Good morning everyone!

Mainly light rain is falling over much of the area early on this Tuesday morning and temperatures are mild with readings at 5 a.m. ranging from 71 in Clifton down to 64 at High Point. Winds are mainly calm and the humidity is high with dew points near 70.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR SEPTEMBER 6TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 78 AVERAGE LOW: 60

RECORD HIGH: 96 – 2018 RECORD LOW: 44 – 1988

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 87 LOW: 70 PRECIPITATION: .22″

NOTE: On this day 43 years ago in 1979 Hurricane David caused high winds and power outages in our area. My dad’s cherry tree didn’t survive this storm!

Finally we will have some needed rainfall today and tonight as the front will be in our area. Temperatures will be cooler but the humidity will be high. Rainfall amounts will be around 1.5 inches. A flood watch is in effect. The bad news is it will be raining, the good news is it will be raining.

Still showers will be likely on Wednesday as a disturbance forms on the front to our south and moves offshore.

Mainly dry weather with a slow warming trend Thursday through the weekend.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – SEP 6 – Flood watch in effect through this afternoon! Cloudy with showers possibly heavy at times, humid, high in the mid 70s.

TONIGHT – Cloudy with showers likely, breezy, low in the low 60s.

WEDNESDAY – SEP 7 – Cloudy with showers likely, high in the low 70s.

THURSDAY – SEP 8 – Mostly sunny, high near 80.

FRIDAY – SEP 9 – Sunny, high in the low 80s.

SATURDAY – SEP 10 – Sunny, high in the low 80s.

SUNDAY – SEP 11 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 80s.

MONDAY – SEP 12 – Partly sunny with a chance of a shower in the afternoon, high in the low 80s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southerly winds to 15 knots, seas 1-2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 76 degrees.

OUTLOOK: A small craft advisory has been posted effective between midnight tonight through 6 p.m. Thursday evening; Advisories still possible for Friday and Saturday for high seas.

Have a nice day today and please stay safe!