Good morning everyone!

Skies are mostly clear early on this Tuesday morning and temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 61 in Clifton down to 45 at Walpack. Winds are calm or light southwesterly.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JUNE 21ST:

AVERAGE HIGH: 81 AVERAGE LOW: 62

RECORD HIGH: 97 – 2012 RECORD LOW: 52 – 1985

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 81 LOW: 55 PRECIPITATION: NONE

Summer begins this morning at 5:14 a.m. and today will be mostly sunny this morning with increasing cloudiness developing this afternoon with a chance of showers late this afternoon as a frontal system moves into our area. Humidity levels will only slowly rise today with dew points in the 50s.

This frontal system will likely give us showers tonight through the day on Thursday. With more clouds and a light onshore flow high temperatures will be below normal.

A nice stretch of summer weather will be with us Friday through the weekend with warm but not hot temperatures along with plenty of sunshine each day.

A cold front may give us more showers late Sunday night into Monday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – JUN 21 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers after 3 p.m., high near 80.

TONIGHT – Cloudy with showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, low in the low 60s.

WEDNESDAY – JUN 22 – Mostly cloudy with showers likely, high in the low 70s.

THURSDAY – JUN 23 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, high in the upper 70s.

FRIDAY – JUN 24 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 80s.

SATURDAY – JUN 25 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 80s.

SUNDAY – JUN 26 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 80s. Chance of showers at night.

MONDAY – JUN 27 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers, high in the low 80s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southerly winds to 10 knots, seas 1 foot.

OUTLOOK – Mainly sub-advisories levels Wednesday through Thursday night; no advisories expected fro Friday and Saturday.

Happy summer!