Good morning!
Skies across the area are mostly cloudy to cloudy and there are some scattered showers mainly across inland areas, temperatures range from the upper 60s in Clifton down to the upper 50s further inland, winds are mainly calm.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 75 AVERAGE LOW: 57
RECORD HIGH: 93 – 1991 RECORD LOW: 42 – 1984
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 83 LOW: 64 PRECIPITATION: NONE
NOTE: 20 years ago today Hurricane Floyd caused massive flooding as more than 11 inches of rain fell in our area.
A weak front will move to our south today causing mostly cloudy to cloudy skies and a low risk of some scattered light showers, temperatures with the cloud cover will be a few degrees lower than on Sunday.
High pressure will then build into our area from New England giving our area an onshore flow of cool air Tuesday through Thursday with dry conditions.
Continued dry Friday through the weekend but it will become warmer as the high moves to our south and a southwest flow develops.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – SEP 16 – Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower, high in the upper 70s.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy this evening with a chance of a shower then become mostly clear and cooler, low in the mid 50s.
TUESDAY – SEP 17 – Sunny, high in the mid 70s.
WEDNESDAY – SEP 18 – Mostly sunny, high near 70.
THURSDAY – SEP 19 – Sunny, high in the low 70s.
FRIDAY – SEP 20 – Sunny and warmer, high near 80.
SATURDAY -SEP 21 – Sunny, high in the low 80s.
SUNDAY – SEP 22 – Sunny, high in the mid 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – East-southeast wind to 6 knots, seas 1 foot.
OUTLOOK – Advisories likely Tuesday and Wednesday; advisories possible for high seas Thursday and Friday.
TROPICS: Humberto has become a hurricane with top winds of 85 mph and is 760 miles west of Bermuda. Humberto is expected to intensify well east of the southeast coast of the U.S. and may threaten Bermuda later this week.
Have a nice day!