Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued for Long Island

The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for most of Long Island, warning of a “marginal risk for severe thunderstorms Thursday afternoon and evening.”

The main threat from any storms will be damaging wind gusts, reads the outlook, which applies to all of Long Island except for the East End.

Before we get to Thursday, Long Islanders will battle the heat once again on Wednesday, another day where high temperatures will be around 90 and may feel closer to 95 when the humidity is factored in.

A heat advisory is in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday for New York City, where the heat index could reach the high-90s during the afternoon hours on Wednesday and Thursday, the NWS says.

An air quality alert is once again in effect–from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.–Wednesday on Long Island.

The full forecast:

Today- Sunny and hot, with a high near 92. Light and variable wind becoming south 9 to 14 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight- Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph.

Thursday- A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 86. South wind 6 to 11 mph increasing to 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night- Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Southwest wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

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