Good morning everyone!
Skies are partly cloudy early on this Friday morning and it is unseasonably mild with readings ranging from 60 in Clifton down to 50 at Walpack and Basking Ridge. Winds are calm or light southwesterly. The air quality is moderate with an index of 68.
CLIFTON’S WEATHER SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 27TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 60 AVERAGE LOW: 41
RECORD HIGH: 75 – 2010 RECORD LOW: 28 – 1990
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 84 (New Record) LOW: 52 PRECIPITATION: NONE.
Yesterday’s 84 degrees broke the record for the date by 11 degrees and it was the warmest day so late in the season. My records began in 1973.
Today will be another warm day with record highs likely, skies will be mostly cloudy this morning but become mostly sunny this afternoon. High pressure continued off the southeast coast.
Another warm day with record highs again possible on Saturday but a cold front is expected to move to our south at night.
Much cooler Sunday and Monday as the front will be slow to move through the area and showers are likely especially Sunday afternoon through Monday morning.
Continued chilly on Halloween and there is a chance of rain as a weak disturbance may move up the coast.
Well below normal temperatures continue on Wednesday with again a chance of rain.
Clearing and cool weather is expected on Thursday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – OCT 27 – Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny, highs near 80.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows near 60.
SATURDAY – OCT 28 – Sunny, highs in the low 80s.
SUNDAY – OCT 29 – Cloudy and much cooler with rain likely mainly after noontime, highs in the upper 50s.
MONDAY – OCT 30 – Cloudy with a rain likely mainly before 12 noon, highs in the low 60s.
HALLOWEEN – OCT 31 – Partly sunny with a chance of rain mainly after 2 p.m., highs in the low 50s.
WEDNESDAY – NOV 1 – Partly sunny with a chance of rain, highs only near 50.
THURSDAY – NOV 2 – Sunny, highs in the low 50s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 2 feet.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Saturday through the day on Monday; advisories possible Monday night into Tuesday.
Enjoy the warm weather again today but please stay safe!