THURSDAY FEBRUARY 1, 2018 5:39 A.M.
Our area has cloudy skies early on this first day of February and temperatures are milder than this time yesterday ranging from around 30 in the Clifton area down to the mid 20s further inland, winds are light.
Today will be a milder and cloudy day as high pressure moves off the coast and a cold front approaches from the west. Light rain will develop by late this afternoon and continue into this evening, the front will move to our east by midnight and the rain will change to snow before ending by daybreak, possible accumulations would be less than an inch but might affect Friday morning’s commute as the colder air moves in.
Clearing Friday as high pressure moves into the area but it will be quite cold and windy. It will be continued cold with less wind on Saturday, early morning temperatures early Saturday morning will dip down to the low teens.
Another stronger disturbance will likely give us snow and rain on Sunday and Sunday night along with milder temperatures.
Seasonably cold and dry Monday into the day on Tuesday but still another disturbance will give us a chance of rain or snow Tuesday night into Wednesday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – FEB 1 – Cloudy and milder today with a chance of rain after 4 p.m., high in the upper 40s.
TONIGHT – Light rain likely at night changing to snow before ending by sunrise, low in the upper 20s, accumulations less than 1/2 inch.
FRIDAY – FEB 2 – Becoming mostly sunny, windy and much colder, morning high in the low 30s dropping to the mid 20s by sunset.
SATURDAY – FEB 3 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 30s.
SUNDAY – FEB 4 – Cloudy with a chance of snow after 2 p.m. changing to rain, high in the low 40s, chance of snow and rain at night.
MONDAY – FEB 5 – Mostly cloudy, high in the upper 30s.
TUESDAY – FEB 6 – Partly sunny, high in the upper 30s, chance of snow late at night.
WEDNESDAY – FEB 7 – Cloudy with a chance of snow changing to rain, high in the mid 40s.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Friday morning for southwest winds gusting to 30 knots, seas 3-6 feet.
OUTLOOK – A gale watch is posted for Friday and Friday evening; no advisories expected during the day on Saturday; small craft advisories expected Saturday night into Monday.
Have a nice day!