Weather Alerts For Moriches, NY

# HEADLINE -------------------- HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Dangerous rip currents expected. WHERE Kings (Brooklyn), Southwest Suffolk, Southeast Suffolk, Southern Queens and Southern Nassau Counties. WHEN From Thursday morning through Thursday evening. IMPACTS Life-threatening rip currents are likely for all people entering the surf zone. Anyone visiting the beaches should stay out of the surf. Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away from shore into deeper water. ISSUED AT Wednesday, August 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM EDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service New York NY HEADER Coastal Hazard Message # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- If you enter the surf zone, always have a flotation device with you and swim near a lifeguard. If caught in a rip current, relax and float, and do not swim against the current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If unable to escape, face the shore and yell or wave for help. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Southern Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), Southeast Suffolk, Southern Nassau, Southwest Suffolk

Pollen Index: 9.9 Pollen Level: high Predominant Pollen: Ragweed, Sagebrush/Sage and Grass. The amount of pollen in the air for Thursday will be falling but will remain in the high range. The cause for the falling pollen levels is rising humidity, weak winds and expected precipitation in the afternoon and evening which tends to wash pollen out of the air.