A winter weather advisory is posted for far northern sections including Sussex County and the Poconos for some freezing rain.

This should be limited to areas far to the north as seen in the map above

Any early morning glimpses of brightness are gone and cloudy conditions will remain for the rest of today. An early look at radar shows our rain shield approaching the western New Jersey area. I was hoping the rain would hold off until mid-afternoon but I would not be surprised to see it arriving a little sooner, unfortunately.

As seen in the map above the entire area should receive 3/4″ to 1.5″ of rain from later today through Monday. In fact, some showers could remain into Tuesday.

The rest of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day looks OK but there will be a breeze but nothing too crazy.

As far as January is concerned we look to be entering a more progressive pattern. Temperatures look to remain above normal into the first part of January