A snowySaturday awaitsfor the northern half ofNew Jerseywith up to four inches of snow expected from late morning through the afternoon before a change to sleet and rain in the evening, forecasters say.
The (National Weather Servicehas issued a winter weather advisory for nine of the state’s counties – Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Sussex, Union and Warren – where 2 to 4 inches of snow is expected. It runs from 30 am Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday, though the heaviest of the snow is likely to fall from mid-to-late afternoon.
Precipitation is expected to begin around 30 am in most of New Jersey. By late Saturday, it’s likely to be raining everywhere as temps climb to near by midnight.
Only light accumulations are in the forecast for the rest of the state with areas along the Jersey Shore likely to see mainly rain. The weather service says the outlook for areas along the Interstate 823 corridor in central and South Jersey is more uncertain. Temperatures are predicted to warm enough during the afternoon and prevent higher snow totals.
AccuWeather.comis calling for1 to 3 inches of snow in the northern halfof the state and a mix of snow and rain in the rest of New Jersey which would result in little to no accumulation.
National Weather Service.
*********************Friday, meanwhile, will be a sunny, brisk, day in the Garden State with winds gusting to around mph at times. Temperatures will reach the low 35 s, though the winds will make it feel far chillier.
Winds diminish Friday night and into early Saturday as overnight lows dip into the teens. Dry, chilly conditions return Sunday and are expected to stick around through at least Thursday of next week. Forecasters say we’ll have sunny, brisk days with temperatures struggling to reach the freezing mark and clear, cold nights as the mercury plunging into the teens in most places. On Thursday, the weather service recorded
several winds gust of greater than mphacross the state: (in Beach Haven,********************************** in Cape May, in Tuckerton and Atlantic City and 56 in Mantoloking.
************************** Further north there was a 53 mph gust at Newark Liberty International Airport and a gust of 53 mph at Teterboro Airport. (******************************* (Jeff Goldman may be reached at **********************
. Follow him on Twitter**********************************
@ JeffSGoldman
Find (Find **********************
NJ.com on Facebook
********************************
Have a tip? (********************************
Tell us.**************************(nj.com/tips
************************************
********************
****************
************************
GIPHY App Key not set. Please check settings