The mostly cloudy and breezy weather with a passing shower that we had today, is what we will have for Wednesday, too. There may be a few breaks of sun, but otherwise cool and mainly cloudy with an isolated shower or two.

Thursday morning will be windy and cloudy with a shower chance, but the time that you really need to pay attention to the weather and slow down travel is after 2 p.m. and until just before midnight. One to two inches of rain plus wind gusts between 30 and 50 mph will impact both Nassau and Suffolk Counties during this time.

High tide minor to moderate coastal flooding is also likely on Thursday.

While it mostly dries out for Halloween on Friday, it will still be a very windy day with scattered power outages still possible. You will need to watch out for blowing debris and falling branches during trick-or-treating time.

Watch News 12 and check the News 12 app for frequent updates to the STORM WATCH forecast over the next few days.

TROPICS: Hurricane Melissa made landfall earlier today as a destructive category five hurricane around 1 p.m. eastern time near New Hope, Jamaica with maximum sustained wind around 185 mph and a minimum central pressure of 892 millibars. It is tied with the 1935 "Labor Day" hurricane for the strongest recorded landfall of a hurricane in the Atlantic Basin. Parts of Jamaica will be forever changed from this storm. (NOTE: Thursday's storm for Long Island is SEPARATE from Melissa, but some tropical moisture can be pulled north and cause our local storm to have some tropical-like downpours)

FORECAST:

TONIGHT: Mainly cloudy. A few spotty rain showers. Lows around 45 degrees. Breezy. Wind: northeast 15 to 30 mph.

WEDNESDAY: Mostly cloudy, breezy and cool with an isolated rain shower chance. A few breaks of sun are possible. Highs around 57 degrees. Lows near 47 degrees. '

THURSDAY: STORM WATCH — Cloudy with spotty rain possible in the morning. Periods of rain and strong wind pick up in the afternoon. Heaviest rain is most likely around 2 p.m. and through the mid to late evening hours. The bulk of the rain should be ending before midnight. Check back with News 12 for updates. Wind gusts between 30 and 50 mph are also likely, leading to scattered power outages and displaced Halloween decorations. Minor to moderate coastal flooding will be likely during high tide. Highs around 62 degrees. Lows near 50 degrees.

FRIDAY: HALLOWEEN — Drying out with only a small chance for an isolated rain shower, mostly early in the morning. It will stay windy though with gusts between 30 and 50 mph. This can be problematic for trick-or-treating. Some tree branches may continue to fall. Please stay alert. Partly sunny. Highs around 59 degrees. Lows near 47 degrees.

SATURDAY: Sun and clouds. Windy. Highs around 60 degrees. Lows near 43 degrees. SUNDAY: FALL BACK — DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS — CLOCKS GO BACK ONE HOUR AT 2 A.M. — Sunrise: 6:24 a.m. Sun and some passing clouds. Highs around 57 degrees. Lows near 43 degrees. Sunset: 4:47 p.m.

MONDAY: Sun and clouds. Slight chance for a few late-day showers, but most of the day should be dry. Highs around 57 degrees. Lows near 45 degrees.