Good morning everyone!
Skies are mainly clear early on this Tuesday morning and temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 62 in Clifton down to 52 at Pequest. Winds are mainly calm or light westerly.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR SEPTEMBER 7TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 78 AVERAGE LOW: 59
RECORD HIGH: 93 – 2015 RECORD LOW: 44 – 1988
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 84 LOW: 67 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Today will be a nice late summer day as high pressure continues to dominate our weather. Temperatures will be a bit above normal and the humidity will be comfortable with dew points in the 50s. The Passaic river at Pine Brook is still in moderate flood stage and will not fall below flood stage until the end of the week. The Passaic river at Little Falls has fallen below flood stage.
A warm front will move to our north overnight tonight with more humid air for Wednesday along with showers and possibly some thunderstorms mainly in afternoon and evening. Some storms may be accompanied by brief heavy rain especially at night as a cold front approaches our area and a line of storms moves through.
High pressure will then build into our area on Thursday and continue to dominate our weather through the weekend giving our area another stretch of pleasant summer weather with temperatures at or slightly above normal and rather comfortable humidity.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – SEP 7 – Sunny, high in the low 80s.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, low in the mid 60s.
WEDNESDAY – SEP 8 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers with possible thunderstorms in the afternoon, more humid, high in the mid 80s. Showers and thunderstorms at night with rain possibly heavy at times.
THURSDAY – SEP 9 – Partly sunny, high near 80.
FRIDAY – SEP 10 – Sunny, high in the upper 70s.
SATURDAY – SEP 11 – Sunny, high near 80.
SUNDAY – SEP 12 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 80s.
MONDAY – SEP 13 – Mostly sunny, high near 80.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots seas less than 1 foot.
OUTLOOK – A small craft advisory has been posted effective between 6 a.m. Wednesday morning through 6 a.m. Thursday morning. Advisories likely to continue Thursday through early Saturday as swells from offshore Hurricane Level affects our coastal waters.
Have a nice day and stay safe!