Long Island weather: Patchy fog, warm and humid

Patchy fog overnight sets the stage for clouds, sun and possible showers over the weekend due to what the National Weather Service calls "remnants of Beta."

Friday's warm and humid conditions on Long Island, with highs reaching into the upper 70s, give way to a 20% chance of rain Saturday.

Beta, a post-tropical cyclone, was expected to weaken further after drenching parts of the South from Texas to the Carolinas, the College Park-based Climate Prediction Center said.

No Atlantic basin storms — at the moment — are developing, giving coastal dwellers a bit of a break during this exceptionally active season, experts said.

For the weekend, the weather service said, both the humidity and temperatures will be higher than average.

"Highs will generally be in the mid- to upper 70s with lows in the 60s," the meteorologists said.

Saturday will be cloudy and a daytime high of 73 degrees is expected.

Sunday may be the day to hold out for. After some patchy fog overnight, the sunshine should return, raising temperatures into the mid- to high 70s during the day before possible showers that night.

The odds of showers Monday are 40%, the weather service calculated. A high near 75 degrees is expected.

Tuesday’s chances of rain are slightly higher — 50% — before Wednesday and Thursday bring partly sunny skies, the weather service said, with daytime thermometers lingering in the low 70s.