Good morning everyone!

Skies are mostly cloudy early on this Friday morning and there is some dense fog in parts of the area. Temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 49 in Clifton down to 46 at High Point. Winds are calm or light west-northwest.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MARCH 18TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 49 AVERAGE LOW: 32

RECORD HIGH: 77 – 2011 RECORD LOW: 9 – 1993

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 53 LOW 43 PRECIPITATION: .11″

Today will be an unseasonably mild day with skies becoming mostly sunny after early morning clouds and fog, highs will be in the 70s.

A low pressure system will give us showers from before dawn Saturday morning through the evening with even a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, high temperatures will be in the 60s.

High pressure building into the area on Sunday will give us a mostly sunny and breezy day and although it will be cooler temperatures will still be slightly above normal.

Dry weather is expected Monday and Tuesday with temperatures continuing to be slightly above normal.

Another low pressure system will likely give us rain Wednesday into Thursday with cooler temperatures.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – MAR 18 – Becoming mostly sunny and unseasonably warm after early morning clouds and fog, high in the low 70s.

TONIGHT – Becoming cloudy with showers likely mainly after 2 a.m., low near 50.

SATURDAY – MAR 19 – Cloudy with showers, possible thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, high in the mid 60s.

SUNDAY – MAR 20 – Mostly sunny and breezy, high in the upper 50s.

MONDAY – MAR 21 – Sunny, high in the low 60s.

TUESDAY – MAR 22 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 50s.

WEDNESDAY – MAR 23 – Cloudy with a chance of showers, high near 50.

THURSDAY – MAR 24 – Mostly cloudy with showers likely, high in the upper 50s.

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

OUTLOOK – Small craft advisories likely on Saturday; advisories still possible on Sunday; no advisories expected for Monday and Tuesday.

Enjoy the nice warm weather today and stay safe!