Good morning everyone!

Skies are partly cloudy early on this Monday morning and temperatures range from 69 in Clifton down to 58 at Sandyston. Winds are mainly calm. The air quality is good with an index of 48.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR AUGUST 14TH!

AVERAGE HIGH: 83 AVERAGE LOW: 65

RECORD HIGH: 97 – 2005 RECORD LOW: 54 – 1983

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 88 LOW: 68 PRECIPITATION: .23″

Today will be quite warm but we should stay dry with a slight increase in humidity.

A frontal system will give us showers and thunderstorms from late tonight into Tuesday morning with more thunderstorms possible again Tuesday afternoon. Rainfall amounts will be near 1-2 inches with higher amounts possible. High temperatures will be a little lower but the humidity will be high with dew points approaching 70.

High pressure will then build into the area on Wednesday and provide mainly dry weather through Saturday with temperatures near normal with low to moderate humidity.

At this point Sunday looks to be a sunny and hot day with highs near 90.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – AUG 14 – Partly sunny, highs in the upper 80s.

TONIGHT – Becoming cloudy with showers and thunderstorms mainly after 11 p.m., gusty winds and heavy rain likely, more humid with lows in the low 70s.

TUESDAY – AUG 15 – Cloudy with showers and possibly some thunderstorms, humid, highs in the mid 80s.

WEDNESDAY – AUG 16 – Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 80s.

THURSDAY – AUG 17 – Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 80s.

FRIDAY – AUG 18 – Partly sunny, highs in the mid 80s.

SATURDAY – AUG 19 – Sunny, highs in the mid 80s.

SUNDAY – AUG 20 – Sunny, highs near 90.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 1-2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 73 degrees.

OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Tuesday through Friday.

Have a nice day but please say safe!