Long Island weather: Partly sunny, slight shower chance

Expect partly sunny skies — with a slight chance of brief, scattered showers — Tuesday on Long Island, according to the National Weather Service.

North winds are expected to shift to the southwest at 5 mph to 15 mph, with high temperatures in the low 60s, forecasters said.

By the afternoon skies will be mostly cloudy “with some breaks of sunshine” and a “small chance of a shower on the South Shore,” News 12 meteorologist Rich Hoffman said.

Forecasters are predicting temperatures to dip back into the upper 40s overnight before climbing back to the low 70s on Wednesday.

Warmer weather’s on tap for Wednesday and Thursday, when highs are expected in the upper 60s and low 70s, before Friday brings a chance of showers, the weather service said.

By John Valenti

john.valenti@newsday.com

John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”