Good morning everyone!
Skies are cloudy early on this Christmas morning and light rain is falling over much of the area with some of the precipitation falling as freezing rain across the higher elevations to our north and west. Temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 34 in Clifton down to 28 at High Point, winds are mainly calm.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR DECEMBER 25TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 40 AVERAGE LOW: 23
RECORD HIGH: 64 – 2015 RECORD LOW: -2 – 1980
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 40 LOW: 20 PRECIPITATION: .04″ SNOWFALL: 0.5″
A warm front just to our south will move to our north by late this morning, light rain from this system should continue most of this morning but taper off to occasional showers this afternoon. Temperatures will become milder on a southwest flow with highs in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees.
Sunshine returns for Sunday with continued mild temperatures as high pressure moves into the area, it will be a little breezy at times.
At this time Monday and Tuesday look to stay dry, Monday will be cool but it will become milder on Tuesday.
The best chance of precipitation now appears to be from Tuesday night into Wednesday but with mild temperatures the precipitation should be in the form of rain.
At the point Thursday and Friday will be mainly dry. Mild temperatures again are likely on Thursday with somewhat cooler temperatures on Friday but still staying above normal for this time of year.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – DEC 25 – Cloudy with light rain this morning with occasional showers in the afternoon, high near 50.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening then becoming partly cloudy and breezy, low in the upper 30s.
SUNDAY – DEC 26 – Sunny and breezy, high near 50.
MONDAY – DEC 27 – Increasing cloudiness, high in the low 40s.
TUESDAY – DEC 28 – Mostly cloudy, high near 50, chance of rain at night.
WEDNESDAY -DEC 29 – Cloudy with rain likely mainly in the morning, high near 50.
THURSDAY – DEC 30 – Partly sunny with a chance of showers in the morning, high near 50.
FRIDAY – DEC 31 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 40s.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory will be in effect from 1 p.m. this afternoon through 6 pm. Sunday evening for west winds becoming northwest this evening gusting to 30 knots, seas 3-6 feet.
OUTLOOK – No advisories expected Monday through Wednesday.
Wishing everyone a very Merry, safe and healthy Christmas!