Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Thursday morning and temperatures are cold with readings ranging from 19 in Clifton down to 5 at Walpack. Winds are calm or light northwesterly. The air quality is good with an index of 47.
CLIFTON’S SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 26TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 40 AVERAGE LOW: 22
RECORD HIGH: 63 – 1982 RECORD LOW: 1 – 1983
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 35 LOW: 23 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Note: On this day in 2010 we recorded 26″ of snow!
High pressure over the area will give us a sunny day today with light winds and high temperatures slightly below normal.
Friday will again be a mostly sunny day with high temperatures a couple of degrees higher than today as the high pressure slowly moves off the coast.
A warm front approaching our area will likely give us rain on Saturday possibly beginning as light freezing rain well inland.
The warm front will move to our north on Sunday with much milder air but it will be cloudy with rain likely which should continue through Monday morning!
Tuesday should be dry and mild as a weak high pressure builds into the area but another frontal system will give us another chance of rain Tuesday night into New Year’s Day.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – DEC 26 – Sunny, highs in the upper 30s.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows in the upper teens.
FRIDAY – DEC 27 – Mostly sunny, highs near 40.
SATURDAY – DEC 28 – Cloudy with rain likely possibly beginning as freezing rain in the morning, highs in the mid 40s.
SUNDAY – DEC 29 – Cloudy and mild with rain likely, highs in the mid 50s.
MONDAY – DEC 30 – Mostly cloudy with rain likely mainly in the morning, highs in the mid 50s.
TUESDAY – DEC 31 – Partly sunny, highs near 50, chance of rain at night.
NEW YEAR’S DAY – JAN 1 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, highs near 50.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 1 foot.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Thursday through Saturday; possible advisories for Sunday and Monday.
Have a nice and stay safe!