Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Monday morning and temperatures are near record lows. The temperature here at my station in Clifton is 21 degrees which is near the record low of 19 set in 1990. Temperature at High Point is 13 degrees. Winds are gusty out of the west-northwest bringing wind chills down to the single digits.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MARCH 28TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 53 AVERAGE LOW: 35
RECORD HIGH: 82 – 1989 RECORD LOW: 19 – 1990
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 45 LOW: 28 PRECIPITATION: TRACE SNOW: TRACE
An extremely cold air mass for late March will be with us today with strong winds, some record low high temperatures are likely over most of the area as highs will only rise to the low 30s. We will start off the day mostly sunny but we should see some increasing cloudiness in the afternoon and evening with a low chance of some flurries. High pressure will be building down from central Canada.
Tomorrow morning will be cold again with some record lows possible, however with mostly sunny skies it will not be as harsh as today as temperatures rise to the 40s in the afternoon which is still well below normal.
A warm front approaching from the southwest on Wednesday will cause an increase in cloudiness with a low chance of light rain that may be mixed with sleet. High temperatures will still be well below normal.
Much warmer air will be moving into the area as the warm front moves to our north, highs will soar to the low 70s but a cold front approaching the area late in the day will likely give us showers and possibly some strong thunderstorms.
Friday will be a little cooler with only a small chance of an early morning shower, skies will then become partly sunny by late morning.
At the present time the upcoming weekend looks to have near seasonable temperatures with only a low chance of a shower Sunday afternoon and evening.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – MAR 28 – Increasing cloudiness and very cold and windy, chance of an afternoon flurry. Highs only in the low 30s and with winds gusting to 30 mph will keep wind chills in the single digits to the teens.
TONIGHT – A chance of an evening flurry then becoming mostly clear, low near 20.
TUESDAY – MAR 29 – Sunny, high in the low 40s.
WEDNESDAY – MAR 30 – Increasing cloudiness with a chance of light rain mixed with sleet, high in the low 40s.
THURSDAY – MAR 31 – Cloudy and much warmer with showers likely with a chance of thunderstorms mainly after 2 p.m., high in the low 70s.
FRIDAY – APR 1 – Chance of a shower before 8 a.m. then becoming partly sunny, high in the upper 50s.
SATURDAY – APR 2 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 50s.
SUNDAY – APR 3 – Partly sunny with a chance of a shower, high in the mid 50s.
MARINE FORECAST: A gale warning is in effect until 1 a.m. Tuesday morning for northwest winds gusting to 35 knots, seas 4-7 feet.
OUTLOOK – No advisories expected Tuesday through the day on Wednesday; advisories likely Wednesday night through Friday.
Have a nice day and stay safe and warm!