Good morning everyone!

Skies are cloudy early on this Saturday morning and light rain is falling over parts of the area with some sleet and snow mixed in at the higher elevations to our north and west. Temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 41 in Clifton down to 35 at Walpack and Vernon. Winds are light northerly!

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR DECEMBER 18TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 43 AVERAGE LOW: 25

RECORD HIGH: 62 – 2006 RECORD LOW: 9 – 1989

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 60 LOW: 44 PRECIPITATION : NONE

Today will be a cloudy and dreary day with periods of mostly light rain. After having very mild air the last few days, today will be cooler with highs in the 40s, which is near normal. Some of the precipitation this morning may be mixed with sleet mainly to our north and west. The rain will end tonight. Rainfall amounts will be between 1/4 and 1/2 inch.

Clearing on Sunday but it will be breezy and cool.

Mainly dry weather next week with near seasonable temperatures expected.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – DEC 18 – Cloudy with periods of rain possibly mixed with sleet this morning, high in the mid 40s.

TONIGHT – Cloudy with light rain likely, becoming breezy after midnight, low in the mid 30s.

SUNDAY – DEC 19 – Becoming sunny and continued breezy, high in the mid 40s.

MONDAY – DEC 20 – Sunny, high in the low 40s.

TUESDAY – DEC 21 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 40s.

WEDNESDAY – DEC 22 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 40s.

THURSDAY – DEC 23 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 40s.

FRIDAY – DEC 24 – Partly sunny, high in the mid 40s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – East-northeast wind to 10 knots, seas less than 1 foot.

OUTLOOK – A small craft advisory has been posted valid between 4 a.m. Sunday morning through 4 a.m. Monday morning; no advisories expected Monday through Wednesday.

Have a nice weekend and stay safe!