STORM WATCH: Partly sunny with strong evening storms and extreme heat today
A spotty shower is possible overnight. It will feel close to 100 degrees on Long Island on Thursday with reduced air quality and a chance for scattered strong thunderstorms.
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A Heat Advisory is in effect from noon today through Friday at 8 p.m.
Partly Sunny skies and hot for today with late day Thunderstorms. Air temperatures will reach the upper 80s and low 90s, but with the humidity, it will feel like the upper 90s to low 100s. Some could produce heavy rain and gusty winds.
Overnight, skies stay mostly cloudy with scattered showers and storms. Lows will settle into the 60s to low 70s.
Friday brings another hot and humid day with sun and clouds. Highs will be in the upper 80s and low 90s, with heat index values again near 100. A few late-day showers and thunderstorms could bring brief heavy rain and gusty winds. Showers and storms may linger Friday night, with lows in the 60s.
The weekend starts brighter. Saturday turns sunnier but stays very warm, with highs in the 80s and a few lower 90s. Western Nassau County may come close to heat wave criteria. Sunday looks mostly sunny and hot, with highs in the upper 80s to around 90.
Today: Areas of fog. Hot and muggy. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. Late day thunderstorms. Heat index values as high as 97. West wind 5 to 15 mph. Some Thunderstorms could produce heavy rain and gusty winds.
Tonight: A few showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. West wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: Sun and Clouds. Late day thunderstorms. High near 90. Heat index values 95 to 102. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A few showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 69. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Northwest wind around 11 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67.
Sunday: Sun and Clouds. Chance of a shower or thunderstorms after 7pm. High near 88.
Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
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