Good morning!

Skies are cloudy early on this Thursday morning and there has been a lull in the precipitation that fell overnight, temperatures range from the mid 30s in Clifton down to the upper 20s further inland, winds are from the north.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 6TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 38 AVERAGE LOW: 23

RECORD HIGH: 65 – 2008 RECORD LOW: -2 – 1995

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 50 LOW: 37 PRECIPITATION: .01″

A low pressure area will cause rain to develop again by this afternoon after a lull in the precipitation this morning, the rain will continue through tonight, high temperatures will be mainly in the 40s.

Periods of rain on Friday mainly in the morning along with continued above normal temperatures but a the low moves away a strong westerly flow of colder and drier air will move into the area, some wind gusts will be over 40 MPH.

Finally some sunshine on Saturday but it will be colder but actually just near normal for this time of year.

Sunday will be mainly dry with seasonably cold temperatures continuing. There is a low chance of some light rain late Sunday night into Monday as a weak disturbance moves through the area. Monday will be milder.

Mostly cloudy and seasonably mild Tuesday and Wednesday with another chance of rain on Wednesday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – FEB 6 – Cloudy with rain developing later this morning, high in the mid 40s.

TONIGHT – Rain with nearly steady temperatures in the low 40s.

FRIDAY – FEB 7 – Cloudy with rain mainly in the morning, becoming windy in the afternoon with gusts over 40 mph., high in the low 50s.

SATURDAY – FEB 8 – Sunny, high in the upper 30s.

SUNDAY – FEB 9 – Partly sunny, high near 40, chance of rain after midnight.

MONDAY – FEB 10 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, high near 50.

TUESDAY – FEB 11 – Mostly cloudy, high in the upper 40s.

WEDNESDAY – FEB 12 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, high in the upper 40s.

MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory will be in effect from 1 p.m this afternoon through 6 a.m. Friday morning for southerly winds gusting to 30 knots, seas 5-8 feet.

OUTLOOK – Gale warnings have been posted effective between 6 a.m. Friday morning until 1 a.m Saturday morning; no advisories expected later Saturday into Sunday; possible small craft advisories for Monday.

Try to have a nice day despite this gloomy weather!

Good morning!

Skies are again cloudy early on this Wednesday morning and some light showers are falling mainly just to our south, temperatures range from the upper 30s in Clifton down to 30 further inland, winds are from the north.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 5TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 38 AVERAGE LOW: 22

RECORD HIGH: 67 – 2019 RECORD LOW: -2 – 1996

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 59 LOW: 40 PRECIPITATION: .02″

Today will be mainly cloudy although there may be some breaks in the clouds later this morning into this afternoon, temperatures will be cooler but stay above normal for early February.

Low pressure will then move into our area tonight with a mix of rain, sleet and some freezing rain developing around midnight, no accumulation is expected in our area but some ice accumulation is possible to our north and west.

All the precipitation will change to plain rain Thursday morning and rain will continue into the afternoon.

After a brief lull in the precipitation Thursday evening another low pressure area will cause heavy rain mainly late Thursday night into Friday morning.

Saturday will have the best chance of dry conditions with mostly sunny skies but it will be colder with temperatures near normal which has not happened much this winter.

There is a low chance of some light snow on Sunday.

Temperatures will again be above normal early next week with a chance of rain on Tuesday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – FEB 5 – Mostly cloudy and cooler, high in the mid 40s.

TONIGHT – Cloudy with rain, freezing rain and sleet developing around midnight, low in the mid 30s.

THURSDAY – FEB 6 – Rain, high in the upper 40s.

FRIDAY – FEB 7 – Rain ending in the afternoon, high near 50 in the morning dropping to the 40s in the afternoon.

SATURDAY – FEB 8 – Sunny, high in the upper 30s.

SUNDAY – FEB 9 – Partly sunny with a chance of light snow in the afternoon, high near 40.

MONDAY – FEB 10 – Partly sunny, high in the upper 40s.

TUESDAY – FEB 11 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, high near 50.

MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory has been posted effective between 10 a.m this morning until 7 p.m this evening for northeast winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 5 feet.

OUTLOOK – Advisories possible Thursday afternoon; advisories probable Thursday night through Saturday; no advisories expected for Sunday.

Have a nice day!

Good morning!

Skies have become cloudy early on this Tuesday morning, temperatures are mild with readings ranging from the low 40s in Clifton down to the low 30s further inland, winds are mainly calm.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 4TH:

AVERAGE HIGH: 38 AVERAGE LOW: 22

RECORD HIGH: 63 – 2019 RECORD LOW: 3 – 1996

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 57 LOW: 34 PRECIPITATION: NONE

A weak disturbance along a front to our south will cause some light showers mainly this morning, the afternoon should be dry and mild but it will remain cloudy. Another disturbance may cause some showers again later tonight.

Cooler but staying mostly cloudy to cloudy again on Wednesday, another disturbance will give us a good chance of sleet Wednesday night changing to rain Thursday morning as warmer air moves in, little or no accumulation expected.

Still another low pressure frontal system will give us more rain late Thursday night into Friday morning.

Cooler but dry weather on Saturday but there will be a chance of rain or snow on Sunday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – FEB 4 – Cloudy with a chance of rain this morning, high in the upper 50s.

TONIGHT – Cloudy with a chance of rain mainly after 9 p.m., low in the upper 30s.

WEDNESDAY – FEB 5 – Mostly cloudy and cooler, high in the low 40s, chance of sleet, freezing rain and rain at night, little or no accumulations expected.

THURSDAY – FEB 6 – Sleet, freezing rain changing to rain later in the morning, high in the upper 40s.

FRIDAY – FEB 7 – Mostly cloudy with rain mainly in the morning, high near 50.

SATURDAY – FEB 8 – Mostly sunny, high near 40.

SUNDAY – FEB 9 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow, high in the low 40s.

MONDAY – FEB 10 – Partly sunny, high in the upper 40s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – West-southwest winds to 9 knots seas 1 foot.

OUTLOOK – Advisories possible Wednesday and Thursday; advisories expected for Friday and Saturday.

Have a nice day!

Good morning!

Skies are mostly cloudy early on this Monday morning and temperatures range from the upper 30s in Clifton down to the low 30s further inland, winds are light southwesterly.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 3RD:

AVERAGE HIGH: 38 AVERAGE LOW: 22

RECORD HIGH: 62 – 2006 RECORD LOW: 7 – 1996

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 43 LOW: 32 PRECIPITATION .11″ SNOWFALL 0.2″

A warm front will move to our north this morning and we should have mostly sunny skies after early morning cloudiness, temperatures will be unseasonably mild with highs in the 50s.

Still mild on Tuesday but with more clouds and a chance of showers as a cold front approaches and moves through at night.

Cooler and mainly dry during the day on Wednesday but a stronger low pressure system will likely give our area snow after midnight that may accumulate 1-3 inches before changing to rain Thursday morning.

Rain will likely continue into Friday with above normal temperatures.

At this point Saturday looks dry but there will be a chance of snow or rain on Sunday, temperatures will be slightly above normal.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – FEB 3 – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 50s.

TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy, low in the upper 30s.

TUESDAY – FEB 4 – Cloudy with a chance of showers, high in the mid 50s.

WEDNESDAY – FEB 5 – Mostly cloudy, high in the mid 40s, snow likely after midnight, possible accumulations of 1-3 inches.

THURSDAY – FEB 6 – Cloudy with a mix of snow, sleet and rain changing to all rain after 10 a.m., high in the upper 40s.

FRIDAY – FEB 7 – Cloudy with rain likely, high in the upper 40s.

SATURDAY – FEB 8 – Mostly sunny, high in th low 40s.

SUNDAY – FEB 9 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow, high in the low 40s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Westerly winds to 11 knots, seas 1 foot.

OUTLOOK – No advisories expected Tuesday through Thursday; advisories likely on Friday.

Enjoy the mild and sunny weather today!

Good morning and Happy Groundhog Day and Super Bowl Sunday!

Skies are cloudy early on this Sunday morning and there are some rain and snow showers occurring in parts of the area, temperatures range from the mid 30s in Clifton down to the upper 20s further inland, winds are mainly calm. There is some patchy fog in some areas.

CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR FEBRUARY 2ND:

AVERAGE HIGH: 37 AVERAGE LOW: 22

RECORD HIGH: 56 – 2014 RECORD LOW: 2 – 1993

YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 42 LOW: 34 PRECIPITATION: .01″

A weak disturbance is causing some rain and snow showers early this morning, after the disturbance moves to our east we should see some sunshine this morning but it will become cloudy again later this afternoon and evening giving our area another chance of snow or rain showers this evening, temperatures will continue to be above normal.

Monday and Tuesday will be mild as high pressure builds into our area, high tempertures will be in the 50s. Monday will be sunny but we should have mostly cloudy skies on Tuesday.

A stretch of precipitation is likely Wednesday through Friday which may be mixed with snow late Wednesday night into Thursday morning as some colder air filters into the area. Overall temperatures will continue to be above normal.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – FEB 2 – Cloudy early this morning with some rain or snow showers possible then becoming partly sunny later this morning, increasing cloudiness again this afternoon, high in the mid 40s.

TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain or snow showers this evening becoming partly cloudy after midnight, low in the mid 30s.

MONDAY – FEB 3 – Sunny, high in the mid 50s.

TUESDAY – FEB 4 – Mostly cloudy, high in the mid 50s.

WEDNESDAY – FEB 5 – Cloudy with a chance of showers, high in the upper 40s. Chance of rain or snow at night.

THURSDAY – FEB 6 – Cloudy with rain or snow likely in the morning becoming all rain after 9 a.m., high in the mid 40s.

FRIDAY – FEB 7 – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain in the morning then becoming partly sunny in the afternoon, highs in the upper 40s.

SATURDAY – FEB 8 – Partly sunny, high in the mid 40s.

MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – West-northwest winds gusting to 11 knots, seas 1 foot.

OUTLOOK: No advisories expected Monday through Thursday.

CLIFTON’S CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2020.

The month averaged 7.5 degrees above normal making this the 5th warmest January since 1973. The highest temperature was 68 degrees on the 11th, the lowest temperature was 16 degrees on the 21st. This was only the second time in January in the last 47 years that the temperature never dropped below 15 degrees. Precipitation was below normal with 2.85 inches with the highest amount of rain was 1.58″ recorded on the 25th. Snowfall was also well below normal with 3.3″ accumulating.

Have a nice day!

My Super Bowl prediction: Kansas City Chiefs beating the San Francisco 49ers 34-28.