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Northport is holding its annual Polar Plunge today to raise funds for the Special Olympics of New York.

News 12’s Erica Ferrari was at Crab Meadow Beach as participants geared up for the dip into the chilly water. 

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Let's talk about the wet weather. Now, we're over here in the weather center with meteorologist Julian C right. Julian. I feel like it has been raining since we all woke up this morning and it really pretty much has, especially with the light drizzle. Now that we're starting to transition to the good news is that when we wake up tomorrow, Tama, it's not going to be rain. I know finally. Right. So getting into what we can expect for next or for the start of next week, Monday in itself, we are looking for drier conditions and sunshine. So we are into our last remnants of rain across the island and we saw quite a bit of it for today near an inch for many of us. About uh three quarters of an inch from the airport. Jefferson and much of Suffolk County and mainly for the eastern end of Nassau County. But others did see about a half of an inch of rainfall or at least near it. Now, the other issue we're gonna be watching for from tonight's going its small is some foggy conditions. So just note that visibility is gonna be on the lower end as we wait up for tomorrow, especially near Huntington. 44 degrees areas of fog going to be chilly and for our school day forecast we're gonna be seeing in our afternoon. We're looking at those fifties rolling in with early sun as well. A quick look at what we're gonna be seeing for our 10 day forecast. Just notes it is going to be colder after mild conditions for Monday and then we'll warm up for the weekend. All right, Julian.

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Northport holds annual Polar Plunge to raise money for the Special Olympics

Alright, time to put your bathing suit on. It is the annual Polar plunge News Twelve's Erica Ferrari is in Northport with a preview of this year's fundraiser. If you take a look at the white caps behind me on this december morning, it probably would not occur to you to take a dip in the Long Island sound. It's windy and chilly here at crab Meadow Beach, the water temperature's a frosty 50 degrees, but that will not deter droves of folks from taking the polar plunge today for a good cause. The special Olympics of New York is hosting the event, their goal to raise awareness and money for the Special Olympics. The annual polar plunge here is one of the most popular and profitable events for Special Olympics. Last year's plunge raised more than $20,000 in Northport. Erica Ferrari News 12. Long Island definitely being going to be a cold day for the polar plunge today. Thank you Erica. The plunge begins at 11 30. It hasn't even started yet, obviously yet today and they've already raised $19,000

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