Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Sunday morning and temperatures are quite mild with readings ranging from 64 in Clifton down to 51 at Walpack. Winds are light from the west-southwest. The air quality is moderate with an index of 54.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MAY 17TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 72 AVERAGE LOW: 52
RECORD HIGH: 93 – 2017 RECORD LOW: 35 – 1983
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 82 LOW: 50 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Today will be a hot day with high temperatures near 90. The winds will be lighter than yesterday. Skies will be sunny as high pressure ridge off the Carolina coast dominates our weather.
A weak back door cold front will briefly move to our south on Monday and we should have more of an onshore wind, still high temperatures should rise well up into the 80s.
The front will move to our north early Tuesday morning and we will have a west-southwest flow of very hot air with temperatures rising to the mid 90s along with mostly sunny skies.
Wednesday will be less hot as a cold front approaches our area that will likely give us showers and possibly some thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and at night.
Canadian high pressure will then build into the area for Thursday and Friday giving us much cooler air along with partly to mostly sunny skies both days.
The front to our south may move close enough on Saturday to cause some showers, temperatures will remain seasonably cool.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – MAY 17 – Sunny, highs near 90.
TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, lows in the upper 60s.
MONDAY – MAY 18 – Sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
TUESDAY – MAY 19 – Sunny and very hot, highs in the mid 90s.
WEDNESDAY – MAY 20 – Increasing clouds with showers likely and possibly some thunderstorms after 2 p.m., highs in the low 90s.
THURSDAY – MAY 21 – Mostly sunny and much cooler, highs in the low 70s.
FRIDAY – MAY 22 – Partly sunny, highs in the upper 60s.
SATURDAY – MAY 23 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers, highs near 70.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southerly winds gusting to 10 knots, seas 3 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is a cool 53 degrees.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Monday; advisories possible for Tuesday and Wednesday; no advisories expected for Thursday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!