A rapid storm is expected to drop two to three inches of snow in most of northern New Jersey on Tuesday, with a 6-inch chance at isolated spots, before meteorologists start to turn their attention to two more winter storms serious in the coming days.
Snow has already started to fall in North Jersey and will make the morning run slippery. Dozens of schools switched to remote education on Tuesday due to the weather.
Sussex County is expected to end with 3 to 6 inches of snow, 5 to 4 inches likely to fall on Morris and Warren, the National Weather Service said Tuesday morning. Meteorologists are calling for Somerset and Hunterdon counties to end the day with up to two inches of snow than sleet or freezing rain can occur in the late morning, before precipitation drifts out of the state in the middle of the afternoon.
New Jersey counties north of I-78 are expected to be 1 to 4 inches now, with 6 inches possible in isolated locations on Tuesday, before a more serious winter storm hits the state on Thursday. .
Areas north of Interstate 78 are more likely to be affected, the weather service said in its morning forecast discussion.
In addition, a very light enamel of a few hundredths of an inch of ice is also expected in Middlesex, Somerset, Hunterdon, Mercer and Morris counties, the weather service said.
New Jersey counties north of I-78 are expected to be 1 to 4 inches now, with 6 inches possible in isolated locations on Tuesday, before a more serious winter storm hits the state on Thursday. .
Winter weather warnings are in effect in Hunterdon, Somerset, Morris, Warren and Sussex counties until 5 pm and in Passaic and West Bergen until Tuesday 8 pm.
Less than an inch of snow is expected in the rest of Central Jersey and no build-up is expected for South Jersey, which will only have rain.
The areas shaded in purple are under a winter weather warning on Tuesday, February 9. The notice runs until 5 pm in Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex and Warren, and until 8 pm in Passaic and West Bergen.National Meteorological Service
New Jersey counties north of I-78 are expected to be 1 to 4 inches now, with 6 inches possible in isolated locations on Tuesday, before a more serious winter storm hits the state on Thursday. .
After Tuesday, attention will turn to another winter storm set to pack two separate blows between Wednesday night and Friday morning, according to the weather service. The first round of light snow can bring 3 to 7 inches of snow to areas south of Interstate 78 on Thursday morning.
After a long lull during Thursday day, a second round of snow that starts Thursday night could drop another 5 to 12 inches of snow in late Friday morning.
AccuWeather.com says New Jersey could reach 30 centimeters of snow in New Jersey for a two-part storm from Wednesday to Friday, depending on its configuration.
The Accuweather forecast map for the winter storm that is expected to hit New Jersey on Thursday and Friday includes 15 to 30 centimeters of snow for the central part of the state and 7 to 15 centimeters for the northern and southern areas.
“AccuWeather is calling on Philadelphia and New York City to be on the line between a 6 to 12 inch storm and a 3 to 6 inch storm,” said the private weather forecasting company.
Meteorologists are also tracking a possible storm on Sunday, although the details of that are not clear until Tuesday morning.
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