Good morning everyone!

Skies are cloudy early on this Thursday morning and there are some showers mainly over northwestern New Jersey. Temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 67 in Clifton down to 62 at High Point, winds are mainly calm.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR SEPTEMBER 9TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 77 AVERAGE LOW: 59

RECORD HIGH: 92 – 2015 RECORD LOW: 44 – 1990

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 84 LOW: 64 PRECIPITATION: NONE

Luckily the Clifton area missed the heavy rain and strong thunderstorms overnight. However parts of western New Jersey received over 2 inches, but the line of storms weakened by the time it reached our area. My station only had .01″ of rain around 1 a.m.

Today the trough of low pressure will only move slowly eastward, so today will be a mainly cloudy day and cooler with a good chance of some showers. There will be gradual clearing at night.

Friday looks to be a nice day with temperatures near normal and it will be a bit breezy with gusts to 20-25 mph along with less humid air.

High pressure will dominate our weather for the weekend. Saturday’s high will be near normal and above normal on Sunday.

Warm and mainly dry weather Monday through at least Wednesday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – SEP 9 – Cloudy with a chance of showers, high in the mid 70s.

TONIGHT – Gradual clearing, low near 60.

FRIDAY – SEP 10 – Sunny and breezy, high in the upper 70s.

SATURDAY – SEP 11 – Sunny, high in the upper 70s.

SUNDAY – SEP 12 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 80s.

MONDAY – SEP 13 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 80s.

TUESDAY – SEP 14 – Partly sunny, high in the low 80s.

WEDNESDAY – SEP 15 – Partly sunny, high in the mid 80s.

MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Friday morning for westerly winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 4-6 feet. There still is a high risk of dangerous rip currents due to Hurricane Larry well out in the Atlantic.

OUTLOOK: Advisories likely to continue Friday through the day on Saturday; no advisories expected Saturday night through Monday.

Have a nice day and stay safe!