Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Sunday morning and temperatures are chilly but a couple of degrees higher than this time yesterday with readings ranging from 18 in Clifton down to 9 at High Point. Winds are still a little gusty out of the northwest. The air quality is good with and index of 28.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 21ST:
AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW: 21
RECORD HIGH: 61 – 2006 RECORD LOW: -8 – 1985
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 25 LOW: 15 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Since I started records in 1973, today January 21st, has the coldest average temperature of the year with highs averaging 32.9 degrees and the average low is 18.1 degrees.
High pressure centered over the Midwest will give us a brisk northwest flow of cold air, high temperatures today will be a couple of degrees higher than yesterday but will still be below freezing. Winds will diminish by this evening.
The high pressure will move off the coast on Monday and we will have a return flow of milder air along with an increase in clouds.
Unsettled weather Tuesday through Friday as a series of low pressures move through our area, which will cause periods of rain throughout this period; some of the precipitation may be mixed with snow or freezing rain well inland Tuesday night. High temperatures should be in the low 40s Tuesday and Wednesday and rise to the 50s by Friday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JAN 21 Sunny and breezy, highs near 30.
TONIGHT – Clear, lows in the upper teens.
MONDAY – JAN 22 – Increasing clouds, highs near 40.
TUESDAY – JAN 23 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the afternoon and at night, highs in the low 40s.
WEDNESDAY – JAN 24 – Cloudy with rain likely, highs in the low 40s.
THURSDAY – JAN 25 – Cloudy with rain likely, highs near 50.
FRIDAY – JAN 26 – Cloudy with a chance of rain, highs in the low 50s.
SATURDAY – JAN 27 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 50s.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 9 p.m. this evening for northwest winds gusting to 30 knots, seas 3-5 feet.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected during the day on Monday; possible advisories for Monday night; no advisories expected Tuesday through Thursday.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!