SATURDAY  DECEMBER 23, 2017  5:58 A.M.

Our area has cloudy skies and there is light rain falling in most spots, temperatures are cool ranging from the upper 30s in Clifton down to the lower 30s further inland, winds are light.

A warm front just to our south associated with low pressure over Tennessee will give us rain most of today ending this evening, once the warm front moves through the area temperatures should rise into the 50s.   A cold front will pass our area late at night.

Sunday will be dry during the day with seasonable temperatures however a disturbance moving off the coast will give us some snow late Sunday night into early Christmas Day, snow accumulations look to be 1-3 inches, less along the coast where the snow may mix with sleet and rain. The precipitation should end before daybreak on Christmas with clearing and it will be breezy and seasonably cold

Colder weather most of next week it should be dry until Friday or the weekend when a developing storm may give us snow.

 

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – DEC 23 – Cloudy with periods of rain, high in the low 50s.

TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the evening then becoming partly cloudy, low in the low 30s.

SUNDAY – DEC 24 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 40s.  Snow likely at night.

CHRISTMAS DAY  – DEC 25 – Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming mostly sunny and breezy, high in the upper 30s.

TUESDAY – DEC 26 – Partly sunny, high in the mid 30s.

WEDNESDAY – DEC 27 – Mostly sunny and quite cold, high in the upper 20s.

THURSDAY – DEC 28 – Partly sunny and quite cold, high in the upper 20s.

FRIDAY – DEC 29 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, quite cold, high in the mid 20s.

 

MARINE FORECAST:  A small craft advisory is in effect from 10 a.m. this morning valid until 6 a.m. Sunday morning for southwest wind gusting to 30 knots, seas building to 6-9 feet.

OUTLOOK – No advisories expected during the day on Sunday, possible small craft conditions late Sunday night; gales possible during the day on Christmas; small craft conditions Christmas night into Tuesday morning; no advisories expected Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday.

 

Despite the rain try to have  a nice day!