...Wind Advisory in effect from 2 PM this afternoon to midnight EDT tonight... The National Weather Service in Mount Holly has issued a Wind Advisory...which is in effect from 2 PM this afternoon to midnight EDT tonight. * Winds...west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Timing...late this afternoon through this evening. The strongest wind will occur this evening. * Impacts...strong wind could cause power outages due to downed power lines. Additionally, there could be tree limbs down. Use caution if you drive a high profile or lightweight vehicle, especially on north/south roadways. Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Wind Advisory means that very windy conditions are expected. Winds this strong can make driving difficult...especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. Light-weight outdoor objects such as patio furniture and garbage cans should be secured.
Except for the complimentary Rita’s tomorrow and the fact that it’s Palm Sunday, it won’t feel very spring-like. Our Sunday will be 10 degrees cooler than normal with some wet snow. Most of what falls will not stick to roads. We could see a coating to perhaps 1″ on colder surfaces – and that’s only when it snow heavily (if it does at all) and if the snow continues into Sunday night. Bottom line this is much less of an event that was presented in the media several days ago.
Monday will continue the colder weather but we get more spring-like on Tuesday and stay there for the rest of the week.
Hopefully everyone in western New Jersey remembered to spring forward their clocks and to also change the batteries in your smoke detectors.
The main message I want to get across today is we have been so warm and above normal, many of us are thinking this is the norm. Sadly it’s not. So when we get a normal temperature day (upper 40’s for western New Jersey) it will feel like parka weather. Combine that with clouds, wind and rain will make people remember it’s March. We should get about 1/2″ of needed rain (it’s been dry lately). The rain will not totally clear out until later Tuesday.
Luckily the cold will not last too long and we will be back above normal in the upper 50’s Tuesday and the 60’s Wednesday and Thursday!
Remember the Ides of March!
Even though the weather the past couple of days in western New Jersey made us think we jumped into Summer already, we’re not there yet.
Our “normal” high temperature this time of year should be in the upper 40’s. Our forecast for the next 7 days has us above that every day! Monday will be close and will not feel as warm with some rain Sunday night into Monday.
When you change your clocks, also change the batteries in your smoke and CO detectors too! (Some CO detectors have 5 or 10 year batteries in them so don’t change those but DO check the date on those. They should be recycled when the battery expires)
Crocus bloom in Stewartsville NJ in early March 2016
While I’m not advising anyone to put away their winter coats yet, warmer weather is on the way for western New Jersey this week. We may even have record breaking warmth on Wednesday!
One thing I did want to mention with all this warmth is people will want to head to their local nurseries and start planting things. It’s WAY TOO EARLY for that. For this area the farmer’s use MAY 10th as the last date of frost or freeze that’s safe for outdoor planting. That’s two whole months from now!
So what can you do? Clean up leaves, pick up brush, clean windows, stuff like that.
Normal high temperature for this time of year is 46. Enjoy!
Light snow in Stewartsville March 4, 2016
About 1/2″ of new snow was reported in Stewartsville Friday morning. The snow has just about moved out of the area and we will see some sunshine later today. The winds will pick up as the storm intensifies as it heads out to sea.
Western New Jersey could see a similar light dusting late Saturday night and Sunday morning as another fast moving clipper system passes through the area. Then we turn on the warmers and will see temperatures at 60 or above Monday!
Monthly summary for Stewartsville for February 2016
Winter appears to have one more show for us. Today’s gusty winds are bringing back colder more seasonable weather to western New Jersey. In fact it will be quite chilly tonight and tomorrow. Look for light snow to develop Thursday night and last into Friday. Initially temperatures will be cold enough for all snow but on Friday we will go above freezing so if it continues it should mix with some rain, especially in southern locations. Plus the March sun will go to work on surfaces and prevent any additional accumulation.
For western New Jersey I like the idea of a coating to an inch or two. This will mostly be on colder, grassy surfaces. I don’t anticipate any additional accumulation once sunup is reached on Friday.
For those ready for Spring, we should get a real nice preview of it next week!
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