Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Thursday morning and with mainly calm skies there is once again a large spread in temperatures ranging from 17 in Clifton down to -2 degrees at Walpack. The air quality is good with an index of 18.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 5TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 38 AVERAGE LOW: 22
RECORD HIGH: 67 – 2019 RECORD LOW: -2 – 1996
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 34 LOW: 22 PRECIPITATION: NONE
High pressure in our area will give us a mostly sunny day today with seasonably cold temperatures along with light winds
Clouds will increase on Friday and temperatures will continue to be seasonably cold. An Arctic cold front will cross the area late at night likely giving some snow showers, accumulations should be less than an inch.
Strong winds along with frigid temperatures Saturday and Saturday night. Winds gusting above 40 mph along with temperatures falling to the single digits at night will cause wind chills to fall to dangerous levels. Expected wind chills will be between -15 and -20 degrees.
Sunday will still be frigid with slowly diminishing winds, skies will be mostly sunny.
Moderating temperatures next week, we should stay mainly dry but there is a low chance of light snow on Wednesday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – FEB 5 – Sunny, highs in the low 30s.
TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, lows in the mid teens.
FRIDAY – FEB 6 – Mostly cloudy, highs in the low 30s, snow likely after midnight.
SATURDAY – FEB 7 – Cloudy in the morning with a chance of light snow, accumulations less than an inch. Becoming mostly sunny by the afternoon. Temperatures will fall to near 10 by sunset along with winds gusting to over 40 mph will cause wind chills to fall to 15-20 degrees below zero.
SUNDAY – FEB 8 – Sunny and frigid with slowly diminishing winds, highs near 20.
MONDAY – FEB 9 – Mostly sunny, highs in the upper 20s.
TUESDAY – FEB 10 – Mostly sunny, highs in the low 30s.
WEDNESDAY – FEB 11 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of light snow, highs in the upper 30s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 1 foot.
OUTLOOK: No advisories for much of Friday and Friday night; a gale watch has been issued effective between 6 a.m Saturday morning through 6 a.m. Sunday morning; a freezing spray watch is in effect for Saturday; small craft advisories expected during the day on Sunday; no advisories expected for Sunday night and Monday.
Have a nice day and stay safe!