Long Island weather forecast: Windy conditions into weekend 

Wind gusts of up to 50 mph may buffet Long Islanders on Friday, National Weather Service meteorologists forecast.

The weather service issued a wind advisory for Long Island, as well as other areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, through 4 p.m. Friday.
Winds increased from around 5 to 10 mph Thursday to around 25 mph with 35 mph gusts Thursday evening, said meteorologist John Cristantell with the weather service's Upton office.

Around 10:30 p.m. Thursday, there were 14 power outages impacting a total of 148 customers on Long Island according to PSEG Long Island's outage map.

Winds will be even stronger Friday, with gusts reaching 45 or even 50 mph, Cristantell said.

The forecast also calls for "a very low chance" of snow Friday evening, according to Cristantell.

"It would be very light," he added. "It might even mix with rain." 

Winds will continue on Saturday with gusts only as high as 26 mph, the weather service forecasts, and dissipate by Sunday. The high temperature on both days will reach the mid-40s.

Next week, Long Islanders can look forward to "typical spring" weather, Cristantell said. Temperatures will reach the 50s on Monday and Tuesday and perhaps reach 60 on the North Shore on Wednesday.