Good morning everyone!
Skies are mainly clear early on this Saturday morning and temperatures are cool with readings ranging from 60 in Clifton down to 50 at Pequest and Sandyston. Winds are mainly calm. The air quality is moderate with and index of 51.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR AUGUST 9TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 84 AVERAGE LOW: 66
RECORD HIGH: 100 – 2001 RECORD LOW: 50 – 1989
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 84 LOW: 60 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure extending from Nova Scotia to our area will give us another sunny day today with low humidity, high temperatures should be a couple of degrees higher than yesterday.
High pressure over the area will continue the nice sunny weather on Sunday and again temperatures will be a little high approaching 90 degrees but the humidity will stay low.
The high pressure will then move off the coast giving us a southwesterly flow of hot air. We will stay dry with only a slow rise in humidity levels.
More humid Thursday and Friday and continued quite warm. A weak trough in our area may give us some afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms both days.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – AUG 9 – Sunny, highs in the mid 80s.
TONIGHT – Clear, lows in the mid 60s.
SUNDAY – AUG 10 – Sunny, highs near 90.
MONDAY – AUG 11 – Sunny and hot, highs in the low 90s.
TUESDAY – AUG 12 – Sunny and high, highs in the low 90s.
WEDNESDAY – AUG 13 – Mostly sunny and hot, highs in the mid 90s.
THURSDAY – AUG 14 – Mostly sunny, hot and more humid with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, highs in the low 90s.
FRIDAY – AUG 15 – Mostly sunny and humid with a chance of afternoon and evening showers, highs in the upper 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots seas 3 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 75 degrees. There is a continued HIGH rise of dangerous rip currents.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Sunday through Wednesday.
Have a nice weekend and stay safe!