Good morning everyone!

Skies are cloudy early on this Wednesday morning and temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 63 in Clifton down to 59 at High Point and Vernon. There are some scattered light showers in parts of the area. The humidity remains high and the winds are a little brisk out of the north.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR SEPTEMBER 7TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 78 AVERAGE LOW: 59

RECORD HIGH: 93 – 2015 RECORD LOW: 44 – 1988

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 71 LOW: 66 PRECIPITATION: 1.05″

After yesterday’s well needed rain today we will only have a chance of scattered light showers as the front and low pressure sags to our south. With the clouds and onshore flow high temperatures will only rise to the low 70s.

High pressure will be in control of our weather Thursday through the weekend with mostly sunny skies each day and near normal temperatures on Thursday but become above normal Friday through the weekend.

A frontal system may cause some showers early next week, temperatures will continue to be a little above normal.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – SEP 7 – Cloudy with a chance of light showers, high in the low 70s.

TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower, low in the low 60s.

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

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

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

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

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

TUESDAY – SEP 13 – Partly sunny with a chance of afternoon and evening showers, high near 80.

MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is now in effect until 6 a.m. Friday morning for northeast winds gusting to 30 knots, seas 5-7 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 76 degrees. High risk of rip currents today.

OUTLOOK – Advisories still possible Friday through the weekend.

Have a nice day and stay safe!