We didn’t get quite as cold as I thought. There appears to have been a wind all night that stopped morning temperatures from bottoming out more. But it’s a cold morning anyway!. morning lows in western new jersey are in the mid single digits with some stations at or below zero just to our north.

The north trend mentioned yesterday continues and appears to be the answer for now. This will allow us to be on the warmer side of the artic front to our north initially. There could be some snow showers in the area as early as Saturday evening. But Saturday looks like a nice day with temperatures getting into the mid to perhaps upper 30’s. Then the first wave that will travel along the artic front on Sunday will track north of interstate 80. At this time Sunday doesn’t look to have as much precipitation until afternoon. Before the front slides south, we will be warm on Sunday and may approach 40 degrees if not a little warmer. So this may result in some rain showers.

On Sunday evening the artic front will push south slowly. As we turn colder, it now looks like we go from a rain to a freezing rain or sleet scenario. This looks to continue into Monday morning.

On Monday, a second wave of low pressure will push east. Since the artic front is so close to us, this disturbance will once again push warmer air aloft and give us a continued the threat of rain, freezing rain and sleet depending on temperature. Snow will fall north of I-80.