Long Island weather: Rainy Christmas Eve, sunny Christmas Day
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The end of Long Island's workweek gets sunshine and daily highs pushing into the mid 40s, the National Weather Service said Friday. Credit: News 12 Long Island
Last-minute holiday shoppers may want to bring along an umbrella on Saturday.
News 12 Long Island meteorologist Rich Hoffman said Christmas Eve is expected to be wet during the day with rainfall amounts of up to one-quarter to one-half inch.
Rain on Saturday is expected to let up starting at about 3 p.m., forecasters said. High temperatures are predicted to be in the high 40s.
Conditions clear overnight — in time for Santa Claus to make his rounds — and then it’s a sunny Sunday Christmas, with daily highs in the low 40s.
“No white Christmas for Long Island,” Hoffman said.
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'I'm going to try to avoid it' A trip to the emergency room in a Long Island hospital now averages nearly 4 hours, data shows. NewsdayTV's Virginia Huie reports.