Good morning everyone!
Skies are mainly cloudy early on this Saturday morning and once again it is unseasonably mild with temperatures ranging from 64 in Clifton down to 59 at Pequest. Winds are light from the southwest. The air quality is moderate with an index of 64.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MAY 17TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 72 AVERAGE LOW: 52
RECORD HIGH: 93 – 2017 RECORD LOW: 35 – 1983
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 73 LOW: 62 PRECIPITATION: .21″
A brisk southwest flow will bring warmer and still humid air into our area today. Skies will become mostly sunny after early cloudiness. A cold front will come through tonight possibly accompanied by some showers and thunderstorms.
Sunday will be breezy, cooler and much less humid as high pressure builds into the area.
The high pressure will give us mostly sunny skies both Monday and Tuesday with near normal temperatures. Monday will still be on the breezy side with less wind on Tuesday.
A frontal system moving into our area will likely give us showers mainly Wednesday afternoon through Thursday night. Temperatures will be quite cool.
Still cool with a chance of showers on Friday as an upper level trough will be swinging through our area.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – MAY 17 – Becoming mostly sunny, breezy and warm with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, highs in the low 80s. wind gusts to 30 mph.
TONIGHT – Partly cloudy with a chance of an evening shower then becoming mostly clear, breezy and much less humid after midnight. Lows in the upper 50s. Wind gusts to 25 mph.
SUNDAY – MAY 18 – Partly sunny and breezy, highs in the low 70s. Wind gusts to 35 mph.
MONDAY – MAY 19 – Mostly sunny and breezy, highs in the mid 70s. Wind gusts to 30 mph.
TUESDAY – MAY 20 – Sunny, highs near 70.
WEDNESDAY – MAY 21 – Mostly cloudy and cool with a chance of morning showers, showers more likely in the afternoon and night. Highs near 60.
THURSDAY – MAY 22 – Cloudy and cool with showers likely, highs near 60.
FRIDAY – MAY 23 – Mostly cloudy and cool with a chance of showers, highs in the low 60s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southwest winds gusting to 20 knots, seas 2 feet.
OUTLOOK; A small craft advisory has been posted effective between 6 a.m. Sunday morning through 8 p.m. Sunday evening; lingering small craft advisories possible Sunday night; no advisories expected for Monday and Tuesday; advisories again expected for Wednesday.
Have a nice weekend and stay safe!