Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Monday morning and temperatures have fallen to 16 degrees in Clifton down to 5 at High Point. Winds are a little gusty out of the northwest. The air quality is good with an index of 21.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 20TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW: 21
RECORD HIGH: 59 – 2006 RECORD LOW: -5 – 1994
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 37 LOW: 20 PRECIPITATION: .32″ SNOWFALL: 4.3″
Yesterday’s storm fell a little short of the 5-9″ that we forecasted yesterday but we were treated with some thundersnow in the evening.
The storm that gave us the snow is moving off the New England coast as Arctic high pressure builds from the west. Today will be partly sunny, winds will be gusty this morning but diminish this afternoon. High temperatures will only be in the 20s with overnight lows tonight in the single digits.
Arctic high pressure will dominate our weather with continued very cold temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday. We should stay dry as low pressure that will affect the deep south stays well to our south.
Dry with some moderating temperatures Thursday and Friday but these readings will still be well below normal.
Temperatures will become more seasonable over the weekend and at this point it looks to be mainly dry.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JAN 20 – Partly sunny, highs in the upper 20s.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows near 7.
TUESDAY – JAN 21 – Partly sunny, highs near 20.
WEDNESDAY – JAN 22 – Sunny, highs near 20.
THURSDAY – JAN 23 – Partly sunny, highs in the upper 20s.
FRIDAY – JAN 24 – Sunny, highs in the low 30s.
SATURDAY – JAN 25 – Sunny, highs in the mid 30s.
SUNDAY – JAN 26 – Mostly cloudy, highs near 40.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Tuesday morning for northwest winds gusting to 30 knots, seas 3-6 feet. Also a freezing spray advisory is in effect.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected during the day on Tuesday through Wednesday night with some freezing spray likely; no advisories expected for Thursday and Friday.
Have a nice day but stay safe and warm!