Red Bank crossing guard Carl Colmorgen, who works the corner of Broad Street at Harding Road/Reckless Place, arrived at his post last Thursday in a spring chapeau garnished with forsythia, courtesy of a neighborhood mom. (Click to enlarge)
Clearly, we’re in the ‘April showers’ phase of that old adage about showers and flowers.
The National Weather Service forecasts a high probability of rainfall today, with a diminishing chance Tuesday and Wednesday. The outlook gets briefly sunnier after that.
Here’s the forecast:
Today: Showers. High near 59. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers, mainly before midnight. Low around 45. North northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tuesday: A chance of showers. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 59. North northwest wind between 9 and 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind between 9 and 14 mph.
Wednesday: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 63. West northwest wind between 13 and 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 62.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 72.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
