Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Wednesday morning and temperatures range from 29 in Clifton down to 21 at Pequest. Winds are calm or light westerly. The air quality is good with an index of 43.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 3RD:
AVERAGE HIGH: 37 AVERAGE LOW: 22
RECORD HIGH: 62 – 1997 RECORD LOW: 4 – 2014
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 43 LOW: 26 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure continues to build into our area today giving us plenty of sunshine, light winds and high temperatures a couple of degrees higher than yesterday.
A cold front will come through on Thursday with only cloudy skies but there is a chance of some flurries or sprinkles from this system across northwest New Jersey. The front will then be followed by clearing and it will become windy and colder.
Friday looks to be a dry and chilly day with diminishing winds.
A coastal storm will likely give us our first measurable snow of the season Saturday afternoon through Sunday. Present indications that this storm could bring significant snow to our area with several inches likely. Of course accumulations will depend on the strength and track of the storm.
After a dry and cool Monday another storm will affect our area Tuesday and Wednesday but this time the storm will stay to our west and just give us rain. Some of the rain may be heavy and with the ground saturated flooding is likely.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JAN 3 – Sunny, highs in the mid 40s.
TONIGHT – Increasing cloudiness, lows near 30.
THURSDAY – JAN 4 – Cloudy in the morning, clearing in the afternoon and becoming windy, highs in the low 40s.
FRIDAY – JAN 5 – Sunny, highs near 40.
SATURDAY – JAN 6 – Mostly cloudy with snow developing in the afternoon and continuing into the night, highs near 40.
SUNDAY – JAN 7 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the morning, highs in the upper 30.
MONDAY – JAN 8 – Mostly sunny, highs near 40.
TUESDAY – JAN 9 – Cloudy with rain developing, highs in the upper 40s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – West-northwest winds to 10 knots, seas 1 foot.
OUTLOOK: A gale watch has been posted effective between 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon through 1 a.m. Friday morning; no advisories expected the rest of Friday; Gales likely Saturday and Sunday with the coastal storm.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!