After a great, sunny day with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s again, please just watch out for some icy spots developing Friday evening and overnight as temperatures drop to around or slightly below freezing. It will be dry and partly cloudy, but there can also be some patchy fog forming into early Saturday morning. Visibility can be reduced in spots through early morning.

If you thought Friday was nice, get ready for even better weather on Saturday. Expect a mostly sunny to partly cloudy sky, with high temperatures rising into the mid- to upper 40s for most of Long Island. So much snow has melted already and that will continue Saturday. A few 50-degree readings are possible away from the water. It will be a bit chillier, but still nice right along the South Shore and East End.

USE CAUTION — A quick round of mostly light to moderate snow, possibly with some mixing is likely from around 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. This can be enough for reduced visibility and a coating up to 1 inch of new snow. This will lead to some new slippery spots.

Sunday night through Monday will be much colder, but dry. While there can be a brief period of a wintry mix developing on Tuesday, that should quickly change to plain rain. There is a chance that system stays completely plain rain for Long Island, but it has to be watched for some initial slippery conditions on Tuesday. Plain rain will continue into Wednesday morning. There will likely be more scattered rain showers for Thursday and Friday of next week too, with high temperatures back in the 40s from Wednesday through the start of next weekend.

The snow from this week's blizzard and snow Wednesday morning is melting quickly already. There is good reason for that. The higher angle of the sun, longer daylight, no ice pellets in the snowpack and warmer temperatures leading up to and following the Blizzard of 2026 all help to get off that snow much more quickly than if a storm of this magnitude happened in January.

Most of the snowpack will likely be gone within a few days. That said, it could take until the end of March or early April to get the higher snow mounds to completely melt.

Here are a few anti-winter facts to look ahead to if you are still stuck in the winter blues like so many Long Islanders are.

SATURDAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs 43 to 50. Lots of snow melt. Clear the storm drains. Lows near 29.

SUNDAY: USE CAUTION — Morning round of snow, may mix with rain. Slippery travel with less than 2 inches of new snow. Afternoon breaks of sunshine, turning breezy and colder. Highs around 38. Lows near 17.

MONDAY: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy, flurries possible. Colder. Highs around 28. Lows near 19.

TUESDAY: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy, with a wintry mix developing in the afternoon or evening. This is expected to change to plain rain quickly overnight into Wednesday. Highs around 37. Lows near 28.

WEDNESDAY: Periods of rain. Highs around 42. Lows near 33.

THURSDAY: Mostly cloudy, with scattered rain showers. Highs around 42. Lows near 34.