Good morning everyone!
Skies are partly cloudy early on this Tuesday morning and there is some patchy fog in some spots. Temperatures are mild with readings ranging from 71 in Clifton down to 60 at Walpack. Winds are calm or light southerly. The air quality is moderate with an index of 64.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JULY 30TH.
AVERAGE HIGH: 85 AVERAGE LOW: 66
RECORD HIGH: 96 – 2019 RECORD LOW: 56 – 1997
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 87 LOW: 69 PRECIPITATION: .01″
Today will be quite warm and humid with only a low chance of some afternoon and nighttime showers and thunderstorms, this activity will be scattered and most areas will remain dry. Winds will become a little breezy this afternoon with some gusts to 25 mph.
A series of weak fronts will likely give us some showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday. The day will start off cloudy but become mostly sunny in the afternoon.
High pressure ridge offshore will give us drier conditions Thursday and Friday but it will continue to be humid and with more sunshine high temperatures will be in the low 90s.
A few weak fronts will give us a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms over the weekend. It will remain quite warm and humid.
Mainly dry and becoming less humid on Monday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JULY 30 – Partly sunny and humid with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, breezy, highs in the upper 80s.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy breezy and muggy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Showers becoming more likely after midnight, lows in the low 70s.
WEDNESDAY – JULY 31 – Cloudy with showers likely in the morning then becoming mostly sunny in the afternoon with still a chance of showers and thunderstorms, humid, highs in the upper 80s.
THURSDAY – AUG 1 – Sunny, hot and humid, highs in the low 90s.
FRIDAY – AUG 2 – Mostly sunny, hot and humid, highs in the low 90s.
SATURDAY – AUG 3 – Partly sunny and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, highs near 90.
SUNDAY – AUG 4 – Partly sunny and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, highs near 90.
MONDAY – AUG 5 – Sunny and a bit less humid, highs near 90.
MARINE FORECAST A small craft advisory is in effect until 7 p.m. Wednesday evening for southerly winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 3-5 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 76 degrees.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Wednesday night through Saturday.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!