Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Thursday morning and temperatures are a few degrees milder than this time yesterday with readings ranging from 31 in Clifton down to 23 at Walpack and Pequest. Winds are mainly calm. The air quality is moderate with an index of 58.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 8TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 38 AVERAGE LOW: 23
RECORD HIGH: 62 – 2017 RECORD LOW: 5 – 1985
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 49 LOW: 28 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure will be along the east coast today and we will again have mostly sunny skies. Winds will be quite light and with highs in the low 50s it will be a pleasant winter day.
Friday will again be mostly sunny and mild as the high pressure moves off the coast.
Continued mild over the weekend, but a weak cold front will give us a chance of light showers Saturday afternoon.
A low pressure system will likely give us rain and or snow Monday into Tuesday. The track and strength of the storm is uncertain at this time. The GFS model would give us a foot of snow while the European model indicates we would have only rain.. So at this time I expect a mixture of rain and snow, with the chances of more in the way of snow being in the higher elevations to our north and west.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – FEB 8 – Mostly sunny, highs near 50.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy, lows in the mid 30s.
FRIDAY – FEB 9 – Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 50s.
SATURDAY – FEB 10 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers, highs in the upper 50s.
SUNDAY – FEB 11 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 50s.
MONDAY – FEB 12 – Mostly cloudy with rain or snow likely, highs in the upper 40s.
TUESDAY – FEB 13 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow, highs in the low 40s.
WEDNESDAY – FEB 14 – Mostly sunny and windy, highs near 40.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 3 feet.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Friday; advisories possible on Saturday; no advisories expected for Sunday and Monday.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!