SATURDAY  MAY 6, 2017  5:57 A.M.

Skies are cloudy early on this Saturday morning and there is some drizzle or light rain in parts of the area. Temperatures are mild, ranging from around 60 in the Clifton area, to the mid 50s further inland; winds are light southeasterly.  Yesterday we picked up 1.48 inches of rain in Clifton with considerable more just to our south and east, as both Newark and Central  Park recorded around 3 inches of rainfall.

A deep low pressure now over Pennsylvania will slowly move to the north into Eastern Canada by tonight; we should still have considerable cloudiness with some showers likely especially this afternoon; temperatures will only rise a few degrees from our early morning lows.

Sunday will be cooler with mostly cloudy skies and a low chance of a shower.

Next week will be cooler than average with a chance of showers on Monday and again on Wednesday.

 

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – MAY 6 – Cloudy with a chance of showers, high in the mid 60s.

TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy with showers likely mainly this evening, low in the upper 40s.

SUNDAY – MAY 7 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower, high in the low 60s.

MONDAY – MAY 8 – Partly sunny in the morning then becoming mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower in the afternoon, high in the mid 50s.

TUESDAY – MAY 9 – Partly sunny, high in the upper 50s.

WEDNESDAY – MAY 10 – Partly sunny with a chance of a shower, high in the low 60s.

THURSDAY – MAY 11 – Partly sunny, high in the mid 60s.

FRIDAY – MAY 12 – Partly sunny, high in the mid 60s.

 

MARINE FORECAST:  A small craft advisory is in effect till 6 p.m on Sunday evening;  Today – South-southwest wind to 25 knots, seas 5-8 feet.

OUTLOOK – Advisories possible Sunday night into Monday; no advisories expected Tuesday and Wednesday.

 

Have a nice weekend!