Western Jersey Weather

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.

I was out late last night and arrived home near midnight to 1/2” of snow falling at a good clip. Western New Jersey picked up about 1” of snow overnight.

Today a secondary cold front will push through the area this morning. This will bring in much colder temperatures and strong gusty winds. Once the front passes, I expect temperatures to gradually fall the rest of the day. Winds will pick up so much that the NWS has issued a wind advisory starting at 4 pm today.

Overnight Friday into Saturday morning will be another very cold morning with temperatures in the low single digits. I would not be surprised to see some temperatures at or below zero.

then out attention turns to the next storm. It looks to arrive Sunday evening and last into Monday morning. The weather computer models have been trending more consistent lately and have also brought the storm further north. So far north that there is a rain/snow line to contend with. But I don’t think at this time it will be a factor for us. But if the trend continues it might be.

I agree with the map above from the NWS with projections on about how much snow can fall from this system. What I want to point out is this map is only until 7am Monday and snow could continue into Monday.

The last item I want to mention is the cold pattern looks to continue well into next week. take a glance at Monday nights low! Brrr! Could be the coldest night of the winter season.