Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Thursday morning and temperatures range from 67 in Clifton down to 59 at Basking Ridge. Winds are from the southwest. The air quality is good with an index of 34.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JULY 24TH.
AVERAGE HIGH: 86 AVERAGE LOW: 67
RECORD HIGH: 99 – 2022 RECORD LOW: 55 – 1992
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 84 LOW: 64 PRECIPITATION: NONE
A southwest flow from high pressure offshore will give us a quite warm day today with plenty of sunshine and slowly increasing humidity.
Extreme heat expected for Friday with high temperatures reaching the upper 90s and with higher humidity will cause the heat index to rise to over 105 degrees. A cold front is expected to move through at night with some strong thunderstorms possible.
Weak high pressure will then build into the area on Saturday giving us plenty of sunshine and it will be less hot and humid.
A frontal system will likely give us more showers and thunderstorms on Sunday and with more clouds high temperatures will be lower, but it will continue to be humid.
Hot and humid weather returns Monday through Wednesday with only a low chance of showers Wednesday afternoon and evening as a cold front approaches our area.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JULY 24 – Sunny, highs near 90.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows in the mid 70s.
FRIDAY – JULY 25 – Partly sunny, very hot and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, highs in the upper 90s, heat indexes over 105 degrees.
SATURDAY – JULY 26 – Mostly sunny and not as hot or humid, highs in the upper 80s.
SUNDAY – JULY 27 – Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely mainly after 2 p.m., humid, highs in the upper 80s.
MONDAY – JULY 28 – Sunny, hot and humid, highs in the low 90s.
TUESDAY – JULY 29 – Mostly sunny, hot and humid, highs in the mid 90s.
WEDNESDAY – JULY 30 – Mostly sunny with a chance of showers, hot and humid, highs in the low 90s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southwest winds becoming southerly to 10 knots, seas 2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 77 degrees.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Friday through Monday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!