Good morning!

With clear skies and light or calm winds temperatures have fallen to the low 30s in Clifton down to the low 20s further inland, a freeze warning is in effect.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR APRIL 17TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 61 AVERAGE LOW: 43

RECORD HIGH: 93 – 2002 RECORD LOW: 30 – 1988

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 49 LOW: 35 PRECIPITATION: NONE

High pressure over our area this morning will move offshore as an area of low pressure approaches from the west. Today will start off sunny but we will have an increase in clouds and become cloudy by this afternoon. Rain from this system will begin by this evening and continue until Saturday morning. Further inland the rain may start as snow across the higher elevations where a dusting of snow is possible. Rainfall amounts in our area will be between 1/4 and 1/2 of an inch.

Saturday will have slow clearing by the afternoon but it will continued to be cool.

Sunday will be a milder day with plenty of sunshine.

A weak disturbance may give us some light rain Monday morning.

Dry weather with seasonable temperatures Tuesday and during the day on Wednesday but another weak disturbance may give us more rain late Wednesday night into Thursday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – APR 17 – Increasing cloudiness, high near 50.

TONIGHT: Rain, low in the low 40s.

SATURDAY – APR 18 – Mostly cloudy with rain likely in the morning, high near 50.

SUNDAY – APR 19 – Sunny and milder, high in the mid 60s.

MONDAY – APR 20 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning then becoming mostly sunny in the afternoon, high in the upper 50s.

TUESDAY – APR 21 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 60s.

WEDNESDAY – APR 22 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 50s, chance of rain after midnight.

THURSDAY – APR 23 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, high in the low 60s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – South-southwest winds to 15 knots, seas 1 foot.

OUTLOOK – Advisories possible on Saturday; advisories probable on Sunday; advisories possible Monday and Tuesday.

Have a nice day and hopefully stay safe and healthy!