SPSPHI from 2/25/2019 6:21 AM to 8:00 AM EST for Hunterdon County, Warren County, Northampton County. More information.
SPSPHI from 2/24/2019 9:02 AM to 12:15 PM EST for Northampton County: Locally dense fog this morning. More information.
New event. High Wind Warning from 2/24/2019 2:00 PM to 2/25/2019 6:00 PM EST for Hunterdon County, Warren County, Northampton County. More information.
New event. High Wind Watch from 2/24/2019 6:00 PM to 2/25/2019 6:00 PM EST for Hunterdon County, Warren County, Northampton County. More information.
After a very nice recovery in temperatures yesterday (50f high in Stewartsville) today, Friday will be pleasant but not quite as warm. Clouds will be on the increase on Saturday with rain arriving in the late afternoon and early evening. The rain should start off on the light and showery side but will get heavier as the night progresses. This is the same system that will be giving a blizzard to the west of Chicago and also gave snow to the dessert Southwest. But we are on the warm side of this storm and will only see rain.
And we could see a good amount of rain too. At least 1” of rain is forecast at this point. The ground continues to be saturated from the cold weather and all the rain we have received lately. This could result in some minor flooding in the usual places.
As the storm passes the big weather story will be the strong winds that develop Sunday afternoon and evening into Monday. Wind gust will be over 40 mph.
Event cancelled. Winter Weather Advisory from 2/21/2019 3:25 AM to 6:00 AM EST for Warren County, Northampton County. More information.
Event cancelled. Winter Weather Advisory from 2/21/2019 3:25 AM to 4:00 AM EST for Hunterdon County. More information.
Event extended (time). Winter Weather Advisory from 2/21/2019 12:53 AM to 4:00 AM EST for Hunterdon County. More information.
Everything is still on track with the snow for today. As we mentioned, we are seeing snow showing up on the radar yet it’s not reaching the ground yet. This will continue to be the case today until the snow wins out over the very dry air. Right now my dew point in Stewartsville is 13f with my air temperature of 27f. That’s really dry.
But the snow will win out and mess up everyone’s afternoon commute if you unfortunately had to go to school or work today.
We then need to keep an eye on how fast sleet starts to mix in with the snow and eventually change over to plain rain. I would not be surprised to see sleet start in southern sections by early evening if not before.
I’m sticking with my 1-3″ forecast although right now it looks like we’ll be at the higher end of that range.
Winter Weather Advisory will be in effect for Wednesday. The Winter Storm watch is no longer in effect.
Based on everything I’ve seen today, I’m lowering my snow forecast to 1-3″. There’s even a good chance we could see less than this.
Reasons for the update:
- not as much cold air available
- there is no real cold high pressure to the north of us. rather it will be to the east of us and that will help promote the warmup that will take place
- the air before the storm is very dry. This will prevent any snow accumulation for the first several hours of the storm. At this time I don’t expect snow to start in our area until mid-day or slightly later
- like so many storms of this winter, we will transition to sleet and freezing rain to rain. I expect us to start this transition wednesday evening
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