Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Friday morning and temperatures range from 39 in Clifton down to 26 at Pequest. Winds are light westerly. The air quality is good with an index of 22.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 28TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 43 AVERAGE LOW: 28
RECORD HIGH: 66 – 1976 RECORD LOW: 5 – 2014
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 52 LOW: 41. PRECIPITATION: TRACE
High pressure will move through the area today and then move off the coast tonight. Clouds will increase through the day and night. High temperatures will be slightly lower than yesterday.
A warm front will move to our north Saturday morning followed by a strong cold front late in the day. It will be quite mild ahead of the cold front and it will become windy. Much colder at night. No rain is expected.
Arctic high pressure will build into the area for Sunday and Monday giving dry but it will be quite chilly.
As the high moves off the coast milder air will move into our area on Tuesday.
A strong low pressure system will give us moderate to heavy rain on Wednesday, temperatures will be quite mild.
Dry and a little cooler on Thursday as high pressure builds into our area.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – FEB 28 – Increasing clouds, highs near 50.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy, lows near 40.
SATURDAY – MAR 1 – Mostly sunny and windy, highs in the upper 50s.
SUNDAY – MAR 2 – Sunny and much colder, highs only in the low 30s.
MONDAY – MAR 3 – Sunny, highs near 40.
TUESDAY – MAR 4 – Partly sunny highs near 50. Chance of rain late at night.
WEDNESDAY – MAR 5 – Rain, highs near 60.
THURSDAY – MAR 6 – Partly sunny, highs near 50.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 4 p.m. this afternoon for westerly winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 5-8 feet.
OUTLOOK: Advisorys expected for Saturday and Sunday. No advisorys expected for Monday and Tuesday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!