STORM WATCH: Periods of rain continue to lead to messy travel through mid-evening
Scattered showers and a few isolated downpours will gradually taper off completely from west to east after 7 p.m. but use caution traveling with lingering ponding water and wet leaves on roads.
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STORM WATCH UPDATE: RAIN ENDS THIS EVENING
Rain and thunderstorms have been off and on all day across Long Island with the hardest hit areas in eastern Suffolk County as expected. Slick travel is all over Nassau and Suffolk Counties though due to wet roads and wet leaves making conditions a bit more slippery. Scattered periods of moderate rain with a few isolated downpours are continuing through mid-evening. After around 7 p.m., the rain will begin to slowly end from west to east. The East End can still be seeing scattered showers through shortly after midnight.
So, while the worst of today's rain is behind us, just use caution traveling tonight as it is tougher to see where standing water is during night and visibility can still be low at times until the scattered rain completely ends.
The futurecast below shows the rain tapering off tonight on Long Island:
TODAY'S RAIN: RADAR ESTIMATED TOTALS
There is a wide range of rain totals across Long Island today. As of 4 p.m., here are some of the radar estimates of today's rain. As you can see, areas of eastern Suffolk County got hit the hardest, with around 2 to 5 inches of rain in those areas and scattered instances of minor flooding continuing this evening.
EXTENDED FORECAST
TONIGHT: Scattered rain ends, mostly before 10 p.m., but some showers can linger across the East End through shortly after midnight. Partial clearing into Saturday morning with low temperatures in the mid-50s. Wind: southwest to northwest around 5 to 10 mph.
SATURDAY: Sun and clouds with a spotty shower possible. Most of the day is dry. Breezy at times. Highs around 64 degrees. Lows near 42 degrees.
SUNDAY: Sun and clouds. Breezy. Highs around 60 degrees. Lows near 44 degrees.
MONDAY: Partly sunny. Breezy. Highs around 59 degrees. Lows near 40 degrees.
TUESDAY: Sun and clouds. Breezy. Highs around 62 degrees. Lows near 43 degrees.
WEDNESDAY: VETERANS DAY -- Mostly sunny. Highs around 61 degrees. Lows near 38 degrees.
THURSDAY: Sun and clouds. Highs around 55 degrees. Lows near 37 degrees.
FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy with rain showers possible. Highs around 50 degrees. Lows near 36 degrees.
