Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Wednesday morning and temperatures are a couple of degrees higher than this time yesterday with readings ranging from 65 in Clifton down to 54 at Sandyston. Winds are calm or light northwesterly. The air quality is moderate with an index of 55.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR AUGUST 14TH!
AVERAGE HIGH: 83 AVERAGE LOW: 65
RECORD HIGH: 97 – 2005 RECORD LOW: 54 – 1983
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 83 LOW: 60 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Today will start off mostly sunny but an upper level disturbance will give us more clouds this afternoon with only a slight chance of a shower. Temperatures will be a few degrees higher than yesterday but the humidity will continue to be comfortable with dew points around 60 degrees.
Quite warm Thursday and Friday, but we should stay dry with only a slight rise in humidity.
Unsettled weather for the weekend as a slow moving frontal system will be in our area, which will likely give us some showers. High temperatures will be a little lower and the humidity will be higher, but still not as oppressive as we had earlier this summer.
Some showers still possible Monday and Tuesday as the front moves offshore on Monday, but another front will affect our area on Tuesday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – AUG 14 – Mostly sunny this morning then increasing clouds this afternoon with a slight chance of a shower, highs in the mid 80s.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows in the mid 60s.
THURSDAY – AUG 15 – Sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
FRIDAY – AUG 16 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
SATURDAY – AUG 17 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the low 80s. showers and thunderstorms likely at night.
SUNDAY – AUG 18 – Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely, highs in the low 80s.
MONDAY – AUG 19 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers, highs in the mid 80s.
TUESDAY – AUG 20 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers, highs in the mid 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 1-2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 74 degrees.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Thursday and Friday; advisories likely Saturday and Sunday mainly for high seas as swells from what will be Hurricane Ernesto which will track well east of our shores.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!