LI continues more than 2 months of being mostly-rain free but a chance of precipitation is forecast for Sunday night.

Although the Red Flag Warning was issued for only Friday, the threat of wildfires across the region will persist until the pattern switches back to wet. As of now, a pattern change does not look likely in the short term.

New York and New Jersey are certainly not known for being wildfire hotspots, but with an extended dry pattern that has settled upon this region, the threat of wildfires has become a very real concern.

Los Angeles County Fire Department crews battled a 50-acre Malibu brush fire. Around noon, the forward progress of the fire stopped, and mop-up operations were underway.