Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Wednesday morning and it is quite warm with temperatures ranging from 77 in Clifton down to 67 at Hackettstown and Walpack. Winds are calm or light southwesterly. The air quality is moderate with an index of 59.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JULY 15TH.
NORMAL HIGH: 85 NORMAL LOW: 66
RECORD HIGH: 100 – 1995 RECORD LOW: 56 – 1999
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 92 LOW: 70 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure to our south will give us a westerly flow of very hot air. High temperatures will be well up into the 90s but smoke from the Canadian wildfires may cause those highs to be a few degrees lower. A cold front will come through dry tonight with winds becoming northwest and the humidity will drop.
Hot but not as humid on Thursday but we will still have some smoke skies.
Weak high pressure will give us a mostly sunny and quite warm day on Friday.
The weekend looks to be unsettled as a front will be in our area. The mostly likely chance of showers should be Saturday and Saturday night but we should dry out on Sunday.
After a dry Monday with seasonably warm temperatures there will be a chance of showers again on Tuesday as another front approaches our area.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JULY 15 – Partly sunny with patchy smoke, very hot, highs in the upper 90s.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy with patchy smoke, lows in the mid 70s.
THURSDAY – JULY 16 – Partly sunny with patchy smoke, hot but less humid, highs in the mid 90s.
FRIDAY – JULY 17 – Mostly sunny, highs near 90.
SATURDAY – JULY 18 – Mostly cloudy with showers likely and possibly some thunderstorms, highs in the low 80s.
SUNDAY – JULY 19 – Partly sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
MONDAY – JULY 20 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 80s.
TUESDAY – JULY 21 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, highs in the upper 80s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Westerly winds gusting to 20 knots, seas 2 feet. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 72 degrees.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Thursday and Friday; advisories possible for Saturday; no advisories expected for Sunday.
Have a nice day but stay safe and cool!