LEAVE INCLUDING CHILD CARE AND EDUCATION AND INVESTING MORE IN MENTAL HEALTH CARE. >> TAKES A VILLAGE, RIGHT? >> IT REALLY DOES. >>> LET'S CHECK IN NOW WITH YOUR WEATHER, METEOROLOGIST ASHTON ALTIERI IN FOR LONNIE TONIGHT. >> HOT AND HUMID TODAY, TEMPERATURES IN THE 90s FOR MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ACROSS THE TRI-STATE. TONIGHT THINGS HAVE QUIETED DOWN FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING WHEN WE HAD NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AROUND THE AREA. 81 DEGREES RIGHT NOW. WE MAY NOT BE COMPLETELY DONE WITH THE RAIN . A FEW AREAS CAN STILL PICK UP A FEW RAINDROPS. WE WILL GET YOUR FUTURECAST HERE IN A MOMENT BUT LOOK AT THESE HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY. TOMS RIVER ALMOST 100 DEGREES. 91 WAS THE HIGH HERE IN THE CITY. THE HUDSON VALLEY, POUGHKEEPSIE ENDED UP TO 92 DEGREES AND THESE ARE THE HEAT INDEX NUMBERS FROM TODAY. TOMS RIVER, THE OFFICIAL TEMPERATURE WAS 97 BUT IT FELT LIKE 103. 95 WAS AS HOT AS IT FELT IN NEW YORK AND EVEN FAIRFIELD COUNTY FELT LIKE 84 DEGREES. IT WAS THERE 21st DAY WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 90 DEGREES. THE AVERAGE IS 15 DAYS IS CERTAINLY ABOVE-AVERAGE BUT NOT RECORD TERRITORY. COULD WE BE DONE WITH 90 DEGREE DAYS FOR THE YEAR? IT'S POSSIBLE BUT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT WE HAVE A 90 DEGREE DAY OR TWO IN SEPTEMBER. LOOK HOW MUCH COOLER IT GETS TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES DROP 15 TO 25 DEGREES COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE TODAY SO THAT PUT NEW YORK CITY AT 76 DEGREES TOMORROW. EDISON 77. DOWN THE SHORE WILL SEE 70s ACROSS THE ISLAND UP INTO THE HUDSON VALLEY AS WE GET INTO TOMORROW. WE START THE DAY TOMORROW WITH SOME HUMIDITY DECREASING THROUGH THE DAY. IT'S GOING TO FEEL PRETTY GOOD BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE OUTLOOK INTO THE FIRST WEEKEND IN SEPTEMBER. NOT ONLY TO THE TRI-STATE AREA BUT THE ENTIRE REGION, ODDS ARE GOOD TEMPERATURES WILL BE AT OR BELOW NORMAL GOING INTO THE EARLY PART OF SEPTEMBER SO IT COULD BE A WHILE BEFORE WE SEE ANYTHING REALLY HOT AGAIN AND MANY OF US ARE FINE WITH THAT. I MENTIONED THE CHANCE FOR AN OVERNIGHT SHOWER TONIGHT. IT'S NOT A GREAT CHANCE BUT WE WILL PAUSE THE CLOCK HERE. MAYBE A SHOWER OR TWO. WE'RE PROBABLY DONE WITH THE THUNDER OVERNIGHT. HERE'S TOMORROW MORNING AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NICE DAY TOMORROW FOR THE MOST PART, COOLER, DRIER AIR MEANS LESS HUMIDITY . THE CLOSER YOU ARE TO PENNSYLVANIA, THE BETTER CHANCE YOU HAVE A SHOWER TOMORROW. FRIDAY DOES NOT LOOK TOO BAD, A FEW SHOWERS IN THE FORECAST, TEMPERATURES STAYING IN THE 70s AND THEN FOR THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND, THE WEEKEND WILL GET BETTER WITH EACH DAY.