Good morning everyone!
Skies are partly to mostly cloudy early on this Thursday morning and temperatures range from 69 in Clifton down to 58 at Sandyston and Walpack. Winds are mainly calm. The air quality is good with an index of 47.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR AUGUST 10TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 84 AVERAGE LOW 65
RECORD HIGH: 97 – 1973 RECORD LOW – 54 – 1989
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 87 LOW: 66 PRECIPITATION: NONE
A frontal system will be moving into our area today and we will have an increase in clouds this morning with showers and thunderstorms and some heavy rain likely mainly from noon until 7 p.m. Rainfall amounts will be near an inch with some higher amounts possible. High temperatures will be lower than yesterday with the clouds, but the humidity will be higher with dew points in the upper 60s.
A weak high pressure will move into the area on Friday which will give us a mostly sunny and seasonably warm day with lower humidity.
The weekend’s weather will be warm but there will be a chance of showers and thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening. Sunday should be dry.
Another frontal system will give us a good chance of showers and thunderstorms from Monday afternoon into Tuesday.
Mostly sunny and comfortably warm weather for Wednesday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – AUG 10 – Becoming cloudy with showers and possibly some thunderstorms developing by noon, humid with highs in the low 80s.
TONIGHT – Cloudy with showers and possibly some thunderstorms mainly before 7 p.m., lows in the mid 60s.
FRIDAY – AUG 11 – Sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
SATURDAY – AUG 12 – Mostly sunny with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, highs in the upper 80s.
SUNDAY – AUG 13 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
MONDAY – AUG 14 – Partly sunny with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid 80s. Showers likely at night.
TUESDAY – AUG 15 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid 80s.
WEDNESDAY – AUG 16 – Sunny, highs in the mid 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southerly winds to 10 knots, seas 1-2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 73 degrees.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Friday through Sunday.
Have a nice day but stay dry and safe!