WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
Scattered showers and storms continue through Friday morning with a flood watch in effect.
Scattered showers and storms bring heavy rainfall to Long Island with the threat for flash flooding. The worst of the rain will move out by 8 p.m. with scattered showers and storms with locally heavy rain continuing into daybreak.
The weather will turn cooler and less humid overnight with lows in the lower 60s.
Get ready for a big change on Friday with clearing skies by the afternoon and highs only in the low 70s.
The weekend and beyond is shaping up to be great with sunshine and comfortably warm weather with highs near 80 degrees.
FORECAST
OVERNIGHT: Cloudy with scattered showers and storms. Lows near 62 with northeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
FRIDAY: Cloudy with the chance for showers in the morning. Becoming partly sunny and dry in the afternoon. Breezy and much cooler with highs near 72. Nice and clear at night with lows near 62.
SATURDAY: Mostly sunny and beautiful with highs near 80. Lows near 65.
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny and comfortably warm with highs near 82. Lows near 67.
MONDAY: Nice with sun and clouds. Highs near 82. Lows near 68.
TUESDAY: Nice with sun and clouds. Highs near 82. Lows near 68.
WEDNESDAY: Partly sunny. Highs near 80. Lows near 68.
THURSDAY: Partly sunny with the chance for showers. Highs near 79. Lows near 67.