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Canadian wildfire smoke triggers air quality health advisory for LI, NYC Metro regions Thursday
Elevated fine particulate levels in the LI and NYC Metro regions due to smoke from wildfires raging across Canada have prompted an air quality health advisory from midnight tonight to midnight Thursday.
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Air quality health advisory in effect today
An air quality health advisory is in effect today for the Long Island region, where levels of ground level ozone will make the air unhealthy for sensitive groups, including young children, people with cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease such as asthma.
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Above-normal hurricane activity forecast for 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins Sunday
NOAA forecast models predict 6 to 10 Atlantic hurricanes this season, including 3-5 major hurricanes (category 3, 4 or 5, with winds of 111 mph or higher.)
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Air quality health advisory in effect Thursday for L.I. and Metro NY, due to massive wildfire in N.J.
An air quality health advisory is in effect Thursday for Long Island and the Metro NY Region for fine particles from a massive wildfire that has burned thousands of acres in the New Jersey Pine Barrens since it erupted Tuesday.
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Wind advisory remains in effect through 4 p.m.
Strong winds of 20 to 25 mph, gusting to 50 mph will continue through this afternoon, the National Weather Service in New York said in a statement. A wind advisory remains in effect through 4 p.m.
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Riverhead schools, town offices will have 2-hour delayed opening Wednesday morning
Riverhead schools will have a two-hour delayed opening tomorrow morning due to inclement weather. All before-school activities are canceled,
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Local roads ‘in great shape’ after overnight snowfall of 3 to 5 inches: town highway supt.
A snowfall of 3 to 5 inches blanketed Suffolk County overnight, ending early this morning, according to the National Weather Service. The winter weather advisory is no longer in effect.
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Winter storm watch in effect this weekend
Heavy mixed precipitation is possible, the weather service said, with total snow and sleet accumulations between 2 and 4 inches. A light glaze of ice accumulations are possible.
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Wintry mix will make morning commute hazardous, schools have 2-hour delayed opening
Riverhead Police and highway department officials are urging motorists to use extra caution Thursday morning, due to snow, sleet and freezing drizzle that will make for hazardous travel conditions during the morning commute.
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Wind advisory: Strong winds, 45-50 mph gusts
West-northwest winds of 20 to 25 mph with gusts of 45 to 50 mph are forecast. The advisory is in effect from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. today.
