Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly cloudy early on this Sunday morning and there are some showers moving east from the Newark area. Temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 70 in the Clifton area down to 62 at Walpack. Winds are light mainly from the southwest.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JULY 17TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 86 AVERAGE LOW 66
RECORD HIGH: 98 – 1999 RECORD LOW: 54 – 1987
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 83 LOW: 68 PRECIPITATION: .05″
Showers yesterday and early this morning only gave the Clifton area .06″ of rain while some areas had heavy rain with over an inch with floods especially over the Wood Ridge and Carlstadt area causing Route 17 to be closed in the early afternoon.
Today will be a partly sunny and humid day as a warm front will be just to our south, there is a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms but most of the time it will be dry.
The warm front will move to our north Monday morning and the day will be mostly cloudy and quite humid with showers and thunderstorms likely as a weak cold front moves through the area Monday night. Some heavy rain is possible. Dew points will be mainly in the low 70s.
A heatwave is expected Tuesday through at least the beginning of next weekend with high temperatures in the 90s. A weak cold front may give us showers on Thursday followed by slightly less humid air Friday and Saturday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JUL 17 – Partly sunny and humid with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, high in the mid 80s.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy and muggy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, low in the low 70s.
MONDAY – JUL 18 – Cloudy and very humid with showers and thunderstorms likely mainly in the afternoon and evening, some heavy rain possible, high in the mid 80s.
TUESDAY – JUL 19 – Mostly sunny, hot and humid, high in the mid 90s.
WEDNESDAY – JUL 20 – Partly sunny, hot and humid, high in the upper 90s.
THURSDAY – JUL 21 – Partly sunny, hot and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, high in the upper 90s.
FRIDAY – JUL 22 – Sunny and hot but a little less humid, high in the mid 90s.
SATURDAY – JUL 23 – Sunny, high in the mid 90s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – South-southeast winds to 10 knots, seas 1-2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 74 degrees.
OUTLOOK: Advisories possible on Monday; no advisories expected for Tuesday and Wednesday; advisories again possible on Thursday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!