Good morning everyone!
Skies across the area are mostly clear with temperatures at 5 a.m. ranging from 46 in Clifton down to 40 at High Point. Winds are light from the north.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR OCTOBER 28TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 59 AVERAGE LOW: 41
RECORD HIGH: 77 – 1984 RECORD LOW: 28 – 1976
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 63 LOW: 52 PRECIPITATION: .17″
Today will be a pleasant late October day with plenty of sunshine and temperatures near seasonable levels with highs in the low 60s. Winds will be considerably lower than yesterday.
Another low pressure system will affect our area from late Friday afternoon through Saturday night with rain and rather gusty easterly winds. Rainfall amounts will be around 1-2 inches.
On Halloween we will continue to be mostly cloudy as the low pressure moves slowly away from our area. There is a slight chance of a morning shower but the rest of the day should be dry.
Mainly dry weather Monday through Wednesday with temperatures above normal Monday and Tuesday and near normal on Wednesday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – OCT 28 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 60s.
TONIGHT – Increasing cloudiness, low in the mid 40s.
FRIDAY – OCT 29 – Mostly cloudy with rain developing mainly after 5 p.m., high near 60. Rain at night with possible thunderstorms.
SATURDAY – OCT 30 – Rain with a chance of thunderstorms, high in the mid 60s.
HALLOWEEN – OCT 31 – Mostly cloudy, high in the low 60s.
MONDAY – NOV 1 – Sunny, high in the mid 60s.
TUESDAY – NOV 2 – Partly sunny, high in the low 60s.
WEDNESDAY – NOV 3 – Partly sunny, high in the upper 50s.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 6 p.m. this evening for northeast winds gusting to 15 knots, seas 5-8 feet.
OUTLOOK – A gale warning has been issued effective between 8 a.m. Friday morning through 5 a.m. Saturday morning; advisories expected for high seas Saturday through the day on Sunday; no advisories expected Sunday night through Monday.
My blog entry for October 28, 2012 as Hurricane Sandy approaches our area: One more day to prepare for one of the worst storms to ever hit this area! This morning Sandy was located about 250 miles to the South-southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina moving northward. During the day today the winds will pick up from the northeast but there will be little or no rainfall, gusts can reach 35 MPH by this evening. Heavy rain and with strong damaging winds will begin by mid-morning on Monday, gusts to 55 MPH. Monday night will be the worst part of the storm with gusts possibly as high as 80 MPH with very heavy rain. Sandy is expected to come ashore near Sandy Hook around 10PM Monday night, damaging winds and very heavy rain will persist into Tuesday morning before slowly diminishing on Tuesday afternoon. Please take this storm very seriously, power may be out for several days, coastal flooding is even a bigger concern as the storm surge along the coast will be nearly 8 feet, this kind of surge will devastate our coastal areas, New York City subways may be shut down for one to two weeks. I would just add if people are told to evacuate along our coast as well as coastal areas of New York City should leave, this is much more serious than Irene was last year.. Rainfall of 2-6″ is expected, and with the area having a rather dry summer inland flooding should not be as bad as with Irene. Rain and winds will taper off Tuesday evening with wind gusts down to 40 MPH. Wednesday will be breezy with rain showers and cooler temperatures. Cool and dry the end of next week..
Have a nice day and stay safe!