Warming temperatures and a diminishing breeze will be ours this weekend as a strong low-pressure system departs the Northeast. A few rain showers will fall Sunday night. Then, expect a mild week ahead.
Saturday will just be the dry version of Friday. Morning temperatures will start out in the 40s, and daytime highs will be at or just above 60 degrees.
The winds will blow at a good speed again. They’ll come out of the west at 15 to 20 mph sustained. Gusts will be between 30 and 40 mph.
Again, though, it will be dry. That means you can spend plenty of time outside. Prepare for the breeze, but you’ll be comfortable in the seasonable April temperatures.
The wind will diminish a bit Saturday night. That will allow us to cool down overnight, compared to the past couple of nights. Inland areas will fall to between 40 and 45 degrees. The shore will bottom out between 45 and 50 degrees. All of them will come with a mainly clear sky.
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Sunday will feature above average temperatures. Highs will be in the upper 60s for inland spots. The cooling sea breeze will develop, capping shore temperatures in the still comfortable mid-60s.
Early sun will give way to clouds. These clouds will come from an Alberta Clipper system that will scurry through New England.
Sunday will be dry. Sunday evening will be dry, too. However, rain showers will develop between midnight and 2 a.m. Monday, and they’ll exit by sunrise Monday.
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As long as the forecast goes as expected, Monday will be dry. Look for a big difference in temperatures as a cold front will sit over New Jersey.
South of the warm front, likely Cumberland, Cape May and Atlantic counties, expect highs in the 70s (cooler at the immediate coast). North of the front, like in Ocean County and up the shore, expect 55- to 60-degree temperatures. Keep that in mind depending on where you’ll be traveling.
The next shot of rain will come Wednesday into Thursday. It’ll be a familiar tune. Showers will fall ahead of a warm front Wednesday. Once that passes, a gusty south wind will blow. A cold front will then pass Thursday, bringing showers and perhaps thunderstorms. Winds will then stay breezy out of the west.
It’s exactly what just happened this past Thursday into Friday.
I’ll end with a recap of Thursday into Friday’s storm. Despite strong winds and widespread coastal flooding, damage was very limited. Barnegat Light had the top wind gust in the whole state, topping out at 64 mph. Beach Haven and Galloway Township also notched gusts over 50 mph.
Coastal flooding generally was in minor flood stage overnight. However, the south-facing Delaware Bayshore and a few spots on the Barnegat Bay did just reach into moderate stage.
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