No 'Deluge', Despite Soggy Skies On LI This Week: NWS

LONG ISLAND, NY — Long Island is set to see some soggy skies, beginning on Wednesday and lasting through Sunday, the National Weather Service said.

But, according to Jay Engel, at the NWS office in Upton, the rains won't be drenching. "It doesn't look like a lot of rain," he said, adding that a few pockets, especially on eastern Long Island, could see moderate rainfall.

"It doesn't look like a big deluge," he said.

Long Island can expect from about a quarter of an inch to three quarters of an inch of rain over the rest of the week, with most areas seeing a quarter of an inch to a half inch, Engel said.

There's a coastal flood statement in effect for the western South Shore bays of Nassau County and Queens Wednesday morning during the high cycle and then, for subsequent high tide cycles, Engel said. That's due to a "persistent northeast wind that's going to pile up the water gradually over time as the low pressure gradually moves east and northeast off the coast late this week," he said.

Temperatures are expected to be a bit above normal, in the upper 70s, with lows in the 60s, for the rest of the week; cloud cover will keep the temperatures to rising to the 80s, Engel said.

The rain will be caused by high pressure to the northeast and another area of low pressure to the east; the difference in pressure between the two will cause an onshore wind, he said. The weather will only be indirectly related to recent Carolina storms, Engel said.