Great day ahead for Long Island and the northeast, but with a southerly breeze ahead of the cold front tonight. The late-weekend wind and rain looms, and timing for it to clear the coast is uncertain:

- Cooler for Long Island today with a southerly breeze in the afternoon, but a great day overall with warm temps inland. A cold front will move through this evening/night with some showers for northern New England, but it will move through dry for southern areas.

- A very weak system moves through southern/central areas of the northeast Wednesday evening into Thursday morning and could bring some drizzle or showers and a little light mix or snow on the northern side.

- Very mild temperatures return this weekend, but with the clouds and eventual rain/wind with a strong southerly flow ahead of the front. The Euro has it become slow-moving for the coast with heavy rain lingering into Monday. While it's unlikely, the Euro is showing 3 to 3.5 inches of rain for Long Island, NY, and southeastern MA.

- 1st image: My Long Island forecast

- 2nd and 3rd images: Highs for today from the National Weather Service and HRRR model

- 4th image: Map from the Euro for the period from 2 AM to 8 AM on Monday

- 5th to 7th images: Precipitation amounts through Monday from the Model Blend, Euro, and Euro ensemble mean