Monmouth County Forecast: Sunny, With A Chance Of Flip-Flops

by KAREN WALL (Patch Staff)

Consider it an appetizer.

After what has seemed like unending days of cold weather and precipitation, there’s a taste of summer coming this weekend. We just have to get through the rain on Friday.

The National Weather Service is calling for temperatures in the low- to mid-70s on Saturday, with abundant sunshine -- the kind of day that will have people breaking out the shorts and flip-flops and heading to the beach.

But like an appetizer before the main meal, Saturday’s beautiful weather is going to give way to a return of the chill and clouds on Sunday. Take heart, however: Memorial Day weekend is just five weeks away.

Here’s an expanded look at the weather for Friday, Saturday and Sunday and into early next week:

Friday

Midnight-6 a.m.: 53 degrees, showers.

6 a.m.-noon: 62 degrees, showers.

Noon-6 p.m.: 67 degrees.

6 p.m.-midnight: 66 degrees.

Saturday

Midnight-6 a.m.: 59 degrees.

6 a.m.-noon: Temperatures rising to 70 degrees.

Noon-6 p.m.: High reaches 74 degrees.

6 p.m.-midnight: Temperatures fall to about 52 degrees.

Sunday

Temperatures will fall to about 46 degrees degrees early Sunday, and the daytime high will be around 58.

Monday

Rain. Lows around 54 degrees. High near 57.

Photo: (“Flip flops” by Jairo via Wikimedia Commons)