Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly cloudy early on this Thursday morning and temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 56 in Clifton down to 47 degrees at Walpack. Winds are light northerly.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MAY 5TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 67 AVERAGE LOW: 49
RECORD HIGH: 90 – 1980 RECORD LOW: 38 – 1997
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 66 LOW: 49 PRECIPITATION: .11″
Today will be a very pleasant spring day with plenty of sunshine, light winds and warm temperatures with highs reaching the 70s.
A coastal low is expected to develop off our coast spreading rain Friday and not ending until early on Sunday morning. Winds will increase especially on Saturday from the northeast along with chilly temperatures. Rainfall amounts will be around one inch.
Hopefully the low pressure will move further away on Sunday to permit some sunshine during the day however it will still be breezy and cool.
At this point it appears that the warming trend for next week may be delayed somewhat as that low pressure area offshore may be close enough to cause some more showers but at this time we will keep the forecast dry with only a slow increase in temperatures.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – MAY 5 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 70s.
TONIGHT – Increasing clouds, low in the low 50s.
FRIDAY – MAY 6 – Cloudy with rain, high in the low 60s.
SATURDAY – MAY 7 – Cloudy, windy and quite cool with rain, high only in the low 50s.
SUNDAY – MAY 8 – Partly sunny, breezy and cool, high in the upper 50s.
MONDAY – MAY 9 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 60s.
TUESDAY – MAY 10 – Partly sunny, high in the upper 60s.
WEDNESDAY – MAY 11 – Partly sunny, high near 70.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Northerly winds to 10 knots, seas 2 feet.
OUTLOOK – A gale watch has been issued effective from late Friday night through late Saturday night; gales expected to continue on Sunday; advisories still expected for Monday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!