Good morning!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Thursday morning and temperatures are chilly and near record lows ranging from near 40 in Clifton down to a cold 29 degrees at Walpack, winds are mainly calm.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MAY 21ST:
AVERAGE HIGH: 73 AVERAGE LOW: 53
RECORD HIGH: 92 – 1996 RECORD LOW: 37 – 2002
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 66 LOW: 46 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Strong high pressure will dominate our weather today providing mostly sunny skies and cool temperatures, high temperatures will be similar to yesterday but with much less wind.
Skies will become mostly cloudy on Friday with milder temperatures. A low pressure area to our south will move northward to our area causing showers Friday night which will continue into Saturday.
Dry weather with cooler than normal temperatures Sunday and on Memorial Day as high pressure dominates our weather.
Mainly dry weather most of next week with a warming trend.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – MAY 21 – Sunny, high in the upper 60s.
TONIGHT – Increasing cloudiness, low in the low 50s.
FRIDAY – MAY 22 – Mostly cloudy, high in the low 70s, showers likely at night.
SATURDAY – MAY 23 – Cloudy with showers likely with a chance of a thunderstorm, high in the low 70s.
SUNDAY – MAY 24 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 60s.
MEMORIAL DAY – MAY 25 – Mostly sunny, high near 70.
TUESDAY – MAY 26 – Partly sunny, high in the mid 70s.
WEDNESDAY – MAY 27 – Mostly cloudy, high near 80.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Friday morning for easterly winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 7-10 feet.
OUTLOOK – No advisories expected Friday through the day on Saturday; advisories likely Saturday night into the day on Sunday; advisories possible Sunday night into Monday.
Have a nice day and stay safe and healthy!