HEAT ALERT: Highs reach 90-92 degrees in more places across New Jersey today with a repeat of the heat for tomorrow.
The heat begins to diminish over the weekend with cooling rounds of showers that start on Friday.
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Unusually high heat is here again for another day with temperatures reaching the low 90s in more places. Newark hit 89 degrees yesterday, but this stretch of heat had "heat wave" potential. A heat wave is defined by 3 consecutive days of 90-degree temperatures or higher. In fact - only 24 days on record have ever reached 90 degrees in the month of April since record-keeping started in 1843. That's out of a total of 5475 days!
A spot thunderstorm is possible this evening north of I-78, but it is not promised. This is part of a front that's likely going to pass to the north. This keeps tomorrow hot again with highs slightly hotter near 90-94 degrees in interior New Jersey. Another overnight shower is possible into Friday.
Friday will be warm with highs in the mid-80s but the air is more unsettled with scattered thunderstorms for the afternoon and evening. This eventually will usher in cooler weather for the weekend with highs near 71 on Saturday. Saturday will be sunny.
A front passes on Sunday to drop temperatures back to the upper 50s to start next week.
