Hot Week Ahead

As far as Mondays go, this is a lovely one! Expect lots of sunshine and highs in the lower-80s inland and lower 70s along the coast. A large area of high pressure is firmly in control of our weather this week. The location of this area of high pressure is the key to our impending boost in heat. As it sits off the New Jersey coast, it will pump heat and humidity into our region starting tonight. Overnight we have partly cloudy skies with lows near 65. Tuesday will be sunny and warmer and the humidity will climb. High temperatures in the afternoon away from the coast will climb into the upper-80s and with the humidity, it will feel like the lower-90s. Wednesday we go to highs in the 90s and feel-like temperatures in the mid to upper-90s under sunny skies. Thursday will be the peak of the heat with high temperatures near 95 inland and feeling closer to 100 with the expected oppressive humidity. Skies will once again be sunny. Summer begins Thursday with the Summer Solstice at 4:51 pm. Friday will still be hot and humid but a late day cold front will give us the chance of showers and thunderstorms.