A cold front came through just after midnight bringing with it much drier air. Today will be windy with mostly sunny skies and temperatures topping out in the upper 50s.

Tonight many areas will see freezing temperatures with lows dropping down to near 30

Saturday after a mostly clear start clouds will increase in the afternoon, looks like there will be a chance of late afternoon and evening showers with even a few snow flakes not out of the question well inland, highs again in the 50s.

Sunday clearing and staying cool with highs near 60 degrees..

Next week will start off cool but warmer air should move in with high temperatures reaching the 70s by Wednesday.

Marine Forecast – Gale warnings today. Saturday winds will diminish to below advisory levels. Sunday will be near small craft advisory levels. Next week winds and seas for the most part should stay below advisory levels.

Checking the radar and latest computer models it now appears that most of the rain will stay south, now only a 30% of widely scattered showers for later today and this evening!

A weak disturbance moving just to our south will cause clouds to increase this morning with light rain mainly between 4-9pm, cool with highs near 60 degrees.

Yes tomorrow is Friday and it will be mostly sunny but quite windy with high temperatures in the 50s, will feel more like the end of March..

Another weak system will move to our south on Saturday, rain may brush our area Saturday afternoon into the night, in fact the happy campers in Sussex County may even see snow mixed in with the rain. Highs mostly in the 50s.

Sunday will have clearing but staying chilly with highs still in the 50s..

Latest indications have a substantial warm up next week with highs approaching 80 degrees by Wednesday..

Marine forecast – Small craft advisories for tonight into Friday, lowering below SCA levels
on Saturday and above SCA levels on Sunday. Good boating most of next week.

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Today will be similar to yesterday with a mostly sunny start but clouds increasing this afternoon with a slight chance of a sprinkle, highs a couple of degrees higher reaching the low to mid 60s and again it will be breezy.

A weak low will be moving through the area on Thursday with light rain likely, most of the rain will fall in the afternoon, getting windy again in the afternoon.

Friday will be sunny, breezy and cool with highs near 60 degrees.

The weekend looks more promising as the rain should stay to our south however it will be cool with highs in the upper 50s, morning lows may drop below freezing in Sussex County, NJ and other outlying areas..

Next week looks dry for the most part, temperatures will start off below normal rising to above normal towards the end of the week..

Marine forecast: Small craft advisories through the week with winds and seas diminishing to below advisory levels on the weekend.

Just a note that on Monday the US had its hottest April temperature recorded ever as it reached 113 degrees in Death Valley California..

Another note: Record low 65 degrees this morning in Key West, Florida..