Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Monday morning and temperatures range from 25 in Clifton down to 18 at High Point. Winds are light from the west. The air quality is good with an index of 21.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR DECEMBER 22ND:
AVERAGE HIGH: 41 AVERAGE LOW: 24
RECORD HIGH: 69 – 2013 RECORD LOW: 0 – 1989
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 47 LOW: 26 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure over our area today will give us a mostly sunny and seasonably cool day today with much less wind than yesterday.
A warm front approaching from the west will give us light snow on Tuesday starting around dawn then may change to rain before ending Tuesday afternoon. Snowfall amounts will be light with about an inch in the Clifton area with a little higher amounts further inland.
High pressure returns for Wednesday giving us mostly sunny skies but it will be breezy. Highs will be in the 40s.
Christmas Day looks to be mostly cloudy with only a slight chance (20%) of a light rain shower.
Very unsettled weather for Friday into the weekend. The forecast from yesterday had Friday mild in the 50s but now some of the models have colder air moving into the area from the north and low pressure to our south that may cause some significant winter weather in our area. During the weekend a couple of low pressure systems may affect our area giving us chances of precipitation both days but at this time it should be in the form of rain.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – DEC 22 – Sunny, highs near 40.
TONIGHT – Increasing cloudiness with light snow likely by 4 a.m., lows in the low 30s.
TUESDAY – DEC 23 – Cloudy with light snow in the morning possible changing to light rain before ending in the afternoon, highs near 40.
WEDNESDAY – DEC 24 – Sunny and breezy, highs in the mid 40s.
CHRISTMAS DAY – DEC 25 – Mostly cloudy, highs in the mid 40s.
FRIDAY – DEC 26 – Cloudy with a chance of rain or snow, highs near 40.
SATURDAY – DEC 27 – Mostly cloudy, highs near 40, chance of rain at night.
SUNDAY – DEC 28 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, highs in the low 40s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 2 feet.
OUTLOOK: Possible advisories for Tuesday and Wednesday; no advisories expected for Christmas Day; advisories likely on Friday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!