Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly cloudy to cloudy early on this Tuesday morning and temperatures are unseasonably mild with readings ranging from 42 in Clifton down to 33 at High Point. Winds are calm or light southerly. The air quality is moderate with an index of 59.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 4TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 38 AVERAGE LOW: 22
RECORD HIGH: 63 – 2019 RECORD LOW: 1 – 2023
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 49 LOW: 25 PRECIPITATION: NONE
A cold front will move through our area by sunrise and it will be followed by a strong northwest flow of air. Skies will become mostly sunny with some wind gusts to 35 mph. Winds will diminish by late tonight.
Wednesday should be dry during the day but a low pressure system is expected to move into the area Wednesday night with snow which will mix with sleet and freezing rain Thursday morning before changing to plain rain by noon. Accumulations should be around an inch before the changeover to rain and the Thursday morning commute may be hazardous.
Friday looks to be a mostly sunny day with temperatures a few degrees above normal.
Another disturbance will move into our area on the weekend with again snow that may begin Saturday afternoon changing to a wintery mix at night before changing to rain on Sunday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – FEB 4 – Becoming mostly sunny and windy, highs in the mid 40s this morning falling to the 30s by sunset. Wind gusts to 35 mph possible.
TONIGHT – Increasing cloudiness, lows in the low 20s.
WEDNESDAY – FEB 5 – Mostly cloudy, highs in the mid 30s. Snow likely at night.
THURSDAY – FEB 6 – Snow, sleet and freezing rain in the morning changing to all rain in the afternoon, highs near 40.
FRIDAY – FEB 7 – Mostly sunny, highs in the low 40s.
SATURDAY – FEB 8 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the afternoon, highs in the mid 30s. Snow, sleet and freezing rain changing to all rain later at night.
SUNDAY – FEB 9 – Mostly cloudy with rain likely, highs in the mid 40s.
MONDAY – FEB 10 – Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 30s.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory will be in effect from 7 a.m. this morning through 6 p.m. this evening for northwest winds gusting to 30 knots, seas 3-5 feet.
OUTLOOK: Advisories possibly continuing into Tuesday night; no advisories expected for Wednesday; advisories expected for Thursday through the day on Friday; no advisories expected Friday night into Saturday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!