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After more than 100 days of respite, Long Island gas prices are creeping back upward again.

Prices in West Hempstead were up to $3.29, but ironically that is still down from the Long Island average of $3.47.

The fluctuations are said to be a result of recent cuts to oil production by OPEC.

The White House is now threatening to punish Saudi Arabia for supporting the move.

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After more than 100 days of respite, Long Island gas prices are creeping back upwards again.

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Drivers out there, I will say one thing when people are going way below the speed limit, that's a problem that to me I think is you got to go with the flow. Exactly. Exactly. Today was such a beautiful day, wasn't it? And it felt warm. Normally the forties aren't warm, but after the cold snap, it was just really great and we have more mild weather ahead. But you can see on this map we have some changes too. Now, most of tomorrow is going to be dry, will kick your Friday off with some sunshine. But by the late afternoon and evening, we are tracking some rain. So after four o'clock, a batch of showers will come through moving pretty quick. And by 910 o'clock, the rain is out. It will be a dry start to the weekend, but we are going to see more clouds around the next few days. Tomorrow morning, 6 a.m. 42 it's not as cold. You see the clouds coming in two o'clock up to 50 degrees. There's that mild feel. And by six to eight o'clock in Long Beach, we have some showers. By 9, 10 o'clock, the rain is out. So in the morning, you see that clear weather that mild feel in the afternoon with the fifties but the clouds are moving in west southwest wind. Six o'clock, there's some of that rain from Hempstead to Bay Shore Fire Island light showers from Riverhead to Bridge Hampton. And by nine o'clock it's gone. So just a fast moving front rolling through at night, no problems and still mild for the weekend. So Saturday will be partly sunny to mostly cloudy. A little bit unsettled but no rain. Those scattered showers will return on Sunday looks like we might see some sprinkles in the morning. A heavier batch come through at night. But early next week it is turning drier. So fifties for the weekend showers ending Monday morning, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday next week looking pretty good. Cool with temps in the forties.

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PUMP PATROL: Gas prices spiking again on Long Island as OPEC cuts oil production

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I'm Tara Joyce but we begin this afternoon with more pain at the pump. Gas prices are spiking again now that Opec Opec has announced cuts to oil production so what does it mean for all of us and islands Caroline Flynn is out there to sort it out. What this will likely mean is that we're going to continue to pay more at the pump and put all this into perspective. I actually filled up this gas station less than a week ago, it was $2.99 and now look at the price is $3.23. Now we look at, the average is on Long Island right now it's $3.47 and that is up 17 cents in a week, new york as a whole, it's even higher at $3.66. The national average which we usually see lower than what is on Long Island and new york that is at a whopping $3.92 20 cents from a month ago and here's how long Islanders are saying they plan to save at the pump as we head into the holiday season and we know more people are on the road, I am struggling with it but that gets tough sometimes too, I know they do discounts here for the shell and everything else and some other places like speedway discounts so that's the only way you're gonna be able to save BJ, stuff like that. I have a wonderful jeep Wrangler that I love to drive and you see I'm driving my wife's Honda HR V a little bit more frequently alright, so a lot of great tips there for what to do when you get to the pump, but what about when it comes to your actual vehicle? Well for starters removing excess weight, that is a big thing to help with your gas mileage, hard to do of course with something like thunderbolt, we have a lot of weather monitoring material, but maybe you can in your own car then let's talk about the engine, make sure that that is working fine and turn it off if you're gonna be waiting on a long line somewhere. Lastly, another thing when it comes to helping you save money at the pump, your tires make sure, especially as we head into winter that you routinely check the pressure in them again. Always that you can save a little bit more money at the pump and know that this all of course does add up. I'll send it back to you in the studio for now

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