Severe weather maps, L.I. forecast, a nice weekend, and the warmth builds in next week/weekend!

- A warm day today (see 1st image), but a big difference for tomorrow with an onshore flow with highs only in the low 50s with clouds, early patchy fog, drizzle, and occasional light rain/showers for Long Island.

- A cold front comes through Thursday late afternoon into early evening with showers and possibly a thunderstorm with another very mild day.

- A lot of clouds for Friday, with less clouds for Saturday, and blue skies on Sunday.

- The warmth builds next week, so there should be a lot of days in the 65 to 70 degree range from the middle of next week through next weekend.

- I have included the severe weather maps below and a future radar from the NAM.

LONG ISLAND FORECAST:

Today: Early morning low clouds and patchy fog, but partly sunny overall with highs ranging from the upper 60's in northern Nassau and northwestern Suffolk to the upper 50's southeastern Suffolk. Wind out of the S at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy with some patchy fog, drizzle, and/or a light scattered shower after midnight with lows around 50 degrees in Nassau and in the mid to upper 40's in Suffolk. Wind out of the S then E at 5 to 10 mph.

Tomorrow: Patchy fog early and remaining cloudy with some occasional drizzle or light rain with highs only in the low 50's. Wind generally out of the E at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Tomorrow night: Patchy fog, drizzle, and showers at times with temperatures nearly steady in the low 50's in the evening and slowly rising into the mid 50's by morning. Wind generally out of the SE at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy and very mild with a chance of scattered showers in the morning and then rain with a chance of a thunderstorm between around 3 PM and 8 PM from the cold front 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 10 to 15 mph.

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

Saturday: Partly cloudy with highs only in the low 50's. 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 to upper 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 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Monday: Mostly sunny with highs around 60 degrees, but cooler for the south shore and east end. Wind from varying directions at 5 to 10 mph in the morning and then out of the S at 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

- 1st image: Projected highs for today from the National Weather Service

- 2nd image: My 5 day forecast for Long Island

- 3rd to 5th images: Severe weather maps for today, tomorrow, and Thursday into each night, respectively

- 6th image: Projected precipitation through Thursday night from the Weather Prediction Center

- 7th image(video): Future radar from the NAM model from 8 AM today to 2 PM Thursday

- 8th and 9th images: Projected temperatures for Long Island