Today will be warmer and more humid than yesterday and in fact any day this week. A cold front is also approaching our area. Both of these will combine to give western New Jersey a good chance of showers and thundershowers today. Some of these rain showers can be heavy. As a result the NWS has issued a flood watch for our area today for the potential of 1-2″ of rain.

While a rain shower can happen anytime, the best time for showers is late this afternoon and early this evening. There could also be some light showers this morning.

Meanwhile the tropics are starting to heat up. A disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico is slowly organizing and should become Barry at some point today. While Barry could reach a hurricane status, its strongest impact should be heavy rainfall. The outer part of this system have already resulted in flooding in New Orleans.