Special Weather Statement Issued For Long Island

The National Weather Service has issued the following special weather statement for Long Island:

Visibilities will continue to fall early this morning. Patchy dense fog is possible, especially during the morning commute. Be on the lookout for rapidly changing visibilities, use low beam headlights, and allow extra breaking distance in case a sudden stop is needed. Visibilities should improve by 10 am.

Once the fog lifts, we are looking at near-record high temperatures Thursday and Friday. The daily record high for March 25 at Long Island MacArthur Airport is 66 degrees set in 1987. We should be right around that mark Thursday afternoon. We have a better shot at a record on Friday – the March 26 record at MacArthur is 65 degrees set in 1976 – when temperatures will approach 70 degrees after showers in the morning.

A foggy Long Island Expressway Thursday morning. (NYSDOT traffic camera image)

The full forecast:

Thursday- Patchy dense fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night- A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog between 9pm and midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind 7 to 9 mph.

Friday- Showers likely, mainly before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night- Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Saturday- Sunny, with a high near 58. West wind 8 to 13 mph.

Saturday Night- Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Sunday- Showers likely, mainly after 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night- A 50 percent chance of showers before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Monday- Sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy.