A cold front crossed the area around midnight with cooler air now filtering into our area, temperatures have dropped to near 50 in the Clifton area to around 40 further inland, skies are mostly clear and there is a brisk northerly wind.

Today will be much cooler with highs around 15 degrees lower than on Thursday, highs will be around 60 degrees which is a little below normal for this time of year, it will be breezy especially this morning, skies will be sunny.

We should see an increase in clouds on Saturday and it will continue to be cool.

Another cold front will be crossing the area on Sunday giving us a chance of some light showers falling mainly in the morning.

Plenty of sunshine with near seasonable temperatures Monday and Tuesday.

Rain is likely from Wednesday night into Thursday and may give our area our first significant rainfall event since the beginning of October, some of this precipitation may be from the remnants of intense hurricane Patricia which is now heading to the west coast of Mexico.

Hurricane Patricia is now one of the most intense cyclones ever reported on earth with sustained winds of 200 mph, the storm is heading to the western Mexican coast and will hit just south of Puerto Vallarta later this afternoon.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – Sunny and breezy, high near 60.

TONIGHT – Clear, low in the upper 30s.

SATURDAY – Increasing cloudiness, high in the upper 50s.

SUNDAY – Mostly cloudy with a chance of a light shower before 3 p.m., high in the mid 60s.

MONDAY – Mostly sunny, high near 60.

TUESDAY – Sunny, high near 60.

WEDNESDAY – Mostly cloudy with a chance of afternoon rain, high in the low 60s, rain likely at night.

THURSDAY – Cloudy with rain likely, high in the mid 60s.

MARINE FORECAST:  Small craft advisory is in effect till 11 a.m. this morning for northerly winds gusting to 25 mph, seas 3-4 feet, winds and seas lowering this afternoon.

OUTLOOK – No advisories expected Saturday into the day on Sunday, possible small craft advisory conditions Sunday night through Tuesday.

Have a good day!

We have scattered clouds early this Thursday morning and temperatures range from the low 50s here in Clifton to around 40 further inland, winds are nearly calm.

Today we will have partly sunny skies and once again temperatures will reach well up into the 70s.  Yesterday at Walpack, NJ in the northwest part of the state the temperature ranged from a low of 36 to a high of 78.

A cold front will be crossing the area tonight,  at this time the front will not cause any precipitation.

Friday will be much cooler despite plenty of sunshine, high temperatures will be around 15 degrees lower than on today.

Saturday will be sunny and cool.

Another weak cold front will cross the area early on Sunday with a chance of a shower in the morning.

Seasonable temperatures early next week, Monday and Tuesday will be dry but we may see our first widespread rainfall in weeks on Wednesday.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – Mostly sunny and quite mild, high in the upper 70s.

TONIGHT – Cloudy early then clearing, low in the upper 40s.

FRIDAY – Sunny and cooler, high near 60.

SATURDAY – Sunny, high near 60.

SUNDAY – Mostly cloudy with a chance of a morning shower, high in the mid 60s.

MONDAY – Mostly sunny, high near 60.

TUESDAY – Partly sunny, high in the low 60s.

WEDNESDAY – Mostly cloudy with a chance of rain, high in the low 60s.

MARINE FORECAST:  TODAY – Southwest wind to 13 knots , seas 1-2 feet.

OUTLOOK – Advisories possible on Friday, no advisories expected Friday night through the day on Sunday with advisories again possible Sunday night into Monday.

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Skies are clear early this Wednesday morning and with light winds there is a large range of temperatures with the mild upper 50s here in Clifton to around 40 in the cooler inland valleys.

Today we will have plenty of sunshine with temperatures reaching the mid 70s on a light westerly flow around a strong high pressure to our south.

Another nice indian summer day on Thursday with mild temperatures continuing.  A cold front will be crossing the area Thursday night that may touch off a light shower.

Cooler for Friday and Saturday with temperatures slightly below normal temperatures.

More cloudiness on Sunday with another low chance of showers as another cold front moves through our area.

Dry with near normal temperatures early next week.  No widespread rain is expected through the next several days.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 70s.

TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, low in the low 50s.

THURSDAY – Partly sunny, high in the upper 70s,  low chance of a shower at night.

FRIDAY – Sunny and cooler, high around 60.

SATURDAY – Partly sunny, high in the low 60s.

SUNDAY – Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower, high in the mid 60s.

MONDAY – Mostly sunny, high in the low 60s.

TUESDAY – Partly sunny, high near 60.

MARINE FORECAST:  TODAY – West winds to 8 knots seas 1 foot.

OUTLOOK – Possible small craft advisory conditions Thursday night into Friday, otherwise no advisories expected through Sunday.

Have a good day!

Skies are mostly cloudy early this Tuesday morning and temperatures are nearly 15 degrees warmer than this time yesterday ranging from the mid 40s in Clifton to around 40 further inland, winds are light.

Today will be much warmer despite some mid to high cloudiness, temperatures will be more than 15 degrees above what we had on Monday reaching close to the 70 degree mark.

Outstanding fall weather will continue Wednesday and Thursday with highs in the 70s.

A weak cold front will cross the area Thursday evening giving us a slight chance of a shower but most areas will remain dry, the front will be followed by cooler weather for Friday and Saturday but no where near as cold as we experienced the last few days.

Slightly milder on Sunday ahead of another cool front that again will give us a slight chance of a shower.

Looking ahead for next week the models are suggesting a wetter pattern with near seasonable temperatures.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – Partly sunny and much milder, high near 70.

TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, low in the upper 40s.

WEDNESDAY – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 70s.

THURSDAY – Mostly sunny, high in the mid 70s.

FRIDAY – Sunny and cooler, high near 60.

SATURDAY – Sunny, high near 60s.

SUNDAY – Partly sunny, high in the mid 60s.

MONDAY – Mostly sunny, high in the low 60s.

MARINE FORECAST:  Small craft advisory is in effect till 8 p.m. this evening for southwest winds gusting to 25 knots, seas 3-5 feet.

OUTLOOK – No advisories expected through Friday.

Have a good day!

Skies are mostly clear early this Monday morning and temperatures are very cold once again, ranging from around 30 degrees in Clifton to the low 20s further inland, the lowest temperature in the state now is 21 degrees at Pequest in northwest New Jersey, winds are light.   With the freezing temperatures the last couple of mornings the growing season has ended for almost all of our area.

Today we should see more in the way of sunshine with much less clouds than yesterday which produced some snow flurries mostly inland, temperatures should be a couple of degrees milder than on Sunday but still be around 10-15 degrees below normal of this time of year.  High pressure will be over the eastern part of the country.

The high pressure will move to our south on Tuesday with a return southwest flow of much milder air reaching near 70 degrees, skies will be mostly sunny.

Dry with quite mild temperatures Wednesday and Thursday.

A cold front will cross the area Thursday night bringing cooler weather for Friday and Saturday, it will continue to be dry.

A little milder on Sunday with only a slight chance of a shower.

THE FORECAST:

TODAY – Sunny, high in the low 50s.

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

TUESDAY – Partly sunny and milder, high near 70.

WEDNESDAY – Partly sunny and mild, high in the low 70s.

THURSDAY – Partly sunny, high in the low 70s.

FRIDAY – Sunny and cooler, high around 60.

SATURDAY – Mostly sunny,  high near 60.

SUNDAY – Mostly cloudy, high in the upper 60s.

MARINE FORECAST:  TODAY – North-northwest wind becoming west-southwest to 9 knots, seas 1 foot.

OUTLOOK – No advisories expected through Friday.

Have a good day!