Good morning everyone!
Skies are mainly cloudy early on this Thursday morning and it is mild with temperatures ranging from 39 in Clifton down to 32 at High Point. Winds are mainly from the west-southwest averaging 5-10 mph. The air quality is good with an index of 22.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 11TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW: 22
RECORD HIGH: 68 – 2020 RECORD LOW: 1 – 1982
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 54 LOW: 41 PRECIPITATION: .17″ STORM TOTAL 3.24″
High pressure to our south will give us west-southwest flow of mild air, skies should become mostly sunny after early morning cloudiness.
Friday will be dry during the day but we will have an increase in clouds.
Another potent storm will give us rain moderate to heavy at times mainly from after sunset on Friday to before sunrise Saturday morning. At this point this storm will not be as powerful as the last one but still give us rainfall averaging between 1 and 1 1/2 inch which will continue to cause river flooding. Winds will be strong but probably also not as strong as the last storm.
Clearing on Saturday with falling temperatures by the afternoon as the storm moves away, winds will still gust to near 40 mph.
Mostly sunny and much colder on Sunday and it will still be rather breezy.
A weaker low pressure moving off the coast to our south and east may give us some snow on Monday.
Much of next week will be cold which on average is the coldest week of the winter.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JAN 11 – Becoming mostly sunny, highs in the upper 40s.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows in the low 30s.
FRIDAY – JAN 12 – Increasing cloudiness, highs in the upper 40s. Rain heavy at times at night with wind gusts to 37 mph, temperatures rising to the low 50s.
SATURDAY – JAN 13 – Clearing, windy and becoming colder, temperatures falling to the low 40s by sunset. Wind gusts to 40 mph.
SUNDAY – JAN 14 – Mostly sunny, breezy and colder, highs in the upper 30s.
M.L.KING DAY – JAN 15 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, highs in the mid 30s.
TUESDAY – JAN 16 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 30s.
WEDNESDAY – JAN 17 – Mostly sunny, highs only near 30.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect for westerly winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 5-8 feet.
OUTLOOK: A storm watch has be posted for Friday night; gales likely for Saturday; small craft advisories expected to continue for Sunday and Monday.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!