Keep an umbrella and a rain jacket with you if you will be doing any overnight traveling. Most of this evening is dry with varying amounts of clouds and comfortable temperatures, but a stray rain shower is possible. The better chance for a few rain showers will be after midnight. It will be breezy and mild with most overnight temperatures in the upper 40s to mid-50s.

Expect a back-and-forth weather day for the start of April with spotty rain showers in the morning, mostly until around 8 a.m. Then, clouds with breaks of sun and another day of warmer-than-average temperatures. South Shore and East End afternoon temperatures will be in the 50s to low 60s. Most of Long Island will be in the 60s to low 70s. There will be several hours of very nice weather before a chance for spotty showers and even a thunderstorm returns. That chance will mostly be after 5 p.m. Any thunderstorm would be brief. A better chance for rain and a rumble of thunder will move in for the overnight hours into early Thursday.

After early morning periods of rain, expect a much cooler day with a mostly cloudy sky. Highs will be in the 40s and a stray rain shower will be possible through the day, but much of the day will be more dry than wet.

Use caution - there will still be rough conditions on the ocean, plus the threat of spotty showers and a thunderstorm throughout the day.

TONIGHT: Mainly cloudy with a few scattered showers, mainly after midnight. Breezy and mild with lows mostly in the lower to middle 50s.

WEDNESDAY: PASSOVER - APRIL 1 - Partly sunny with spotty rain showers. A spotty non-severe thunderstorm is possible in the afternoon and through the overnight period. High temperatures will range again. An average high temperature of near 68 degrees is expected. It will be cooler along the South Shore and East End. It will be warmer - in the 70s - along the North Shore of Nassau and western Suffolk Counties. Overnight lows near 42 degrees.

THURSDAY: Spotty rain showers, mostly in the morning. Otherwise, mostly cloudy with highs near 47 degrees. A passing shower will still be possible in the afternoon. Lows near 40 degrees.

FRIDAY: Mostly cloudy with a spotty rain shower chance, but much of the day will be dry. Highs near 58 degrees. Lows near 50 degrees.

SATURDAY: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy. Most of the day is dry with a slight chance for a passing rain shower. Highs around 63 degrees. Lows near 46 degrees.

SUNDAY: EASTER - Mostly cloudy and dry to start the day. There will be an increasing chance of showers and an isolated thunderstorm in the afternoon and evening. Highs around 60 degrees. Lows near 44 degrees.

MONDAY: Partly sunny to mostly cloudy. Highs around 53 degrees. Lows near 38 degrees.

TUESDAY: Sun and clouds. Highs around 50 degrees. Lows near 38 degrees.