Editor's Note: This article was written and submitted by Jaime Sumersille.
The nor'easter that blew down trees and dropped a thick blanket of snow island-wide on Friday will begin to pull out of the region by midday on Saturday.
According to the National Weather Service, Saturday's weather forecast is as follows:
Areas of blowing snow and a slight chance of snow showers between 9 a.m. and noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Blustery, with a northwest wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
A blizzard warning remains in effect for all of Long Island through noon Saturday. Travel is not recommended and should be avoided.
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Blizzard Blankets Merrick
(Credit: Addys Reilly)
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Suzie Alvey May 23, 2013 at 05:20 pm
Mike, The children are sooo cute! A few of them are from your area.
Mary May 23, 2013 at 09:27 am
Correction on spelling: Susan Becchina or "Soo" as we know and love her!
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The School board is a bunch of morons if they want to remove this designation! There were 0 problems…Read More like this when Malucci was in office, this new superintendent is a waste of space, money, and cares more about his own paycheck then our kids! Between school security, and now this, I motion that we get rid of that skell!