Many areas of New Jersey will be getting their first accumulating snow of the season, thanks to a winter storm that’s expected to drift across our region from the west late Saturday into early Sunday afternoon.
Depending on where you live, you will likely see anywhere from an inch to as much as 4 inches of snow on the ground before the fast-moving clipper system tapers off.
Forecasters from the National Weather Service say there could be some small pockets of 4½ to perhaps 5 inches, and forecasters from AccuWeather are predicting a wide swath of 3 to 6 inches of snow in the southern half of the Garden State.
The latest forecast from the National Weather Service shows a wide range of snowfall projections across New Jersey.National Weather Service
Winter weather advisories have been issued in 16 of the state’s 21 counties, taking effect Saturday evening and lasting until Sunday afternoon.
“Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous,” the National Weather Service said.
The only counties that are not under a formal winter weather advisory, as of late Friday, are Bergen, Morris, Passaic, Sussex and Warren counties.
Ironically, those are the areas of the state that typically see the most snow.
Here’s a look at how much snow is predicted by the National Weather Service in each New Jersey county.
Latest snow forecastAtlantic County: 2 to 3 inches of snowBergen County: 2 to 3 inches of snowBurlington County: 3 to 5 inches of snowCamden County: 3 to 4 inches of snowCape May County: 1 to 2 inches of snowCumberland County: 3 to 4 inches of snowEssex County: 2 to 4 inches of snowGloucester County: 2 to 4 inches of snowHudson County: 2 to 4 inches of snowHunterdon County: 2 to 4 inches of snowMercer County: 3 to 4 inches of snowMiddlesex County: 3 to 4 inches of snowMonmouth County: 3 to 5 inches of snowMorris County: 2 to 3 inches of snowOcean County: 3 to 5 inches of snowPassaic County: 2 to 3 inches of snowSalem County: 2 to 4 inches of snowSomerset County: 1 to 4 inches of snowSussex County: 1 to 2 inches of snowUnion County: 2 to 4 inches of snowWarren County: 1 to 2 inches of snow
Areas shaded in purple are under winter weather advisories, which will begin Saturday evening and continue through early Sunday afternoon.National Weather Service
Forecasters from the weather service’s Mount Holly forecast office say the precipitation “may start as some light rain or a rain/snow mix near and southeast of Interstate 95 before quickly changing to all snow.”
The intensity of the snow might increase for a short time early Sunday morning, the forecasters said.
The snow is only one part of the wintry forecast for New Jersey this weekend. Our long pattern of frigid air and gusty winds will continue for several more days.
Here’s the latest snow and temperature forecast for this upcoming weekend, from the National Weather Service.National Weather Service
Temperatures will be dipping into the upper teens to low 20s overnight Friday, the mid- to upper 20s Saturday night, then back into the teens Sunday night.
Making matters worse, an Arctic front is expected to sweep through the Garden State on Sunday afternoon, with gusts of 25 to 30 mph creating areas of blowing snow and low visibility for drivers, forecasters noted.
Current weather radar
