Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Friday morning and temperatures range from 35 in Clifton down to 26 at Hackettstown, Pequest and Sandyston. Winds are light from the west. The air quality is good with an index of 46.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 12TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW 22
RECORD HIGH: 67 – 2020 RECORD LOW: -1 – 1981
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 48 LOW: 37 PRECIPITATION: NONE
During the day today we will be dry and it will be a pleasant day for January with highs in the upper 40s along with light winds. Skies will start off mostly sunny but clouds will increase by the afternoon.
Another potent low pressure area will move into the area tonight giving us heavy rain and strong gusty winds. Rainfall amounts will average between 1-2 inches. Winds may gust to 40 mph at times. This rainfall will cause the Passaic River in Little Falls to remain at major flood stage throughout the weekend. The storm is moving quickly and most of the rain will fall between 10 p.m. tonight into 4 a.m. Saturday morning.
Clearing on Saturday, early highs near 50 then will fall to near 40 by sunset. Winds will continue to be strong with some gusts over 35 mph
Much if not all of next week will be colder than normal but not real frigid Arctic air is expected, but after a mild beginning of the winter this air will feel quite chilly. There is a chance of snow Tuesday into Wednesday but at this time accumulations should be light.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JAN 12 – Increasing cloudiness, highs in the upper 40s.
TONIGHT – Rain, possibly heavy at times along with strong winds, early lows in the low 40s rising to near 50 by sunrise. Rainfall amounts 1-2 inches, winds gusts to 40 mph.
SATURDAY – JAN 13 – Clearing and windy, early highs near 50 dropping to near 40 by sunset. Winds gusting to 37 mph.
SUNDAY – JAN 14 – Mostly sunny and windy, highest in the upper 30s, winds still gusting to 37 mph.
M.L.KING DAY – JAN 15 – Mostly sunny, highs in the low 30s.
TUESDAY – JAN 16 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, highs in the low 30s.
WEDNESDAY – JAN 17 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, highs in the upper 20s.
THURSDAY – JAN 18 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 30s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – East-southeast winds to 10 knots, seas 1-2 feet.
OUTLOOK: A storm warning has been posted effective between 6 p.m. this evening until 6 a.m. Saturday morning: Gale warnings expected to continue Saturday through the day on Sunday; small craft advisories still possible Sunday night; no advisories expected for Monday; advisories again possible for Tuesday.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!