Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Friday morning and it is quite mild with temperatures at 5 a.m. ranging from 70 in Clifton down to 53 at Walpack. Winds are calm or light southwesterly.
CLIFTON’S DATA FOR JULY 1ST!
AVERAGE HIGH: 83 AVERAGE LOW: 63
RECORD HIGH: 98 – 2018 RECORD LOW: 49 – 1988
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 89 LOW: 65 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure moving off the coast will give our area a southwest flow of very hot air along with higher humidity with dew points rising to the mid 60s. There is a slight chance (20%) of an afternoon or evening shower. Shower chances increase after midnight.
Saturday will be very warm and humid with showers and thunderstorms as a cold front approaches our area. Some of these storms may be accompanied by heavy downpours and strong gusty winds.
It appears now the cold front will sag to our south and Sunday will be a mostly sunny day with lower humidity.
Independence Day will be another mostly sunny day with seasonably warm temperatures and still comfortable humidity.
The front to the south will move closer to our area Tuesday through Thursday with showers possible along with higher humidity. Temperatures will average slightly above normal on Tuesday and then near normal Wednesday and Thursday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JUL 1 – Mostly sunny, hot and more humid, high in the mid 90s.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly after midnight, muggy, low in the low 70s.
SATURDAY – JUL 2 – Mostly cloudy and humid with showers and thunderstorms, some storms may be accompanied by heavy rain and gusty winds, high near 90.
SUNDAY – JUL 3 – Mostly sunny and less humid, high in the upper 80s.
INDEPENDENCE DAY – JUL 4 – Sunny, high in the upper 80s.
TUESDAY – JUL 5 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly after 2 p.m., high in the mid 80s.
WEDENSDAY – JUL 6 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, high in the low 80s.
THURSDAY – JUL 7 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, high in the low 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory has been posted effective between noon today through 8 p.m. Saturday evening for southwest winds gusting to 30 knots, seas 4-6 feet. Point Pleasant Beach’s ocean temperature is 70 degrees.
OUTLOOK – No advisories expected Sunday through Tuesday.
Have a nice day but stay cool and safe!