Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Friday morning and temperatures range from 25 in Clifton down to 16 at Sandyston. Winds are calm or light northerly. The air quality is good with an index of 11. Again there is some black ice on untreated roads and sidewalks.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 27TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 43 AVERAGE LOW: 27
RECORD HIGH: 73 – 1997 RECORD LOW: 7 – 1994
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 49 LOW: 32 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Weak high pressure building over the area will give our area a sunny day with temperatures again rising into the mid to upper 40s, winds will be light.
Mostly sunny and even milder on Saturday with highs in the 50s. With the sunshine and mild temperatures will help melt even more of the snow pack.
An Arctic cold front will cross the area Sunday morning possible accompanied by some snow showers that may cause a dusting of accumulation.
Monday will be a very cold day as Arctic high pressure is over the Northeast. Most highs will be below freezing.
Not as chilly on Tuesday and a weak area of low pressure will likely give us rain Tuesday night into Wednesday morning possibly beginning as snow.
Another weak low pressure area may give us more rain on Thursday.
Much above normal temperatures are likely next Friday through the second week of March with highs mostly in the 50s and 60s.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – FEB 27 – Sunny, highs in the upper 40s.
TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, lows near 30.
SATURDAY – FEB 28 – Mostly sunny, highs in the low 50s.
SUNDAY – MAR 1 – Cloudy with a chance of morning snow showers, highs near 40.
MONDAY – MAR 2 – Mostly cloudy and quite cold, highs in the upper 20s.
TUESDAY – MAR 3 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow in the afternoon, highs in the upper 30s. snow and rain likely at night.
WEDNESDAY – MAR 4 – Chance of morning rain then becoming partly sunny in the afternoon, highs in the upper 40s.
THURSDAY – MAR 5 – Cloudy with a chance of rain, highs in the upper 40s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 2 feet.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Saturday; possible advisories for Sunday; no advisories expected for Monday and Tuesday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!