Good morning everyone and Happy February!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Tuesday morning and there is a wide range in temperatures as clear skies and light winds have caused the valleys to be colder than the higher elevations. My station here in on the hill is 20 degrees while it is 10 degrees at the Clifton station at Oak Ridge. Inland it is even colder with a temperature of -2 degrees at Sandyston.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 1ST:
AVERAGE HIGH: 37 AVERAGE LOW: 22
RECORD HIGH: 63 – 1989 RECORD LOW: 6 – 2019 (19 inches of snow last year)
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 34 LOW: 13 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Today will be a partly sunny day we should have some increasing high clouds in the afternoon, highs may be a couple of degrees higher than yesterday but still be slightly below normal. High pressure will be over our area.
High pressure will move off the coast on Wednesday and it should be a mostly cloudy day but milder with highs reaching the low 40s.
A frontal system is expected to move into our area on Thursday and move offshore on Friday. Rain will be likely Thursday afternoon into Friday but as colder air filters into our area some of the precipitation will change to snow, sleet and freezing rain before ending on Friday evening.
Arctic high pressure will be in control of our weather over the weekend providing the area with cold temperatures but dry conditions.
A disturbance may cause some precipitation early next week but for the time being we will keep the forecast dry.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – FEB 1 – Partly sunny, high in the mid 30s.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy, low near 30.
WEDNESDAY – FEB 2 – Mostly cloudy, high in the low 40s.
THURSDAY – FEB 3 – Rain likely mainly after 1 p.m., high in the mid 40s.
FRIDAY – FEB 4 – Rain, high near 40. Rain possibly changing to snow, sleet and freezing rain before ending at night.
SATURDAY – FEB 5 – Sunny, high near 30.
SUNDAY – FEB 6 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 30s.
MONDAY – FEB 7 – Partly sunny, high near 40.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory for high seas effective between 10 a.m. this morning until 6 p.m. Wednesday evening. Northeast wind to 15 knots, seas 4-5 feet.
OUTLOOK – No advisories expected Wednesday night through the day on Thursday; advisories likely Thursday night through Saturday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!