Progressively nicer weather coming, but we have to get through the next couple of days:

- A much cooler day today with some morning fog and drizzle at times with an onshore flow on Long Island. More fog, drizzle, and possible showers tonight, and then a more organized area of showers and possible thunderstorms in association with the cold front tomorrow from mid-afternoon into the evening. There will be a wide range of temperatures tomorrow from possibly the low 70's in northwestern Nassau to the mid to upper 50's for the south fork.

- While Friday and Saturday will be dry, there will be a good amount of clouds, and Saturday will be especially chilly. High pressure then dominates with sunny skies for Sunday into next week with a warming trend as you can see in the images below. Next Thurs/Fri/Sat look especially warm.

LONG ISLAND FORECAST:

Today: Patchy fog early and remaining cloudy with some occasional drizzle or light rain, especially in eastern Suffolk and in the afternoon. Highs only in the low 50's, and it will be even cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the E at 10 to 20.

Tonight: Patchy fog, drizzle, and showers at times with lows in the upper 40's and then slowly rising into the low to mid 50's by morning. Wind out of the E then S at around 10 mph.

Tomorrow: Patchy fog/drizzle early, otherwise mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a scattered shower in the morning and then showers and possible thunderstorms after 3 PM with highs ranging from around 70 degrees in northern Nassau to the low to mid 60's for most of Suffolk, but only the upper 50's for southeastern Suffolk. Wind out of the S at around 5 mph in the morning and 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Tomorrow night: Slight chance of an evening thunderstorm, otherwise rain mostly ending between around 10 PM and midnight. Wind out of the NW at 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: Partly to mostly cloudy and breezy with highs in the upper 50's to near 60 degrees, but cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the NW at 10 to 15 mph in the morning and 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon with gusts to 25 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny with highs only in the low 50's, and even cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the NNW in the morning and SW by late afternoon at around 10 mph.

Sunday (Easter): Sunny with highs in the mid 50's, but cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the N at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and then out of the S at around 10 mph by late afternoon.

Monday: Sunny with highs in the upper 50's, but cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind from varying directions at around 5 mph in the morning and then out of the S at 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny with highs in the mid 60's in Nassau and low 60's in Suffolk, but cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind out of the WSW at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and then out of the S at 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

- 1st and 2nd images: Projected temperatures for Long Island

- 3rd image: My 5 day forecast for Long Island

- 4th image(video): Projected highs from today to Monday from the NWS

- 5th image(video): Future radar from the NAM model from 8 AM today to 3 AM Friday

- 6th and 7th images: Severe weather maps for today and tomorrow, respectively