Good morning!

Skies are cloudy early on this Monday morning and there are some showers or drizzle in parts of the area. Temperatures range from near 70 in Clifton down to the mid 60s further inland. Winds are light, mainly from the south and the humidity is high.

Overnight we received .10″ of rain ending our dry spell of 17 days which was the longest since May 2015.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR SEPTEMBER 28TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 71 AVERAGE LOW: 53

RECORD HIGH: 86 – 2014 RECORD LOW: 37 – 1989

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 81 LOW: 65 PRECIPITATION: .05″

A southerly flow of warm and humid air will continue today with some drizzle this morning. Skies will continue to be mostly cloudy but we should see some breaks of sunshine. A shower is possible but most of the time it will be dry.

A slow moving cold front will cause well needed significant rain Tuesday through early Thursday. Rainfall amounts of 2 inches are expected with some higher amounts possible. Temperatures will be above normal on Tuesday and near normal Wednesday and Thursday.

Mainly dry and cool weather is expected Friday into the weekend.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – SEP 28 – Cloudy with some drizzle and patchy fog early this morning then becoming partly sunny and humid, high near 80.

TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy with patchy fog after midnight, humid, low in the mid 60s.

TUESDAY – SEP 29 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers, humid, high in the upper 70s. Showers likely at night with a possible thunderstorm.

WEDNESDAY – SEP 30 – Cloudy with showers possibly heavy at times, high in the low 70s.

THURSDAY – OCT 1 – Chance of a morning shower then becoming mostly sunny, high in the low 70s.

FRIDAY – OCT 2 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 60s.

SATURDAY – OCT 3 – Sunny, high in the upper 60s.

SUNDAY – OCT 4 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 60s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southerly winds to 10 knots, seas 2 feet.

OUTLOOK – Advisories possible Tuesday and Wednesday; no advisories expected Thursday and Friday.

Have a nice day and stay safe and healthy!