It will be warm and very humid this afternoon with temperatures in the mid-80s, but heat index values around 90. There can be a pop-up shower or thunderstorm at any point in the afternoon or evening. Storms will be capable of producing localized flooding. The East End looks dry, as any showers or thunderstorms will weaken moving east. There is a moderate risk for rip currents.

Friday will be the hottest day this week with high temperatures near 90 degrees, paired with tropical-like humidity. This is only expected to last one day at this time, but plan on it feeling like the middle to potentially upper 90s on Friday. As a front approaches Long Island late in the day, this will bring a few showers and thunderstorms into the evening. At this time, no severe weather is expected locally, but the News 12 Storm Watch Team will monitor this for you throughout the week.

Right now, the weekend looks okay overall! Expect a mix of sun and clouds with high temperatures in the middle 80s for most of Long Island. While a shower cannot be ruled out on Saturday and skies will be cloudy, most of the weekend will be dry. Sunday is the pick out of the weekend with plenty of sun and a little less humidity.

Next week is dry and potentially very hot. Temperatures will be near 90-degrees on Tuesday and will likely be in the 90s on Wednesday and Thursday. The humidity is noticeable but less intense than this week. A pop up storm is possible with the heat on Wednesday or Thursday.