Good morning everyone and Happy First Day of Meteorological Winter!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Sunday morning and temperatures are cold with readings ranging from 24 in Clifton down to 15 at Pequest. Winds are mainly from the west averaging 5-10 mph. The air quality is good with an index of 32.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR DECEMBER 1ST:
AVERAGE HIGH: 49 AVERAGE LOW: 31
RECORD HIGH: 70 – 2006 RECORD LOW: 16 – 1989
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 40 LOW: 27 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Low pressure over eastern Canada along with high pressure across the Mississippi Valley will give us a continued brisk westerly flow of cold and very dry air again today along with mostly sunny skies.
Continued cold Monday through the day on Wednesday but the winds will not be as brisk as this weekend.
A weak disturbance will give us a chance of snow showers Wednesday night into Thursday morning followed by clearing and becoming quite windy in the afternoon.
Dry but even colder weather is expected Friday into next weekend as an Arctic high pressure builds into our area.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – DEC 1 – Mostly sunny, breezy and cold, highs near 40.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows in the mid 20s.
MONDAY – DEC 2 – Sunny, highs near 40.
TUESDAY – DEC 3 – Mostly sunny, highs in the low 40s.
WEDNESDAY – DEC 4 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 40s, chance of snow showers at night.
THURSDAY – DEC 5 – Chance of morning snow showers then clearing and becoming windy, highs in the low 40s.
FRIDAY – DEC 6 – Mostly sunny and colder, highs in the mid 30s.
SATURDAY – DEC 7 – Partly sunny, highs in the upper 30s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Westerly winds to 15 knots, seas 1 foot.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Monday through the day on Wednesday; advisories expected Wednesday night into Thursday with some gale gusts possible.
Have a nice day but please stay warm and safe!