Good morning!
Skies are cloudy early on this Tuesday morning and there are some showers falling over eastern parts of Pennsylvania. It is warmer and more humid than the last couple of mornings with temperatures at 5 a.m. ranging from 72 in Clifton down to 64 at High Point. The winds are mainly calm and the humidity is moderate with dew points in the 60s.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR AUGUST 17TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 83 AVERAGE LOW: 64
RECORD HIGH: 96 – 2015 RECORD LOW: 54 – 1979
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 83 LOW: 67 PRECIPITATION: NONE
A warm front approaching from the southwest will give us mostly cloudy skies today and it will become more humid with dew points approaching the 70 degree mark. Showers are likely and possibly a thunderstorm. With the clouds, high temperatures will be around normal.
The remnants of Tropical Storm Fred will move northward through Pennsylvania on Wednesday and showers with the system will be likely. Some models have the heaviest rain on Wednesday with some other models having the most rain on Thursday.
After Fred moves to our north and east we will still be left with high humidity Friday through the weekend with a chance of showers mainly in the afternoon and evening each day. Temperatures will continue to be near normal.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – AUG 17 – Mostly cloudy and becoming more humid with showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, high in the low 80s.
TONIGHT – Cloudy and muggy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, low in the low 70s.
WEDNESDAY – AUG 18 – Mostly cloudy with showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, humid, high in the low 80s.
THURSDAY – AUG 19 – Mostly cloudy with showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, humid, high in the mid 80s.
FRIDAY – AUG 20 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, humid, high in the mid 80s.
SATURDAY – AUG 21 – Partly sunny with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, humid, high in the mid 80s.
SUNDAY – AUG 22 – Mostly sunny and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, high in the mid 80s.
MONDAY – AUG 23 – Partly sunny with a chance of a shower or thunderstorm, humid, high in the upper 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – South-southeast wind to 10 knots, seas less than 1 foot. Point Pleasant Beach’s ocean temperature is 76 degrees.
Have a nice day and stay safe!