special weather statement for Suffolk County:
...SOME ICY SPOTS POSSIBLE EARLY MONDAY MORNING...
TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BELOW FREEZING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SUFFOLK
COUNTY UNDER CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING. CLOUDS WILL MOVE IN FROM
THE WEST BY MIDNIGHT AND PRECIPITATION WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA JUST
BEFORE SUNRISE. THE PRECIPITATION MAY START OUT AS A MIX OF LIGHT
RAIN AND WET SNOW BEFORE CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN AROUND 7 AM.
THE COLDER LOCATIONS...RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN SUFFOLK
(PINE BARRENS) MAY SEE THE PRECIPITATION FREEZE ON UNTREATED
SURFACES FOR A PERIOD BEFORE SURFACE TEMPERATURES WARM UP.
Here's the full forecast:
Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of light snow after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 28. Light and variable wind.
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Monday: Rain and snow, becoming all rain after 7am, then gradually ending. High near 47. Light and variable wind becoming west 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
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Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of light rain after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 47. Wind chill values between 25 and 35 early. North wind 8 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tuesday Night: Light rain likely before midnight, then rain likely after midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 39. East wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of rain before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48.
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