Sunny, breezy and seasonably cool today! Mostly sunny and warmer on Sunday! Unsettled weather much of next week!


Good morning everyone!

Skies are partly cloudy early on this Saturday morning and temperatures are more than 20 degrees cooler than this time yesterday with readings at 5 a.m. ranging from 40 in Clifton down to 32 at High Point. Winds are still gusty out of the northwest.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MAY 1ST:

AVERAGE HIGH: 66 AVERAGE LOW: 47

RECORD HIGH: 90 – 2010 RECORD LOW: 33 – 1987

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 70 LOW: 44 PRECIPITATION: TRACE

Low pressure over the Canadian Maritimes and high pressure building from the southwest will give us a brisk northwest flow of seasonably cool air today. Winds will gust to 30 mph mainly this morning and diminish this afternoon.

A southwest flow of warmer air will move into the area on Sunday and with mostly sunny skies high temperatures will be in the 80s.

Unsettled weather much of next week with showers possible Monday and Tuesday, and showers most likely on Wednesday. Dry weather is expected for Thursday but a possible coastal low may give us rain on Friday. Temperatures will be milder than normal Monday and Tuesday, near normal Wednesday and Thursday then below normal on Friday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – MAY 1 – Sunny and breezy, high in the upper 60s.

TONIGHT – Increasing clouds, low in the low 50s.

SUNDAY – MAY 2 – Partly sunny, high in the low 80s.

MONDAY – MAY 3 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers mainly after 2 p.m., high in the upper 70s.

TUESDAY – MAY 4 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers, high near 80.

WEDNESDAY – MAY 5 – Mostly cloudy with showers likely, high in the low 70s.

THURSDAY – MAY 6 – Sunny, high in the upper 60s.

FRIDAY – MAY 7 – Mostly cloudy and cooler with a chance of rain, high near 60.

MARINE FORECAST: A gale warning is in effect until 10 a.m. this morning for northwest winds gusting to 40 knots, seas 6-8 feet.

OUTLOOK – No advisories are expected Sunday through Wednesday.

Have a nice weekend and hopefully staying safe and healthy!

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