Special Weather Statement in Effect For Long Island

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

...Patchy Black Ice Possible Until 9 AM...

Light winds and partly cloudy skies are causing temperatures to cool through the 30s resulting in some frost forming on car windshields, grass, and roads.

Weather conditions will be favorable for the development of patchy black ice until around 9 am this morning.

Motorists should exercise extra caution while driving during this time.

Dangerously low temperatures (a -7 wind chill temperature at 7 a.m. Friday will make you curse living on Long Island) and a potential winter storm featuring snow, rain and freezing rain will be the story toward the end of the week.

Here's the full forecast:

Tuesday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 42. Wind chill values between 25 and 35. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain before 4am, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Southwest wind around 7 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 41. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Wind chill values between 10 and 20. West wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Blustery, with a west wind 20 to 23 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Blustery.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 25. Blustery.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20.

Saturday: Rain and snow likely, possibly mixed with freezing rain, becoming all rain after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 39.