The NWS has issued a Winter Weather Advisory (below) for western New Jersey for this afternoon and overnight. The first round of precipitation is arriving with the air, mostly aloft, cold enough for wintry weather.

I’m not expecting too much with this system, especially in southern areas, as the air temperature will be above freezing most of the time. Look for a slushy accumulation mostly on non paved and non treated surfaces. Slightly more could accumulate further to the north.

Later on Wednesday into early Thursday morning look for more important rain and windy conditions then colder as we go into the weekend.

WARREN-MORRIS-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
332 AM EST TUE FEB 23 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM EST WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM EST WEDNESDAY.

* HAZARD TYPES...SNOW, SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...A COATING TO AN INCH.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZE.

* TIMING...A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON,
  THEN IT WILL MIX WITH SLEET BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO AREAS OF
  FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. ANY
  LINGERING FREEZING RAIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING IS EXPECTED TO
  CHANGE TO PLAIN RAIN AS TEMPERATURES RISE.

* IMPACTS...UNTREATED SURFACES WILL BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO SOME
  SNOWFALL AND THEN SOME ICING. REMEMBER, BRIDGES AND OTHER
  ELEVATED SURFACES TEND TO ICE UP FIRST.

* TEMPERATURES...RISING INTO THE MID 30S TODAY, DROPPING TO AROUND
  32 DEGREES TONIGHT, THEN SLOWLY RISING TO NEAR 40 DEGREES DURING
  WEDNESDAY.

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

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