Good morning!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Martin Luther King Day and temperatures are the coldest since January 7, 2018 as readings have fallen to 3 degrees in Clifton down to -6 at High Point, winds are gusty out of the west to 35 mph and wind chills are down to -15. These temperatures are not records as on this day in 1985 we dropped to a frigid -8 degrees.
Today will be bitterly cold and windy with highs only reaching the teens and with winds gusting to 45 mph will keep wind chills well below zero today. A wind chill advisory and a wind advisory is in effect.
After a very cold morning on Tuesday temperatures will moderate but still be below normal, however the winds will be much lighter.
A storm system is expected to give us rain Wednesday afternoon into Thursday as milder as a southerly flow develops. The rain may briefly begin as snow mainly well inland Wednesday morning.
Friday will be seasonably cold and dry.
Colder over the weekend and the European computer model is indicating a possible snowstorm on Sunday while the GFS model shows no storm at the present time so stay tuned.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JAN 21 – Partly sunny and bitterly cold and windy, high only 10-15, wind gusts to 45 mph possible, wind chills -15 to -20.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear with diminishing winds, low around 6.
TUESDAY – JAN 22 – Sunny, not as cold or windy, high near 30.
WEDNESDAY – JAN 23 – Cloudy with rain developing in the afternoon, milder, high in the mid 40s.
THURSDAY – JAN 24 – Cloudy and mild with rain, high near 50.
FRIDAY – JAN 25 – Partly sunny early then becoming mostly cloudy, high in the upper 30s.
SATURDAY – JAN 26 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 20s.
SUNDAY – JAN 27 – Cloudy with a chance of snow, high in the mid 30s.
MARINE FORECAST: A gale warning is in effect until 4 a.m Tuesday morning for northwest winds gusting to 45 knots, seas 3-6 feet. Moderate freezing spray likely.
OUTLOOK – No advisories expected on Tuesday; advisories expected much of the time Wednesday through Friday.
Stay warm and safe!