Just how much snow the East End of Long Island may get overnight on Wednesday has been difficult for forecasters to predict.
Snow is expected to begin at about 4 p.m. today, changing to rain after midnight, then to a mix of snow, sleet, and rain during the early morning on Thursday.
The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning through 1 p.m. Thursday. A gale warning is in effect as well, for winds gusting to 50 knots over nearshore waters.
The temperature will rise slowly from about 30 during the late afternoon today, however wind chill will make it feel like it is 17 degrees by 10 p.m.
Models for total snowfall on the East End from the National Weather Service were for about four to five inches along the south shore, Montauk, and lower-elevation portions of Amagansett. East Hampton, Springs, Sag Harbor were in a band where about 8 to 10 inches was expected during the night. Central and western Suffolk could get about a foot of snow before clearing late Thursday.
The Weather Service said that travel could be "very difficult to impossible" until about 1 p.m. on Thursday throughout the region. Minor flooding is expected along east-facing beaches.
