Western Jersey Weather

Western new jersey morning low temperatures are in the low single digits this morning courtesy of yesterday’s arctic cold front. We also picked up 1/2” of new snow. Winds will remain brisk today and high temperatures won’t be very high – only in the mid to upper teens!

Tonight thankfully won’t be as cold as this morning. Then our attention turns to Saturday. Another more potent arctic cold front will pass through the area later Saturday afternoon. It will be accompanied by a period of two of light to moderate snow. I do not think we will get as much as the NWS indicates in the map above. My forecast is for 1-3” of snow. More snow can fall to the north and east which will be closer to the energy that will be with the front. Once this front passes, it will generate a fast moving storm off the new jersey coast that will bring near blizzard conditions again to southeastern new england.

This will all result in a very cold Valentine’s night and Sunday morning. Sunday temperatures will not get too much above 10! Monday morning could be the coldest part with low temperatures at or below zero in most of the area.

Then our attention turns to the next storm for later on Tuesday into Wednesday. This storm looks to have more moisture than the last few so will have to be watched carefully.

Folks in western new jersey that are looking out the window Thursday morning may not believe that they are seeing in some cases moderate snow. Don’t be too alarmed. It should only amount to a coating to 1” and should be over within the hour. Then there will be snow showers as the artic front passes the area this afternoon. This front will usher in very cold air tonight and Friday.

Saturday morning will be cold as well then we will see more snow showers or a period of light snow Saturday afternoon and night. We are watching Saturday night carefully. This storm will arrive with the next arctic front and will intensify. The questions is will it intensify around us, or has been the case recently, to our east. Right now I’m thinking it will be to our east but we will keep an eye on it with updates.

Sunday may be the coldest day of this winter with temperatures not getting above 10! Then Monday morning will earn the badge of the coldest morning of the winter with temperatures expected just below zero. Monday won’t recover too much with temperatures remaining in the teens.

Western new jersey had morning lows in the mid teens. Today will be similar to yesterday but perhaps a couple of degrees cooler with partly sunny skies. We will gradually cloud up tonight with flurries arriving by Thursday morning. Look for periods of snow showers on Thursday with a coating to perhaps 1” at most as it looks now. This will bring the first round of even colder air to the eastern half of the nation. temperatures on Friday will not get out of the low to mid 20’s with a stiff wind.

Then another arctic front accompanied by a fast moving clipper will visit the area on Saturday. This will bring some light snow and even colder temperatures for Sunday into Monday. The map above show a computer model representation of Monday morning lows. Most of western NJ is below zero by 5 or 10 degrees!

So even though we’re well into winter and somewhat used to winter weather, I want the purpose of today’s blog to urge everyone to get ready for even colder weather to come unfortunately.