Good morning everyone!
Skies are cloudy early on this Tuesday morning and there are some scattered showers and thunderstorms in the area. Temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 70 in Clifton down to 65 at High Point, Vernon and Wantage. Winds are mainly calm and the humidity is high with dew points near 70. .81″ of rainfall has fallen since midnight at my station in Clifton.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR SEPTEMBER 13TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 77 AVERAGE LOW: 58
RECORD HIGH: 93 – 2005 RECORD LOW: 42 – 1985
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 83 LOW: 66 PRECIPITATION: .35″
The front that caused the overnight showers and thunderstorms will be moving offshore this morning and the rain should end by sunrise. Cloudy skies this morning will be followed by partial clearing this afternoon. there is still a low chance of an afternoon shower. Dew points that are near 70 this morning will fall to the 50s by this evening.
Wednesday will be a sunny day with seasonably warm temperatures, another cold front will come through dry in the afternoon.
Dry weather will continued Thursday through at least the beginning of next weekend. Temperatures will be at or slightly below normal Thursday and Friday and rise to above normal by Sunday.
Looking further ahead dry weather with unseasonably warm temperatures are likely much of next week.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – SEP 13 – Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms ending this morning, partly sunny with a low chance of a shower of thunderstorm this afternoon, high in the low 80s.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear and becoming less humid, low in the upper 50s.
WEDNESDAY – SEP 14 – Sunny, high in the low 80s.
THURSDAY – SEP 15 – Sunny, high in the mid 70s.
FRIDAY – SEP 16 – Sunny, high in the upper 70s.
SATURDAY – SEP 17 – Sunny, high in the upper 70s.
SUNDAY – SEP 18 – Sunny, high in the mid 80s.
MONDAY – SEP 19 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – South-southwest winds to 10 knots, seas 1-2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 74 degrees.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Wednesday through Saturday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!