Good morning everyone!
Skies are partly cloudy early on this Friday morning and temperatures range from 33 in Clifton down to 28 at Basking Ridge. Winds are mainly calm. The air quality is moderate with an index of 58.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 9TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW: 22
RECORD HIGH: 65 – 2008 RECORD LOW: 3 – 2004
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 51 LOW: 34 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure is moving off the coast and will cause a brisk southerly flow of mild air today. A frontal system approaching from the west will give us a chance of rain showers late this afternoon and evening.
Saturday should start off dry but a stronger low pressure system will give us rain in the afternoon and continuing into early Sunday morning.
High pressure will then move into the region Sunday afternoon but it will become breezy.
Mainly dry with above normal temperatures Monday through Wednesday as high pressure dominates our weather.
A cold front moving into the area on Thursday will give our area a chance of rain or snow showers.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JAN 9 – Increasing clouds and becoming breezy and mild with a chance of rain showers after 5 p.m., highs in the low 50s, wind gusts to 20 mph.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain showers in the evening, lows near 40.
SATURDAY – JAN 10 – Cloudy with rain developing mainly after 3 p.m., highs in the mid 40s.
SUNDAY – JAN 11 – Chance of rain in the morning then becoming mostly sunny and breezy, highs in the upper 40s, wind gusts to 30 mph.
MONDAY – JAN 12 – Mostly sunny, highs in the low 40s.
TUESDAY – JAN 13 – Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 40s.
WEDNESDAY – JAN 14 – Mostly cloudy, highs in the upper 40s.
THURSDAY – JAN 15 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow showers, highs near 40.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southerly winds to 10 knots, seas 1-2 feet.
OUTLOOK: Advisories probable Saturday and Sunday; advisories possible on Monday, especially in the morning; no advisories expected for Tuesday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!