Mostly sunny and mild today with light winds! Rain developing Thursday morning and continuing at night! Much cooler on Friday with rain possibly mixing with snow well inland! Dry but quite cool and breezy weather for the weekend! Dry and chilly weather continuing through early next week!

Good morning everyone!

Skies are mostly clear early on this Wednesday morning and temperatures range from 47 in Clifton down to a cool 29 at Walpack. Winds are light and variable. The air quality is good with an index of 23.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR NOVEMBER 11TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 55 AVERAGE LOW: 37

RECORD HIGH: 69 – 2024 RECORD LOW: 21 – 2017

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 63 LOW: 44 PRECIPITATION: NONE

High pressure extending to our area from the Midwest will give us a mostly sunny day today with light winds and mild temperatures.

A low pressure system will move into the area on Thursday with rain developing in the morning possibly becoming moderate to heavy at times in the afternoon and evening. Rain will continue on Friday but much cooler air will be moving into our area and some of the rain may be mixed with snow at the higher elevations well to our north and west. The precipitation will taper off by Friday afternoon. Total precipitation should be between 1 – 1 1/2 inches.

Dry, breezy and chilly weather for the weekend as a large Canadian high pressure builds toward our area.

Dry weather is expected to continue early next week with below normal temperatures.

THE FORECAST:

VETERANS DAY – NOV 11 – Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 60s.

TONIGHT – Increasing cloudiness, lows in the upper 40s.

THURSDAY – NOV 12 – Rain developing in the morning possibly becoming heavy at times with a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening, highs in the upper 50.

FRIDAY – NOV 13 – Rain tapering off to showers in the afternoon, much cooler and breezy, highs in the upper 40s, wind gusts to 25 mph.

SATURDAY – NOV 14 – Partly sunny and breezy, highs in the upper 40s.

SUNDAY – NOV 15 – Mostly sunny and breezy, highs near 50.

MONDAY – NOV 16 – Sunny, highs in the low 50s.

TUESDAY – NOV 17 – Sunny, highs in the low 50s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 1-2 feet.

OUTLOOK: Small craft advisories probably Thursday and Friday with some gale gusts possible on Friday; advisories probable for the weekend with possible gale gusts on Saturday.

Happy Veterans Day!