Good morning everyone!
Skies are cloudy early on this Saturday morning and there is some light snow or flurries falling that are dusting the ground. Temperatures are not as cold as yesterday morning with readings ranging from 27 in Clifton down to 22 at Sandyston, Hackettstown and Wantage. Winds are calm or light northerly. The air quality is moderate with an index of 53.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR DECEMBER 6TH:
AVERAGE HIGH: 47 AVERAGE LOW: 29
RECORD HIGH: 71 – 2001 RECORD LOW: 18 – 2007
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 28 LOW: 15 (Record Low) PRECIPITATION: TRACE SNOWFALL: TRACE.
A low pressure well to our south is moving offshore but there has been enough moisture to cause some light snow or flurries that should end shortly after daybreak. Weak high pressure will build into the area but skies will remain mostly cloudy. High temperatures should reach near 40 along with light winds.
The high pressure will move off the coast on Sunday and a cold front will be approaching our area and will pass through at night. During the day it will be partly sunny with high temperatures again near 40.
Much colder Monday and Tuesday as an Arctic high pressure builds over the area. We will remain dry. Winds will be quite gusty on Monday with lighter winds on Tuesday.
Unsettled weather for the rest of the week with moderating temperatures. A low pressure area will give us a chance of rain Wednesday through the day on Thursday then another low pressure may give us snow or rain Thursday night into Friday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – DEC 6 – Light snow ending this morning with little or no accumulation then remaining mostly cloudy and not as cold, highs in the low 40s.
TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, lows in the upper 20s.
SUNDAY – DEC 7 – Increasing cloudiness, highs in the low 40s.
MONDAY – DEC 8 – Mostly sunny, much colder and windy, highs in the low 30s.
TUESDAY – DEC 9 – Partly sunny with diminishing winds, highs in the mid 30s.
WEDNESDAY – DEC 10 – Cloudy with a chance of rain after noontime, highs in the low 40s.
THURSDAY – DEC 11 – Chance of rain in the morning then becoming partly sunny, highs in the low 40s, chance of rain or snow at night.
FRIDAY – DEC 12 – Chance of rain or snow in the morning then becoming partly sunny, highs in the upper 30s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 2 feet.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected during the day on Sunday; advisories expected with possible gales Sunday night through Monday; no advisories expected during the day on Tuesday; advisories likely Tuesday night through Wednesday.
Enjoy the weekend but stay safe!