After a very warm and dry week, beneficial rain is on the way for late Friday into Saturday.A few showers have already moved into our western zones, but shower coverage and intensity will increase throughout the overnight hours.

Forecasters had warned that the air in the city could become unhealthy for some because of a fire that has been burning in the Pine Barrens since Tuesday.

A New Jersey wildfire Thursday prompted a New York City air quality alert until midnight covering Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Richmond, Nassau, Suffolk, Westchester and Rockland.