After a break in the wet weather on Saturday – and a moderate temperature in the afternoon – another storm system will be on its way to New Jersey on Sunday, and it could rain a few inches of snow in hilly areas in the northern provinces of the state, forecasters said. .
Although most of Garden State is likely to receive all the rain due to Sunday’s storm, temperatures in some northern and western parts should be cold enough to provide some snow and sleet early Sunday morning and early Sunday night, the National Weather Service said.
The New York Regional Office, which handles northeastern New Jersey, of the weather service says snow could accumulate in western Passaic County, with a light snow layer in the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union.
The office of the agency in Mount Holly, which handles 16 of the 21 counties in New Jersey, is asking for a mix of snow and snow in Sussex County, with possible accumulations of 2 to 4 inches in high terrain and lighter accumulations in the valleys .
Forecasters say light snow could accumulate in parts of northern New Jersey on Sunday, Jan. 3 through early, Jan. 4.National Weather Service
Forecasters say rain showers and icy rain could mix until Sunday, Jan. 3, with partial snow in parts of northern New Jersey until early Monday, Jan. 4.National Weather Service
As of early Saturday morning, no formal advice was issued for the winter weather, but the weather service noted in a dangerous weather forecast that light snow and sleet could accumulate Sunday night in Morris and Warren counties, preventing a period of freezing rain in Hunterdon. . and Somerset Provinces.
Before Sunday’s storm system dawns, New Jersey will see the morning clouds break, with partial to mostly sunny skies on Saturday afternoon and temperatures rising to the low 50s in the northern provinces and the upper 50s in the southern provinces.
It is 10 to 15 degrees warmer than usual for early January.
Sunday’s storm time calculation
According to the Mount Holly office of the National Weather Service in Saturday’s forecast discussion, light precipitation is expected early Sunday morning from the southwest, ‘with its leading point near a line from Reading to Philadelphia to Atlantic City around dawn on Sunday. The precipitation will spread to the rest of eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey on Sunday morning and must continue until Sunday night before moving away to our northeast and east late Sunday night. ‘
‘Although a short period of freezing rain is possible for the onset of parts of Hunterdon and Somerset, a freezing rain can quickly change to rain as the temperature there rises slowly above the freezing point,’ says the weather service.
In areas along and north of the Interstate 78 corridor, the weather service expects a wintery mix of snow, sleet and possibly icy rain. “The mixture should change during the afternoon after all the rain in the valleys, with only a slight accumulation of snow and / or ice expected there,” the agency said.
Updates on Sunday’s storm system will be posted on NJ.com as more details become available.
Once the clouds clear on Saturday, New Jersey will have moderate temperatures in early January.National Weather Service
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