After a beautiful fall day today, the weather across Nassau and Suffolk counties will be changing. You will notice more clouds on Tuesday with a passing shower chance and it will be a bit breezier. Expect similar weather on Wednesday.

Thursday, especially in the afternoon and evening, is going to be rough for travel.

One to 2 inches of rain with locally higher amounts will combine with 30 to 50 mph wind gusts to make for a terrible and potentially dangerous weather day. There will also be a coastal flooding risk around and during high tide.

Halloween will dry out, but it will still be quite windy. The weekend looks decent, though!

TROPICS: Hurricane Melissa is bringing life-threatening, catastrophic impacts to Jamaica, with an expected landfall early tomorrow morning. Jamaica has never seen a landfalling category five hurricane. The last landfalling hurricane in Jamaica was Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 and it was a category three storm. PLEASE NOTE: Thursday's storm for Long Island is separate from Hurricane Melissa, but some tropical moisture can be pulled north and cause our local storm to have some tropical-like downpours.

You can see more of the extended forecast below and in the video above. Have a great night and be sure to check back frequently with News 12 for updates to the STORM WATCH forecast for Thursday.

FORECAST:

TONIGHT: Mainly clear. Cold. Lows around 40 degrees can feel like the 30s into Tuesday morning. Wind: northeast 5 to 15 mph.

TUESDAY: Increasing clouds. Cool and breezy. A couple of light, spotty rain showers are possible in the afternoon and evening. Highs around 57 degrees. Wind: northeast 10 to 20 mph. Lows near 45 degrees.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy, breezy and cool with a spotty rain shower chance. Highs around 56 degrees. Lows near 47 degrees.

THURSDAY: STORM WATCH — Periods of rain and strong wind. Heaviest rain is most likely around 5 p.m. and through the evening at this time. The timing of the worst rain may change a bit over the next couple of days. Check back with News 12 for updates. Wind gusts between 30 and 50 mph are likely, leading to scattered outages and displaced Halloween decorations. Beach erosion and coastal flooding possible. Highs around 63 degrees. Lows near 49 degrees.

FRIDAY: HALLOWEEN — Drying out with only a small chance for an isolated rain shower, mostly early in the morning. It will stay windy though with gusts between 30 and 45 mph. This can be problematic for trick-or-treating. Some tree branches may continue to fall. Please stay alert. Partly sunny. Highs around 59 degrees. Lows near 45 degrees.

SATURDAY: Sun and clouds. Windy. Highs around 59 degrees. Lows near 44 degrees. SUNDAY: FALL BACK — DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS — CLOCKS GO BACK ONE HOUR AT 2 a.m. — Sunrise: 6:24 a.m. Sun and clouds. Highs around 60 degrees. Lows near 44 degrees. Sunset: 4:47 p.m.