The National Weather Service predicts the nor’easter that pummeled the Long Beach Island region over the weekend with sustained winds as high as 70 mph in Tuckerton and nearly 3 inches of rainfall in Stafford Township will remain far enough south and east as it swirls off the coast for dry, sunny conditions to continue through Thursday.

Rain is forecast to begin again the afternoon of Friday, May 13, but the chance of precipitation is considerably less than during the May 6-8 storm, according to…