Good morning everyone!

Skies are partly cloudy early on this Sunday morning and temperatures are much cooler than this time yesterday with readings ranging from 30 in Clifton down to 23 at High Point. Winds are a little gusty out of the west. The air quality is good with an index of 34.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 14TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW: 21

RECORD HIGH: 67 – 2005 RECORD LOW: -1 – 1988

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 60 LOW: 32 PRECIPITATION: .93″ STORM TOTAL: 1.08″

Today we will see an increase in clouds this morning and as a Arctic cold front moves through the area there is a slight chance of brief snow shower or squall around noontime followed by clearing, windy and colder weather this afternoon. Wind gusts to 40 mph are possible.

Monday will be cold but with much less wind along with partly sunny skies.

A weak coastal low pressure area will likely give us some light snow with possible accumulations of 1-3″

High pressure will then build into the area for Wednesday and Thursday, temperatures will continue to be below normal.

Another low pressure area will give us a good chance of more snow on Friday, too early to determine accumulations for this storm.

Next weekend the cold weather persists but it should remain dry. Although temperatures will be below normal this week no frigid air is expected like it is now over the middle of the country, as the cold air will modify before reaching our area. Also looking further ahead it appears that next week will be mild.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – JAN 14 – Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of a snow shower around noon followed by clearing, windy and colder air. Wind gusts to 40 mph possible.

TONIGHT – Mostly clear and cold, lows in the upper teens.

M.L.KING DAY – JAN 15 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 30s, chance of snow after 10 p.m.

TUESDAY – JAN 16 – Cloudy with light snow likely, highs in the low 30s, accumulations of 1-3″

WEDNESDAY – JAN 17 – Sunny, highs near 30.

THURSDAY – JAN 18 – Mostly cloudy, highs in the low 30s.

FRIDAY – JAN 19 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, highs in the low 30s.

SATURDAY – JAN 20 – Partly sunny and cold, highs only in the upper 20s.

MARINE FORECAST: A gale warning is in effect until 10 p.m. tonight for westerly winds gusting to 40 knots, seas 5-8 feet.

OUTLOOK: No advisories expected for Monday; small craft advisories expected Tuesday and Wednesday; no advisories expected for Thursday.

Have a nice day but please stay safe!

Good morning everyone!

Skies are cloudy and light rain is falling over parts of the area. Temperatures are mild with readings ranging from 51 in Clifton down to 44 at High Point. Winds are gusty out of the east-southeast to 25-30 mph. The air quality is good with an index of 31.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 13TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW: 22

RECORD HIGH: 59 – 2017 RECORD LOW: 0 – 1981

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 48 LOW: 33 PRECIPITATION: .15″

The storm that gave us the heavy rain overnight will be moving into Eastern Canada and the rain will mainly end by sunrise followed by a strong westerly flow of colder and drier air along with some sunshine this afternoon. Some wind gusts to 40 mph are possible. Temperatures in the 50s this morning will fall to near 40 by sunset. Note the Passaic River at Little Falls will be at or near major flood levels through Monday.

Monday will be a cold day but with much less wind and mostly sunny skies.

A weak coastal storm will likely give us some light snow on Tuesday.

Cold weather will persist through the rest of next week and another weak low pressure area may give us some light snow on Friday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – JAN 13 – Cloudy this morning with rain ending then becoming partly sunny this afternoon, quite windy with gusts to 40 mph. Highs this morning in the mid 50s falling to near 40 by sunset.

TONIGHT – Mostly clear and windy, lows near 30, wind gusts to 35 mph.

SUNDAY – JAN 14 – Partly sunny and continued windy with a chance of afternoon snow showers, highs in the upper 30s, winds gusting to 35 mph.

M.L.KING DAY – JAN 15 – Mostly sunny with much less wind, highs in the low 30s.

TUESDAY – JAN 16 – Mostly cloudy with light snow likely, highs in the low 30s.

WEDNESDAY – JAN 17 – Mostly sunny, highs in the low 30s.

THURSDAY – JAN 18 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 30s.

FRIDAY – JAN 19 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, highs in the mid 30s.

MARINE FORECAST: A gale warning is in effect until midnight tonight for southwest winds gusting to 40 knots, seas 4-7 feet.

OUTLOOK: Gales possible on Sunday; no advisories expected for Monday; advisories expected for Tuesday and Wednesday with some gales possible.

Have a nice weekend but please stay safe!

Good morning everyone!

Skies are mostly clear early on this Friday morning and temperatures range from 35 in Clifton down to 26 at Hackettstown, Pequest and Sandyston. Winds are light from the west. The air quality is good with an index of 46.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 12TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW 22

RECORD HIGH: 67 – 2020 RECORD LOW: -1 – 1981

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 48 LOW: 37 PRECIPITATION: NONE

During the day today we will be dry and it will be a pleasant day for January with highs in the upper 40s along with light winds. Skies will start off mostly sunny but clouds will increase by the afternoon.

Another potent low pressure area will move into the area tonight giving us heavy rain and strong gusty winds. Rainfall amounts will average between 1-2 inches. Winds may gust to 40 mph at times. This rainfall will cause the Passaic River in Little Falls to remain at major flood stage throughout the weekend. The storm is moving quickly and most of the rain will fall between 10 p.m. tonight into 4 a.m. Saturday morning.

Clearing on Saturday, early highs near 50 then will fall to near 40 by sunset. Winds will continue to be strong with some gusts over 35 mph

Much if not all of next week will be colder than normal but not real frigid Arctic air is expected, but after a mild beginning of the winter this air will feel quite chilly. There is a chance of snow Tuesday into Wednesday but at this time accumulations should be light.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – JAN 12 – Increasing cloudiness, highs in the upper 40s.

TONIGHT – Rain, possibly heavy at times along with strong winds, early lows in the low 40s rising to near 50 by sunrise. Rainfall amounts 1-2 inches, winds gusts to 40 mph.

SATURDAY – JAN 13 – Clearing and windy, early highs near 50 dropping to near 40 by sunset. Winds gusting to 37 mph.

SUNDAY – JAN 14 – Mostly sunny and windy, highest in the upper 30s, winds still gusting to 37 mph.

M.L.KING DAY – JAN 15 – Mostly sunny, highs in the low 30s.

TUESDAY – JAN 16 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, highs in the low 30s.

WEDNESDAY – JAN 17 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, highs in the upper 20s.

THURSDAY – JAN 18 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 30s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – East-southeast winds to 10 knots, seas 1-2 feet.

OUTLOOK: A storm warning has been posted effective between 6 p.m. this evening until 6 a.m. Saturday morning: Gale warnings expected to continue Saturday through the day on Sunday; small craft advisories still possible Sunday night; no advisories expected for Monday; advisories again possible for Tuesday.

Have a nice day but please stay safe!

Good morning everyone!

Skies are mainly cloudy early on this Thursday morning and it is mild with temperatures ranging from 39 in Clifton down to 32 at High Point. Winds are mainly from the west-southwest averaging 5-10 mph. The air quality is good with an index of 22.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 11TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW: 22

RECORD HIGH: 68 – 2020 RECORD LOW: 1 – 1982

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 54 LOW: 41 PRECIPITATION: .17″ STORM TOTAL 3.24″

High pressure to our south will give us west-southwest flow of mild air, skies should become mostly sunny after early morning cloudiness.

Friday will be dry during the day but we will have an increase in clouds.

Another potent storm will give us rain moderate to heavy at times mainly from after sunset on Friday to before sunrise Saturday morning. At this point this storm will not be as powerful as the last one but still give us rainfall averaging between 1 and 1 1/2 inch which will continue to cause river flooding. Winds will be strong but probably also not as strong as the last storm.

Clearing on Saturday with falling temperatures by the afternoon as the storm moves away, winds will still gust to near 40 mph.

Mostly sunny and much colder on Sunday and it will still be rather breezy.

A weaker low pressure moving off the coast to our south and east may give us some snow on Monday.

Much of next week will be cold which on average is the coldest week of the winter.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – JAN 11 – Becoming mostly sunny, highs in the upper 40s.

TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows in the low 30s.

FRIDAY – JAN 12 – Increasing cloudiness, highs in the upper 40s. Rain heavy at times at night with wind gusts to 37 mph, temperatures rising to the low 50s.

SATURDAY – JAN 13 – Clearing, windy and becoming colder, temperatures falling to the low 40s by sunset. Wind gusts to 40 mph.

SUNDAY – JAN 14 – Mostly sunny, breezy and colder, highs in the upper 30s.

M.L.KING DAY – JAN 15 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, highs in the mid 30s.

TUESDAY – JAN 16 – Partly sunny, highs in the low 30s.

WEDNESDAY – JAN 17 – Mostly sunny, highs only near 30.

MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect for westerly winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 5-8 feet.

OUTLOOK: A storm watch has be posted for Friday night; gales likely for Saturday; small craft advisories expected to continue for Sunday and Monday.

Have a nice day but please stay safe!

Good morning everyone!

Skies have become partly cloudy early on this Wednesday morning and temperatures are unseasonably mild with readings ranging from 50 in Clifton down to 40 at High Point. Winds are still a little gusty out of south. The air quality is good with an index of 35. The barometer reading is at a low 29.02″ which is the lowest since February 2020.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 10TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 36 AVERAGE LOW: 22

RECORD HIGH: 61 – 2016 RECORD LOW: -1 – 2004

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 55 LOW: 27 PRECIPITATION: 3.07″

The storm that gave us the heavy rain and strong winds is moving to eastern Canada. Skies will continue to clear but we will have westerly winds gusting to 50 mph and a wind advisory continues in effect.. Temperatures will fall from the 50s this morning to the low 40s by sunset. Winds will diminish tonight.

High pressure will give us a sunny and seasonably mild day on Thursday.

Another strong storm is expected to give us more heavy rain and strong winds Friday night into Saturday morning, rainfall amounts will average 1-2″ with higher amounts possible which will cause more flooding.

Clearing and becoming much colder on Sunday with gusty winds.

Another weaker low pressure may move south of the area early next week this time the precipitation should be in the form of snow.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – JAN 10 – Chance of a morning shower then remaining mostly cloudy and very windy, gusts to 50 mph. Early highs in the 50s will fall to the low 40s by sunset.

TONIGHT – Partly cloudy with diminishing winds, lows in the low 30s.

THURSDAY – JAN 11 – Sunny, highs in the upper 40s.

FRIDAY – JAN 12 – Increasing cloudiness, high near 50, rain at night with increasing winds.

SATURDAY – JAN 13 – Chance of rain in the morning then clearing and windy in the afternoon, highs in the upper 50s.

SUNDAY – JAN 14 – Mostly sunny, windy and colder, highs in the upper 30s.

M.L.KING DAY – JAN 15 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow in the afternoon, highs in the upper 30s.

TUESDAY – JAN 16 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of snow, highs only in the low 30s.

MARINE FORECAST: A gale warning is in effect until 7 p.m. this evening for southwest winds gusting to 40 knots, seas 12-17 feet.

OUTLOOK: Small craft advisory possible on Thursday; advisories expected on Friday with gales at night; gales continue Saturday into Sunday morning with small craft advisories continuing Sunday afternoon.

Have a nice day and please stay safe!