Good morning everyone!

Skies are cloudy early on this Thursday morning and there is some dense fog in parts of the area, some drizzle or light rain is falling across western sections. Temperatures at 5 a.m. are mild with readings ranging from 39 in Clifton down to 34 at Pequest. Winds are calm.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 3RD:

AVERAGE HIGH: 38 AVERAGE LOW: 22

RECORD HIGH: 62 – 2006 RECORD LOW: 7 – 1996

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 46 LOW: 30 PRECIPITATION: NONE.

A frontal system is slowly approaching our area from the west and we will have periods of rain today and tonight. Temperatures will be mild with highs in the 40s.

The front will move to our east Friday morning and colder air will be moving into our area, with rain changing to freezing rain and sleet by the afternoon and end by evening. The question is how much colder air will move in before the precipitation changes. At this time little or no ice accumulation is expected in our area but higher amounts are likely to our north and west.

Cold high pressure will be with us over the weekend providing us with plenty of sunshine both days but temperatures will be below normal.

Quiet weather Monday through Wednesday with near seasonable temperatures.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – FEB 3 – Periods of rain and fog, high in the mid 40s.

TONIGHT – Rain, low in the low 30s.

FRIDAY – FEB 4 – Rain changing to freezing rain and sleet by noon and ending by evening, little or no ice accumulation is expected, early highs in the low 40s will drop to the upper 20s by sunset.

SATURDAY – FEB 5 – Sunny, high in the upper 20s.

SUNDAY – FEB 6 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 30s.

MONDAY – FEB 7 – Mostly sunny, high near 40.

TUESDAY – FEB 8 – Mostly sunny, high near 40.

WEDNESDAY – FEB 9 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 40s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southerly winds to 10 knots, seas 1 foot.

OUTLOOK – A small craft advisory has been posted effective between 6 p.m. this evening through 6 a.m. Saturday morning; advisories expected to continue through the day on Saturday; no advisories expected Sunday and Monday.

Despite the crummy weather try to have a nice and safe day today!

Good morning everyone!

Skies are mostly cloudy early on this Wednesday morning and temperatures are milder than the last few morning with 5 a.m. readings ranging from 31 in Clifton down to 12 at Basking Ridge and Pequest. Winds are mainly calm.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 2ND:

AVERAGE HIGH: 37 AVERAGE LOW: 22

RECORD HIGH: 56 – 2014 RECORD LOW: 2 – 1993

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 37 LOW: 19 PRECIPITATION: NONE

High pressure will be moving offshore and today will be a mostly cloudy but milder day as highs reach the low 40s. Tonight will continue to be mostly cloudy to cloudy with temperatures nearly steady in the upper 30s.

A frontal system will give us rain along with continued mild temperatures on Thursday. Rain will continue at night.

The front will move offshore sometime on Friday with colder air moving into our area. Rain will then change to a wintery mix by the afternoon of freezing rain, sleet and snow showers with the precipitation ending by Friday evening. An inch or two of liquid precipitation Thursday into Friday with possibly a half inch of sleet and a tenth of ice so travel may become hazardous Friday afternoon and evening.

Cold high pressure will cause dry conditions along with cold temperatures on the weekend.

Mainly dry weather early next week with near seasonable temperatures. A low pressure is expected to develop offshore but it should stay well to our south and east on Monday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – FEB 2 – Mostly cloudy, high in the low 40s.

TONIGHT – Cloudy, low in the upper 30s.

THURSDAY – FEB 3 – Cloudy with rain, high in the mid 40s.

FRIDAY – FEB 4 – Cloudy with rain changing to a mixture of sleet, freezing rain and snow by the afternoon and ending in the evening, temperatures dropping to the upper 20s by sunset.

SATURDAY – FEB 5 – Sunny, high in the upper 20s.

SUNDAY – FEB 6 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 30s.

MONDAY – FEB 7 – Partly sunny, high near 40.

TUESDAY – FEB 8 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 30s.

MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect till 10 p.m. tonight for high seas, winds northeast around 10 knots, seas 4-5 feet.

OUTLOOK – No advisories expected during the day on Thursday; advisories likely Thursday night through the day on Saturday; advisories still possible for higher seas Saturday night through Sunday.

CLIFTON’S CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2022.

January’s temperature average 2 degrees below normal and made it the coldest January since 2015. The high temperature was 57 degrees on the 2nd, lowest 6 degrees on the 16th. Precipitation was slightly below normal with 3.14″ accumulating. Snowfall was above normal with 14.1 inches, much higher snow amounts down the shore with Atlantic City having the snowiest January on record.

Have a nice and safe day and Happy Groundhog Day!

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!