Good morning!

Skies are cloudy early on this Tuesday morning and there are some showers in the area and some snow in the higher elevations well inland, Highland Lakes reported 1/2″ of snow. Temperatures range from the upper 30s in Clifton down to the low 30s further inland, winds are light from the southeast.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MARCH 17TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 49 AVERAGE LOW: 32

RECORD HIGH: 71 – 1990 RECORD LOW: 17 – 1994

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 45 LOW: 29 PRECIPITATION: NONE

A weak disturbance will cause some light showers this morning but we should have some sunshine by later this afternoon, high temperatures will be milder than yesterday reaching the mid-upper 50s.

Wednesday will be a nice day with plenty of sunshine and continued milder than normal temperatures.

A warm front will cause rain Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

Friday will be unseasonably warm with highs well up into the 70s, however a cold front will cause more showers mainly Friday afternoon.

Dry and much cooler weather for the weekend!

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – MAR 17 – Cloudy this morning with a chance of showers, clearing by late in the day, high in the mid 50s.

TONIGHT – Mostly clear, low in the mid 30s.

WEDNESDAY – MAR 18 – Sunny, high in the mid 50s, chance of rain in the evening.

THURSDAY – MAR 19 – Cloudy with rain mainly in the morning, high in the mid 50s.

FRIDAY – MAR 20 – Cloudy and unseasonably warm with showers likely, high in the mid 70s.

SATURDAY – MAR 21 – Partly sunny and much cooler, high near 50.

SUNDAY – MAR 22 – Sunny, high in the mid 40s.

MONDAY – MAR 23 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 40s.

MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory will be in effect from noon today until midnight for high seas. Winds will be light and variable with seas building to 4-6 feet.

OUTLOOK – No advisories expected on Wednesday; small craft advisories likely Thursday into Friday; mainly sub-advisory levels for Saturday and Sunday but some advisory gusts possible Saturday afternoon.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!