Heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday could be followed by a steep temperature drop and a couple inches of snow for New Jersey Tuesday night into Wednesday.
The Lehigh Valley and most of New Jersey will experience wild swing in weather over the next several days with warm, wet conditions over the next two days before a quick-hitting snowstorm early Wednesday that could drop up to 3 inches of snow across the northeastern part of New Jersey and make for a messy morning commute.
Rain is expected to mix with sleet and snow before changing to all snow from northwest to southeast Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, the National Weather Service said in its forecast update Monday.
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service forecast calls for snowfall totals of 1 to 2 inches for most of the state with up to 3 inches possible in northeastern New Jersey on Wednesday.
National Weather Service
The National Weather Service forecast calls for snowfall totals of 1 to 2 inches for most of the state with up to 3 inches possible in northeastern New Jersey on Wednesday.
While most of the New Jersey should receive 1 to 2 inches of snow, the weather service’s New York office is calling for 2 to 3 inches of snow in western Essex, western Union, Hudson, Passaic and Bergen counties. Coastal Atlantic County and southern parts of Cape May County aren’t likely to receive accumulation.
Most people in New Jersey could be in for a challenging commute Wednesday morning due to a combination of falling snow and slippery roads, forecasters say.
Heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday could be followed by a steep temperature drop and a couple inches of snow for New Jersey Tuesday night into Wednesday.
The snow won’t last long as forecasters are calling for skies to clear by Wednesday afternoon, though it will remain chilly with temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s. The timing of the arrival of the cold air is likely to be key and could sway the snowfall total forecast, the weather service said.
In the meantime, it’ll be a wet Monday as up to an inch of rain will fall across the local region. Temperatures will be as much as 15 degrees above normal and range from about 50 in the northwest corner of the state to near 60 along southern parts of the Jersey Shore.
Heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday could be followed by a steep temperature drop and a couple inches of snow for New Jersey Tuesday night into Wednesday.
Rain should taper off Monday night into Tuesday morning, before precipitation re-develops on what will be a very mild Tuesday with highs approaching 60. Temperatures will begin to fall sharply Tuesday afternoon and sometime after midnight rain will change to snow from west to east as the mercury plunges into the upper 20s and low 30s.
The Thursday and Friday forecast calls for sunny, chilly conditions with highs only in the 30s before rain possibly returns on Saturday when highs approach 50.
Heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday could be followed by a steep temperature drop and a couple inches of snow for New Jersey Tuesday night into Wednesday.
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