Nor'easter Could Slam Long Island With Rain, High Winds, Coastal Flooding This Weekend: NWS

LONG ISLAND, NY — A nor'easter heading up the East Coast could potentially slam Long Island Sunday with high winds, heavy rain, and beach erosion, the National Weather Service said.

According to Faye Morrone, meteorologist with the NWS office in Upton, the storm is expected to impact Long Island on Sunday and into Monday. A coastal system moving up the East Coast will stall south of the area and then "meander away," bringing increased chances of heavy rain, gusty winds, coastal flooding and beach erosion on Long Island, she said.

As of Thursday, the system is "a little too far out to get into specifics," regarding rainfall totals, Morrone said. However, since the Long Island area has been dry, rainfall will prove beneficial rather than pose flooding concerns.

The greater concerns, Morrone said, are heavy winds of 40 miles per hour possible and gusts of up to 60 miles per hour possible along the Long Island coastline.

Coastal impacts include potential widespread minor to moderate coastal flooding, "something to keep an eye on," she said.

With the storm is just shy of three days away, Morrone said the "forecast will be refined and updated" as Sunday approaches.