Heat and humidity to continue through Tuesday with a slight (20%) chance of a shower today and a good chance (50%) of afternoon and evening showers on Tuesday! Not as hot but staying humid on Wednesday with showers likely! Still a chance of a shower on Thursday! Much cooler and less humid air Friday through the weekend!


Good morning everyone!

Another sultry morning under partly cloudy skies early on this Monday morning and temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 78 in Clifton down to 67 at Sandyston. Winds are light from the southwest and the humidity is high with dew points mainly in the low 70s.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR AUGUST 8TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 84 AVERAGE LOW: 66

RECORD HIGH: 96 – 2001 RECORD LOW: 50 – 1989

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 94 LOW: 77 PRECIPITATION: NONE

Today will be another hot and humid day with high temperatures well up into the 90s and along with dew points in the 70s will cause heat indexes to be over 100 degrees. A heat advisory remains in effect. There is only a 20% chance of a shower but most areas again will stay dry.

A better chance of showers and thunderstorms on Tuesday but it will continue to be very hot and humid again with temperatures well up into the 90s and with high dew points, heat indexes will again be over 100 degrees so the heat advisory is continuing in effect.

A slow moving cold front will be in our area on Wednesday with showers and thunderstorms likely, high temperatures with more clouds will be lower, but the humidity will remain high.

Still a chance of a shower on Thursday then as a second cold front moves through it will become less humid by the afternoon.

Very nice summer weather Friday through Sunday with pleasant temperatures and humidity as high pressure builds from the northwest. Temperatures will actually be a little below normal which will feel cold after the heat of the past few weeks.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – AUG 8 – Partly sunny, hot and humid, high in the mid 90s.

TONIGHT – Partly cloudy and muggy, low in the upper 70s.

TUESDAY – AUG 9 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and night, very hot and humid, high in the upper 90s.

WEDNESDAY – AUG 10 – Partly sunny and not as hot but remaining humid with showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms, high in the upper 80s.

THURSDAY – AUG 11 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers, high in the mid 80s.

FRIDAY – AUG 12 – Sunny and much less humid, high in the low 80s.

SATURDAY – AUG 13 – Sunny, high in the low 80s.

SUNDAY – AUG 14 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 80s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southerly winds to 15 knots, seas 2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 77 degrees.

OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Tuesday through Friday.

Have a nice day and again stay cool and safe!

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