Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Wednesday morning and temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 36 in Clifton down to 21 at Pequest. Winds are calm or light northerly.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR DECEMBER 15TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 44 AVERAGE LOW: 27
RECORD HIGH: 66 – 2015 RECORD LOW: 10 – 2005
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 55 LOW: 40 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Strong high pressure over the northeast (30.65″ at my station this morning) will give us another mild day under partly sunny skies. A warm front may touch off a light shower late this afternoon into this evening.
A southwest flow of very mild air is expected on Thursday despite mostly cloudy skies, highs will rise into the 60s. A weak cold front is expected to cross the area at night with only a slight chance of a shower.
Still mild on Friday with highs again approaching the 60 degree mark.
Low pressure will give us rain with cooler temperatures on Saturday.
Sunday will be cooler and breezy with highs near normal which will feel chilly after the mild weather much of this week.
It now appears that the possible coastal storm will be too far to our south to give our area any precipitation early next week. Temperatures will continue to be near seasonable levels.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – DEC 15 – Partly sunny with a chance of a shower after 4 p.m., high in the low 50s.
TONIGHT – Cloudy with a chance of showers mainly before midnight, lows in the 40s in the evening rising to the low 50s by daybreak.
THURSDAY – DEC 16 – Mostly cloudy, high in the low 60s.
FRIDAY – DEC 17 – Mostly sunny, high near 60, chance of rain after 10 p.m.
SATURDAY – DEC 18 – Rain, high in the upper 40s.
SUNDAY – DEC 19 – Mostly sunny and breezy, high in the low 40s.
MONDAY – DEC 20 – Sunny, high in the low 40s.
TUESDAY – DEC 21 – Partly sunny, high in the upper 40s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southeast winds to 10 knots, seas less than 1 foot.
OUTLOOK – Possible small craft advisories for Thursday; no advisories expected for Friday and Saturday; advisories possible on Sunday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!