Good morning everyone!
Skies are mainly clear early on this Wednesday morning but again there is patchy fog mainly over the inland valleys. Early temperatures range from 62 in Clifton down to 55 at Basking Ridge and Hackettstown. The winds are calm or light southwesterly. The air quality is moderate with an index of 67.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR OCTOBER 4TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 68 AVERAGE LOW: 51
RECORD HIGH: 87 – 2013 RECORD LOW: 34 – 1996
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 85 (NEW RECORD) LOW: 55 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure will continue to dominate our weather providing our area with plenty of sunshine and quite warm temperatures.
Thursday will be sunny but a few degrees cooler than today with an onshore flow.
Showers become likely mainly from Friday afternoon through Saturday night. High temperatures will be cooler but the humidity will be higher. A cold front will cross the area Saturday night followed by breezy and much cooler and drier air for Sunday.
Mainly dry and cool early next week.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – OCT 4 – Sunny and very warm, highs in the mid 80s.
TONIGHT – Clear, lows in the upper 50s.
THURSDAY – OCT 5 – Sunny, highs in the upper 70s.
FRIDAY – OCT 6 – Mostly cloudy with showers likely mainly after 2 p.m., humid, highs in the low 70s.
SATURDAY – OCT 7 – Cloudy with showers, highs near 70.
SUNDAY – OCT 8 – Becoming mostly sunny, breezy and much cooler, highs only near 60.
MONDAY – OCT 9 – Partly sunny, highs near 60.
TUESDAY – OCT 10 – Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 60s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 2 feet.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Thursday; advisories probably Friday through Sunday.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!