Good morning everyone!
Skies are again cloudy with some drizzle or light rain falling over parts of our area. Temperatures range from 60 in Clifton down to 56 at High Point. Winds are calm or light northeasterly. The air quality is good with an index of 50.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JUNE 17TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 80 AVERAGE LOW: 61
RECORD HIGH: 92 – 2018 RECORD LOW: 51 – 2003
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 67 LOW: 60 PRECIPITATION: .12″
Front to our south along with high pressure off the New England coast will continue to give us an onshore flow of cool and moist air today with occasional showers.
The front to our south will move to our north as a warm front Wednesday morning preceded and accompanied by some showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures on Wednesday will rise to the 80s and the humidity will also rise. There still will be a chance of some afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday.
Hot and humid on Thursday. A cold front will come through in the evening possibly causing some strong to severe thunderstorms.
High pressure will then build into the area for Friday giving us sunny skies, seasonably warm temperatures and much lower humidity.
Quite warm over the weekend as high pressure continues over the area. High temperatures will be near 90 on Saturday and in the low 90s on Sunday.
Next week still looks to be very hot and mainly dry.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JUNE 17 – Cloudy with a chance of showers, highs in the low 70s.
TONIGHT – Cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening then showers likely after midnight, lows in the mid 60s.
WEDNESDAY – JUNE 18 – Cloudy with showers likely in the morning then a chance a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, warmer with highs in the low 80s.
THURSDAY – JUNE 19 – Mostly sunny, hot and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, some storms may be strong to severe, highs in the low 90s.
FRIDAY – JUNE 20 – Sunny and less humid, highs in the upper 80s.
SATURDAY – JUNE 21 – Mostly sunny, highs near 90.
SUNDAY – JUNE 22 – Mostly sunny, highs in the low 90s.
MONDAY – JUNE 23 – Sunny and very hot, highs in the upper 90s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – East-southeast winds to 10 knots, seas 3 feet.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Wednesday through Saturday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!