Long Island weather: Clear and dry with temps near 70

The weekend on Long Island will be clear and dry with mild temperatures after a week of rain, according to the National Weather Service.

Saturday morning will be cloudy with "maybe some drizzle," NWS meteorologist Matthew Wunsch said. But it's expected to clear by midmorning and remain that way into early next week.

"It might be a little bit on the breezy side [on Saturday], however. ... Maybe some gusts upward of 30 to 35 miles per hour," Wunsch told Newsday. "But at least through Monday, it should be fairly quiet, dry and pretty clear."

Temperatures on Saturday will be in the upper 60s to low 70s. "It’s very similar for Sunday and Monday," Wunsch said.

The wind is expected to calm by Sunday as a high-pressure system moves over Long Island on Saturday night. Sunday’s high will be 71 degrees on most of Long Island, with slightly cooler temperatures near the coast, Wunsch said.

"The wind coming off of the water will keep it a little bit cooler than inland areas ... in the middle-to-upper 60s," he said.

The next chance for rain is on Tuesday night, although, Wunsch said, "there’s still some uncertainty with the timing of any precipitation."

"The high pressure is pretty strong and the low pressure that’s approaching the area is on the weaker side. So, it’s kind of up in the air how much precipitation there’s going to be," he said. "But the next best chance for rain would be later Tuesday into Wednesday morning."

By Sam Kmack

sam.kmack@newsday.com

Sam Kmack covers the Town of Islip for Newsday. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California and previously worked as a city watchdog reporter in the Phoenix metro area, as well as an investigative journalist at the Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting.