Warm with Rain then Arctic Cold #2

09. January 2016 · Comments Off on Warm with Rain then Arctic Cold #2 · Categories: weather discussion, weather forecast, winter · Tags: , ,

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Rain will be moving into western New Jersey after midnight tonight and last to around mid-day Sunday. Winds will pick up and rain could be heavy at times. Winds will remain brisk on Sunday after the rain ends. Temperatures will start to drop and will reach the 30’s by Monday morning. Temperatures should stay in the 30’s during the day for all of next week.

Another arctic front will move through western New Jersey on Tuesday that will give us a period of light snow that may whiten the ground in some areas! More on that as it gets closer.

For now enjoy the near record warmth again on Sunday but keep the winter coats handy!

Winter Weather Advisory Tonight For Northern Areas

08. January 2016 · Comments Off on Winter Weather Advisory Tonight For Northern Areas · Categories: winter · Tags:

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There’s a chance that some of the rain may arrive while the temperature is near freezing in some northern locations of western New Jersey. As a result the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory just in case. I expect this to be primarily in northern areas around and north of interstate 80.

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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…WASHINGTON…MORRISTOWN…JIM THORPE…
BETHLEHEM…EASTON
321 PM EST FRI JAN 8 2016

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO
7 AM EST SATURDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY.

* LOCATIONS…POCONOS…PORTIONS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY…AND
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY.

* HAZARD TYPES…FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW.

* ACCUMULATIONS…A TRACE TO LESS THAN 1 TENTH INCH OF ICE AND A
DUSTING OF SNOW.

* WINDS…EAST TO NORTHEAST 10 MPH OR LESS.

* TEMPERATURES…LOWS WILL BE NEAR 30.

* IMPACTS…EVEN TRACE AMOUNTS OF FREEZING RAIN WILL LEAD TO
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS, ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVER
PASSES FROM LATE THIS EVENING CONTINUING THROUGH JUST AFTER
SUNRISE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW…SLEET…OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES…AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

REPORT SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
BY CALLING OUR TRAINED SPOTTER LINE…POSTING TO THE NWS MOUNT
HOLLY FACEBOOK PAGE…OR USING TWITTER @NWS_MOUNTHOLLY.

SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATION FORECAST MAPS IN ADDITION TO
EXPERIMENTAL PROBABILISTIC SNOWFALL INFORMATION FOR THE LATEST
EVENT ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/PHI/WINTER

Warmer, Wet, Then Cold Again

08. January 2016 · Comments Off on Warmer, Wet, Then Cold Again · Categories: weather discussion, weather forecast, winter · Tags: , ,

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Clouds have increased over most of western New Jersey this Friday morning. They should remain with us today. There will be two chances of rain this weekend. The first will be late tonight into the early morning hours of Saturday. This shouldn’t amount to too much. The second, as show above, will have more rain and wind with it. It should arrive late Saturday night and last into early Sunday morning.

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We should see about 1″ of rain in western New Jersey area. It should be breezy if not windy too with the storm. So if you still have you holiday light up, either take them down while its still dry and somewhat mild (that’s my plan for today) or make sure they are secure.

Don’t get to used to the warmer weather that we will experience in western New Jersey today into the weekend. Colder and windy weather will be usher behind the storm on Sunday resulting in temperatures struggling to get above freezing the first half of next week. It is mid January after all…

Cold Start; Milder Weather Ahead

06. January 2016 · Comments Off on Cold Start; Milder Weather Ahead · Categories: weather discussion, weather forecast, winter · Tags: , , ,

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Another cold night in western New Jersey. The cold temperatures were the result of clear skies and calm winds overnight that allowed temperatures to drop near the dew point in spots. With plenty of sunshine today we should have afternoon high temperatures in the mid to upper 30’s.

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After that the milder trend continues into the weekend. We should see high temperatures in the low 40’s on Thursday and Friday. There looks to be two chances of rain into the weekend. The first will be late Friday night into Saturday morning. Then again late Saturday night into Sunday morning. Due to the warmer weather this will be rain in our area.

Looking ahead colder weather looks to return next week. This should not be a surprise since it’s January!

Day 2 of Arctic Blast

05. January 2016 · Comments Off on Day 2 of Arctic Blast · Categories: weather discussion, weather forecast, winter · Tags: , ,

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Baby it’s cold outside! Map above courtesy of NJweather.org. Tuesday morning low temperatures in western New Jersey are in the single digits. Today will feature plenty of sunshine *and* a little less wind. That should make it slightly more bearable but it will still be cold. A little more relief comes Wednesday.

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Thursday is even warmer and back to above normal with high in the 40’s into the weekend.

Arctic Blast Start Off Week

04. January 2016 · Comments Off on Arctic Blast Start Off Week · Categories: weather discussion, winter · Tags: , ,

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If you stepped outside this morning in western New Jersey you know its cold outside! This is not unusual for early January – but it is unusual for us and the warmer than normal winter we had up to this point. Today and Tuesday will be the coldest part. There will be a stiff northerly breeze and could even be some snow flurries or light snow showers at times.

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We will begin to recover a little on Wednesday with highs back into the seasonable 30’s. Next chance of precipitation looks to be late Friday into the weekend. Right now it looks to be mostly rain but could start off and/or end as snow.

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If you don’t mind the cold, tonight might be a good night to look at the meteor shower!

 

Stewartsville December 2015 Summary

02. January 2016 · Comments Off on Stewartsville December 2015 Summary · Categories: Monthly Summary · Tags: , , ,

December 2015 is in the books. It was a warm month to say the least. Never seen the grass so green into the end of the month! Bulbs starting to peek through the mulch! But January looks to get back on track.

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Cold Weather on the way

01. January 2016 · Comments Off on Cold Weather on the way · Categories: winter · Tags: , ,

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First off Happy New Year to all faithful blog readers! As you can feel in the air today, the new year and new month has brought a change in the weather. The above normal pattern appears to have finally changed. In fact while temperatures the next few days will be closer to normal for early January, they will feel much colder to us since we’re used to warmer weather.

And more is on the way for western New Jersey. Some of the coldest air of the young season will be moving into our area Monday into Tuesday. Both of those days will barely get above freezing and morning lows can be in the upper single digits or low teens’s.

Yes is is January and this type of weather isn’t all that unusual. We’ve all been spoiled by the warm start to winter. There were even a few snow flurries in sports today. As you can see in the above map there’s more to our west. The Lake Effect snow machine is on and will be giving the usual places snow.

With colder air in place we need to start watching for moisture and see if the two can coincide. There are some signs of traditional winter weather so stay tuned! And Happy New Year!

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