good old marine deblasio in neptune city. her request is, come on, when is the rain coming? soon, i hope. she has some thirsty flowers there. so many waiting for the rain. some reports of dark clouds to the west. this is interesting. this is adam heder in middletown and he also shares the same kind of feeling, looking forward to some rain so the grass will go from hay to yay. and i love this picture. he says, kids don't try this without adult supervision, but beautiful picture there. all right. now, the weather picture is changing. we see some pretty skies in the city right now. to the west though, we do have some clouds rolling in. 81 in the city. so we already hit 81 so we bumped the number up a bit, closer to the normal high of 83 afternoon. low to upper 70s north and west. 80 in great neck, 70 in river head. 81 in tom's river. 83 is the normal. i think we can do that. plenty of sun out there right now, not the record of 98. sun sets at 8:01 and speaking up, even with the clouds filling in, the uv forecast is an 8. burn time 15-25 minutes. if you'll be out this afternoon,

loving it too and nice observations 70s for long island, low 80s for the jersey shore. 82 guess in neptune city and i love this picture, perfect day to put the convertible top down and go shopping with her sisters, i love that and then a few other pictures i love these pictures copping in. we've got boating, a human sun dial and lock at old charlie hoffman. maple leaves changing, yeah we've got a ways to go and great summer weather to enjoy over the next few days about 28 days away from fall. in the city now it sure is pretty blue skies and nice numbers for you. 81 winds are variable pre dominant wind west northwest so that's a dry wind, 70-81 your temperature spread around the area what's also telling about these numbers is the change. one to five to almost 10 degrees cooler than it was yesterday. also due points are down appreciate aboutly. it feels so much more comfortable, 84 this afternoon little bit above normal but feeling good. sunsets at 7:38 so remember, going to play today uv forecast is at about eight, taking the dog for a long walk on national dog day make sure you've got sun scree

neptune city, it's back to work. oh, you know the feeling. yes, he needs his two-crew in the morning. you are too kind. we appreciate that. good old bruce adam. another regular photo contributor. this is the sun sunset from northport last night. really pretty. from sunset to sunrise in reverse order. pardon me fiddler. today is skyscraper appreciation day in honor of the birth of william van allen. who is william van allen? he was the architect of a little building we like to call the chrysler building. so, happy skyscraper appreciation day. looking up, partly cloudy and 72. the canyons of steel right now. 63 in bronxville and mt. kisco, as well. cue cool reading around otisville. we have 61 down in britt. your day in the city, it's a little cooler, yesterday we hit 85. not today, 81 for a high. mix of sun and clouds. but warmer with the high dew points. it's sticky. enough sun for a burn if you're going to be out a long time working or enjoying. 15 to 21 your burn time with a u.v. forecast of 8. going to the beach today? you lucky day. moder

city on west, things are fine. i don't think you have major problems at all. monmouth, ocean county still clinging to ocean county in particular. heavier downpours. neptune as well. the heavier stuff, nassau county. this is what i'm concerned about. they've seen heavy downpours for at least the last hour to 90 minutes. it's moving slowly towards the north and east and northwest sections of suffolk county as well. that's where we have the flood warning, flash flood warning in effect. what to expect the next couple of hours? heaviest rain continues to shift east. the eastern hudson valley in long island and local street and highway flooding there. everything is progressive. shouldn't be too bad. it dries out later this morning. get back to temperatures climbing into the middle 80s. let's get over to emily west see if there are any problems out there. >> we have flooding on the fdr northbound grant street. the right and center lanes taken up there. weow have trouble on the outer bridge crossing. the off ramp is closed to the west shore expressway eastbound. it's causing big delays this morning. the gowanus and the prospect, that right lane is blocked westbo