Mid-Summer Dream

Discussion: I apologize in advance how this post might contribute towards summer shore traffic, but it looks like one of the best mid-summer weekends I’ve ever seen. The cold front came through yesterday (Wednesday) and cleared a lot of humidity out. Cold fronts, this time of year, have greater impacts on reducing humidity rather than temperatures. But dry 80s feel a lot cooler than swampy 80s. And at night, temps are dropping into the 50s rather than staying above 70. It’s night and day. But anyway, since yesterday’s cold front, we are now in a stellar weather pattern all the way through at least Sunday, possibly Monday. We can thank an upper-level zonal look with positive height anomalies over NJ well into Sunday morning. A trough will then try to develop over the Mid-Atlantic Sunday into a stormy period (Tue-Wed). Right now is the driest-feeling air of this entire stellar weather stretch. It should stay this way through Saturday and then slowly begin an uptick in humidity Sunday as the trough develops. For any stargazers out there, the next few nights (Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights) look ideal. The moon will be low enough on the horizon any time after 10pm to take in some great mid-summer night starry skies.

Forecast

Real quick, tonight we’ll dip into the 50-60 range NNJ to SNJ with a very cool, dry and pleasant feel for this time of year. Skies should be clear.

Friday (July 24) high temperatures should reach the low-to-mid 80s for most NJ locations. Skies should be mostly sunny, maybe a few friendly clouds around in the afternoon but they should squash out by sunset. Winds should be light out of the E/NE. Overnight lows should range from 55-65 NNJ to SNJ under clear skies.

Saturday (July 25) high temperatures should reach the low-to-mid 80s again for most NJ locations. Mid-80s away from the ocean and closer to 80 along the coast. Skies should be mostly sunny. Winds should be light out of the NE. Overnight lows should fall to the 55-65 range NNJ to SNJ under clear skies.

Sunday (July 26) high temperatures should reach the mid-to-upper 80s for most NJ locations away from the ocean. Coastal areas could max out right around 80 or just below in the upper-70s. Skies should be mostly sunny with a hair more humidity around. Winds should be light out of the W/SW away from the ocean with a light SE flow along the coast. Overnight lows should fall to the 60-65 range NNJ to SNJ under mostly clear skies.

An early look at next week (July 27-31) indicates temperatures mainly into the 80s statewide. Monday, Thursday and Friday look like the most sunny and dry days of the week. Tuesday and Wednesday have the best chances for showers and thunderstorms (not all day washouts). I would expect humidity to trickle upwards starting with Sunday and especially through Monday leading up to the stormy possibility Tues-Wed. A rather run-of-mill mid-summer week. Be safe! JC

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Jonathan Carr

Jonathan Carr (JC) is the founder and sole operator of Weather NJ, New Jersey’s largest independent weather reporting agency. Since 2010, Jonathan has provided weather safety discussion and forecasting services for New Jersey and surrounding areas through the web and social media. Originally branded as Severe NJ Weather (before 2014), Weather NJ is proud to bring you accurate and responsible forecast discussion ahead of high-stakes weather scenarios that impact this great garden state of ours. All Weather. All New Jersey.™ Be safe! JC