Good morning everyone!
Skies are cloudy early on this Wednesday morning and there are pockets of light rain or drizzle falling in parts of the area. Temperatures are unseasonably mild with most temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s. Winds are light mostly from the southeast. The air quality is moderate with an index of 51.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 28TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 43 AVERAGE LOW: 28
RECORD HIGH: 66 – 1976 RECORD LOW: 5 – 2014
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 55 LOW: 35 PRECIPITATION: .45″
A strong frontal system is approaching from the west and will cause showers today and it will be unseasonably mild with highs in the low 60s. Winds will increase from the south and gust to 35 mph this afternoon. We will likely pick up another 1/2 to 3/4″ of rain. The cold front associated with this system will cross the area this evening with winds becoming west-northwest and gusting to 45 mph. A wind advisory is in effect through early Thursday morning. Temperatures will drop to the mid 30s by midnight and the upper 20s by day break. It is likely that the wind will dry the roads and sidewalks before temperatures drop below freezing so black ice is not expected.
Winds will slowly diminsh by late Thursday afternoon, temperatures will be chilly with highs only near 40. despite having mostly sunny skies.
High pressure will be moving off the coast on Friday and we should have a mostly sunny and milder day.
Unsettled weather from Friday night through early next week with a chance of mainly light rain each day, however it will again be quite mild through this period.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – FEB 28 – Cloudy with showers, highs in the low 60s, wind gusts to 35 mph in the afternoon.
TONIGHT – Cloudy with showers and possibly an isolated thunderstorm, very windy with gusts to 45 mph, clearing after midnight, temperatures falling to the upper 20s by day break.
THURSDAY – FEB 29 – Mostly sunny and windy, gusts to 35 mph, diminishing by late in the day, highs near 40.
FRIDAY – MAR 1 – Sunny, highs near 50, chance of rain after midnight.
SATURDAY – MAR 2– Cloudy with a chance of rain, highs in the low 50s.
SUNDAY – MAR 3 – Partly sunny, chance of rain mainly in the morning, highs in the upper 50s.
MONDAY – MAR 4 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, highs in the upper 50s.
TUESDAY – MAR 5 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, highs in the upper 50s.
MARINE FORECAST: A gale warning is in effect until 11 a.m. Thursday morning for southwest winds becoming west-northwest late this evening gusting to 40 knots, seas 6-11 feet.
OUTLOOK: Small craft advisories expected to continue Thursday afternoon; no advisories expected Thursday night through Friday night; advisories possible for Saturday and Sunday.
Have a nice day but please stay safe!