Good morning everyone!
Skies are clear early on this Saturday morning and temperatures range from 63 in Clifton down to a cool 50 degrees at Sandyston. Winds are mainly calm. The air quality is unhealthy for sensitive groups with an index of 119, this high reading is due to the fireworks from last night.
CLIFTON ALMANAC DATA FOR JULY 5TH.
AVERAGE HIGH: 84 AVERAGE LOW: 65
RECORD HIGH: 99 – 2010 RECORD LOW: 52 – 1979
YESTERDAY: HIGH 84 LOW 63 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure over our area will give us another sunny day today with seasonably warm temperatures and continued low humidity with dew points in the 50s.
Sunday will be quite warm to hot with a slow increase in humidity along with continued mostly sunny skies as the high pressure moves off the coast.
A frontal system will approach our area on Monday giving us a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. Temperatures will be hot with a further increase in humidity as dew point reaches the low 70s.
The frontal system will be near our area on Tuesday and we will have partly sunny skies with showers likely with a chance of some thunderstorms. It will continue to be quite warm and humid.
We may have a dry day on Wednesday but it will continue to be quite warm and humid.
A stronger frontal system will give our area more showers Thursday and Friday. Temperatures will be a little lower but it will continue to be humid.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JULY 5 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, lows near 70.
SUNDAY – JULY 6 – Sunny and hot, highs in the low 90s.
MONDAY – JULY 7 – Partly sunny, quite warm and more humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms mainly after 2 p.m., highs near 90.
TUESDAY – JULY 8 – Partly sunny and humid with showers likely and possibly some thunderstorms, highs near 90.
WEDNESDAY – JULY 9 – Mostly sunny and humid, highs in the upper 80s.
THURSDAY – JULY 10 – Mostly cloudy and humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the mid 80s.
FRIDAY – JULY 11 – Mostly cloudy and humid with a chance of showers, highs in the low 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 74 degrees.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Sunday through Wednesday.
Have a nice rest of the holiday weekend but stay safe!