Good morning everyone!
Rain is falling over much of the area early on this Sunday morning with some freezing rain falling over the higher elevations well inland. Temperatures range from 33 in Clifton down to 27 at High Point. Winds are light from the north. The air quality is good with an index of 33.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 16TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 40 AVERAGE LOW: 24
RECORD HIGH: 69 – 2023 RECORD LOW: -1 – 2015
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 33 LOW: 25 PRECIPITATION: .25″ SNOW: .08″
A strong and complex low pressure system will affect our area today. Periods of rain heavy at times will occur with even a slight chance of some thunder. The warm front associated with the low pressure system will move through around noon and our temperatures will rise to near 50 degrees. The cold front associated with this system will move through late this afternoon associated with very strong winds gusting at times to near 50 mph which may cause some power outages. Colder and continued windy tonight.
Monday will still be very windy with gusts to 50 mph at times along with continued cold temperatures as we are between the strong low pressure moving off the New England coast and strong high pressure building from the west.
The high pressure will dominate our weather Tuesday and Wednesday with dry and cold conditions and it will still be rather breezy.
Tracking the potential coastal storm that will affect our area on Thursday, still disagreements with possible accumulations with some models hinting that the storm will be too far to our south to cause significant snow, but with 4 days to go before the storm the forecast will probably change.
Dry with seasonably cold temperatures for Friday into Saturday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – FEB 16 – Periods of rain possibly heavy at times, becoming windy by late in the afternoon, highs in the upper 40s.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy, very windy and colder, lows in the mid 20s. Wind gusts to 50 mph possible.
PRESIDENTS DAY – FEB 17 – Mostly sunny and very windy, highs in the mid 30s, wind gusts to 50 mph possible.
TUESDAY – FEB 18 – Sunny and breezy, highs near 30.
WEDNESDAY – FEB 19 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 30s.
THURSDAY – FEB 20 – Cloudy with snow likely, highs near 30.
FRIDAY – FEB 21 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 30s.
SATURDAY – FEB 22 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 30s.
MARINE FORECAST: A storm warning is in effect until 6 a.m. Monday morning for southwest winds gusting to 50 knots, seas 7-12 feet.
OUTLOOK: Gale warnings likely for Monday; small craft advisories likely for Monday night into the day on Tuesday; no advisories expected Tuesday night through Wednesday night; advisories possible on Thursday.
Have a nice day but stay safe!