Good morning everyone!
Skies are mainly cloudy early on this Tuesday morning and tempertures are more than ten degrees higher than yesterday with readings ranging from 31 in Clifton down to 26 in Hackettstown. Winds are light from the southwest. The air quality is moderate with an index of 63.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 23RD:
AVERAGE HIGH: 37 AVERAGE LOW: 21
RECORD HIGH: 61 – 2018 RECORD LOW: -3 – 1976 (In 2016 we had 20″ of snow on this date) .
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 39 LOW: 18 PRECIPITATION: NONE
A weak front to our north will give us a chance of periods of light rain mainly this afternoon and tonight. Further inland the precipitation may be mixed with freezing rain, sleet and snow.
The front will still be near our area on Wednesday with rain likely mainly in the afternoon and night.
Low pressure will then will give us more rain Thursday into Friday morning but it will be mild with highs both days in the 50s.
Saturday looks to be dry and mild.
Another low pressure system will give us chance of rain Saturday night through Sunday night, the rain may change to snow before ending Sunday night.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JAN 23 – Cloudy with a chance of rain mainly this afternoon, high near 40.
TONIGHT – Cloudy with a chance of rain, lows in the low 30s.
WEDNESDAY – JAN 24 – Cloudy with a chance of rain in the afternoon, highs in the low 40s, rain likely at night.
THURSDAY – JAN 25 – Rain, highs in the low 50s.
FRIDAY – JAN 26 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning, quite mild, highs in the upper 50s.
SATURDAY – JAN 27 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 50s, chance of rain at night.
SUNDAY – JAN 28 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, highs in the mid 40s, rain may mix with snow before ending at night.
MONDAY – JAN 29 – Mostly cloudy, highs in the upper 30s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Westerly winds becoming north-northeast in the afternoon, seas 1 foot.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Wednesday; possible advisories Thursday and Friday; no advisories expected for Saturday.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!