Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly cloudy to cloudy early on this Friday morning and temperatures range from 41 in Clifton down to 32 at High Point. Winds are gusty out of the northwest. The air quality is good with an index of 34.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MARCH 29TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 54 AVERAGE LOW: 35
RECORD HIGH: 83 – 1985 RECORD LOW: 22 – 2015
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 48 LOW: 43 PRECIPITATION: .42″
The storm that gave us the rain yesterday is moving well east of Cape Cod and will move to the Canadian Maritime region today as high pressure builds from the west. We should have mostly sunny skies after early morning cloudiness and it will be breezy with some gusts to 25 mph. Temperatures will be seasonably mild.
Mainly dry weather for the weekend except for a chance of light rain Saturday night as a weak disturbance moves through the area. Easter Sunday may be the best weather day with light winds, plenty of sunshine and mild temperatures with highs near 60.
Unsettled weather returns for Monday through Wednesday with periods of rain likely. High temperatures will be a little below normal and overnight lows will be a little above normal.
We should clear out on Thursday but it will be breezy.
Looking further ahead the computer models are indicating a warming trend starting Friday and last through early the following week. At this time the weather looks good for the solar eclipse on the 8th with mostly fair skies and mild temperatures.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – MARCH 29 – Becoming mostly sunny and breezy, highs in the mid 50s.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows in the upper 30s.
SATURDAY – MARCH 30 – Increasing cloudiness, breezy, highs in the upper 50s. Chance of light rain at night.
EASTER SUNDAY – MARCH 31 – Partly sunny, highs near 60.
MONDAY – APRIL 1 – Mostly cloudy with rain likely, highs in the low 50s.
TUESDAY – APRIL 2 – Cloudy with rain, highs near 50.
WEDNESDAY – APRIL 3 – Mostly cloudy with rain likely, highs in the low 50s.
THURSDAY – APRIL 4 – Partly sunny and breezy, highs in the low 50s.
MARINE FORECAST: West-northwest winds to 25 knots, seas 3 feet.
OUTLOOK: Small craft advisories likely Saturday morning; no advisories expected Saturday afternoon through Tuesday; advisories expected Wednesday and Thursday with possible gale gusts.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!