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Long Island Weather: When Will The Rain End?
More than 2,000 PSEG customers have lost power this morning as a strong storm system moves through. See the latest forecast.
It's a nasty, wet and pretty much just a downright miserable Monday weather-wise on Long Island. Heavy rain and strong winds are causing flooding concerns and knocking out power.
As of 10:23 a.m., there are 2,340 PSEG Long Island customers without power, most of them in Nassau County, according to the PSEG outage map.
The heaviest rain began moving through the area Monday morning with an inch of rain an hour possible at times, particularly near any thunderstorms, the NWS says. Wind gusts up to 45 mph are also possible.
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The back edge of the heavier precipitation will move through from west to east between noon and 3 p.m. with mainly light showers thereafter.
Flood Advisory is in effect for minor flooding for Western Suffolk and Nassau Counties on Long Island until 11:30 AM. See images for the details. pic.twitter.com/GDcd7t0O2P
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) April 16, 2018
The Long Island Rail Road is handling the storm as well as expected.
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@LIRR didn’t realize the flash flood warning included train cars pic.twitter.com/TvrOBIp0BQ
— the one and only (@dinahomz) April 16, 2018
Unfortunately, the warm, spring days the island experienced last Friday and Saturday are nowhere in this week's forecast.
Monday- Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 56. Windy, with an east wind 23 to 26 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Monday Night- A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Tuesday- Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Southwest wind 13 to 15 mph.
Tuesday Night- Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind 10 to 13 mph.
Wednesday- Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 11 to 14 mph.
Wednesday Night- Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.
Thursday- A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53.
Thursday Night- A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Friday- A 30 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 52.
Friday Night- Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.
Saturday- Sunny, with a high near 54.
Saturday Night- Mostly clear, with a low around 40.
Sunday- Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.
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