Good morning everyone!

Skies are mostly cloudy early on this Wednesday morning and temperatures are seasonably cold with early readings ranging from 28 in Clifton down to 21 at Pequest and Walpack. Winds are a little gusty out of the northwest.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR DECEMBER 14TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 44 AVERAGE LOW: 27

RECORD HIGH – 66 – 2015 RECORD LOW: 7 – 1989

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 39 LOW: 23 PRECIPITATION: NONE

High pressure nosing down from Ontario will give us another sunny day today, it will be breezy as low pressure southeast of Nova Scotia combines with the high to increase the pressure gradient in our area. High temperatures will be below normal.

A coastal storm will cause precipitation mainly from Thursday afternoon through Friday evening, most of this precipitation will fall as rain but may start off as a mixture of freezing rain, sleet and snow mainly over the higher elevations to our north and west. Rain will then be heavy at times with strong easterly winds through Friday evening. Rainfall amounts of 1-2 inches can be expected.

An extended period of dry weather with below normal temperatures Saturday through at least early next week.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – DEC 14 – Sunny and breezy, high near 40.

TONIGHT – Increasing cloudiness, low in the upper 20s.

THURSDAY – DEC 15 – Cloudy with rain developing mainly after 1 p.m., breezy, high in the low 40s.

FRIDAY – DEC 16 – Rain and windy, high in the mid 40s. Total storm rainfall between 1-2 inches.

SATURDAY – DEC 17 – Mostly sunny, high in the low 40s.

SUNDAY – DEC 18 – Mostly sunny, high near 40.

MONDAY – DEC 19 – Sunny, high near 40.

TUESDAY – DEC 20 – Mostly sunny, high near 40.

MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 1 p.m. this afternoon for northwest winds gusting to 30 knots, seas 3-6 feet.

OUTLOOK – A gale watch is in effect from Thursday night through Friday morning; small craft advisories expected to continue through Friday night; no advisories expected for the weekend.

Have a nice day and stay safe!