Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Tuesday morning and early temperatures range from 28 in Clifton down to 24 at High Point. Winds are mainly from the northwest averaging 5-10 mph.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR DECEMBER 20TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 42 AVERAGE LOW: 24
RECORD HIGH: 58 – 2002 RECORD LOW: 7 – 2004
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 39 LOW: 28 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Low pressure east of Nova Scotia will be moving further away as high pressure builds from the Midwest. Skies will be sunny both today and on Wednesday with temperatures at or slightly below normal. The winds will not be as breezy as the last few days.
A very strong storm is expected to develop over the southeast states and move well to our west. We will be on the warm side of the storm and we should have mainly rain possibly beginning as a wintery mix well inland. Rain should start Thursday afternoon and becoming heavy at times Thursday night into Friday. An Arctic cold front associated with the storm will move through Friday afternoon followed by much colder air by Friday night. Temperatures well up into the 50s with drop quickly to the teens by Saturday morning. Rain fall amounts will average 1-2 inches. Winds will be quite strong with frequent gusts above 40 mph. The Great Lakes and Midwest is expected to have a crippling blizzard from this storm which will cause problems for holiday travelers in those areas.
The Christmas weekend looks to be dry and very cold with strong winds on Saturday diminishing on Christmas Day.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – DEC 20 – Sunny, high near 40.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, low in the low 20s.
WEDNESDAY – DEC 21 – Sunny, high near 40.
THURSDAY – DEC 22 – Cloudy with rain developing mainly after 2 p.m., high near 50. Heavy rain likely with strong winds at night.
FRIDAY – DEC 23 – Cloudy with rain mainly before 7 p.m., very windy, highs in the upper 50s. Quickly falling temperatures at night with lows in the teens by Saturday morning. Winds gusting past 40 mph.
SATURDAY – DEC 24 – Mostly sunny, windy and very cold, high in the upper 20s.
CHRISTMAS DAY – DEC 25 – Sunny, breezy and very cold, high in the upper 20s.
MONDAY – DEC 26 – Sunny, high near 30.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Northwest winds to 15 knots, seas 1 foot.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Wednesday; advisories likely by Thursday afternoon; Gales expected for Friday; small craft advisories expected to continued for the weekend.
Have a nice day and stay safe!