Good morning!

Skies across the area are mostly clear and temperatures are colder with readings ranging from the upper 20s in Clifton down to the upper teens further inland, winds are a little gusty out of the west-northwest. Even though it is colder than the last several morning it is still a little above normal.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 8TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 38 AVERAGE LOW: 23

RECORD HIGH: 62 – 2017 RECORD LOW: 5 – 1985

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 53 LOW: 28 PRECIPITATION: .25″ SNOWFALL: TRACE

Today’s weather will be much quieter with mostly sunny skies and colder temperatures, winds will still be breezy but not as strong as yesterday. Yesterday we had a record high temperature along with having a barometric pressure of 28.80″ which was the lowest reading since Hurricane Sandy.

After a cool start, Sunday will be partly sunny with temperatures a little higher than today with less wind.

A weak disturbance along a warm front will likely give us some light snow late Sunday night but with milder air moving in it will change the precipitation to rain on Monday.

Tuesday will be mild again with a chance of some light rain.

After a dry day on Wednesday more precipitation is possible Wednesday night into Thursday which again may start off as light snow but change to rain.

Dry weather for Friday with colder temperatures.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – FEB 8 – Mostly sunny and breezy, high in the low 40s.

TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy, low in the mid 20s.

SUNDAY – FEB 9 – Partly sunny, high in the mid 40s, chance of snow changing to rain at night.

MONDAY – FEB 10 – Cloudy with rain likely, high near 50.

TUESDAY – FEB 11 – Cloudy with a chance of rain, high in the mid 40s.

WEDNESDAY – FEB 12 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 40s.

THURSDAY – FEB 13 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow changing to rain, high in the mid 40s.

FRIDAY – FEB 14 – Mostly sunny and colder, high in the mid 30s.

MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 1 p.m. for westerly winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 5-6 feet.

OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Sunday; small craft advisories likely for Monday; no advisories expected during the day on Tuesday; advisories possible Tuesday night; no advisories expected on Wednesday.

Have a nice weekend!