The ultimate in our collection of East Coast storms is headed our method this weekend. And it could possibly be the one with the most important impression.
We’re monitoring a mixture of snow, ice, and rain that’ll make for a wintry Saturday and sloppy Sunday. Winter climate advisories are posted from Central Jersey up by the Hudson Valley. Examine the newest climate alerts right here.
If it is advisable run any errands this weekend, get them accomplished early on Saturday. Saturday morning is the one time this weekend roads shall be dry. By Saturday afternoon, issues shall be heading downhill.
With temperatures under freezing area-wide, it is going to be all snow when the precipitation begins round lunchtime. Temperatures will keep regular throughout the day and ultimately rise by night, initiating a changeover to combined precipitation and ultimately all rain in and round New York Metropolis.
South Jersey would be the first to transition to all rain, usually by early night. The transition will occur within the metropolis by mid to late-evening.
The Hudson Valley will see snow previous midnight. In a single day, sleet and freezing rain will combine in.
Freezing rain falls as liquid rain and instantly freezes on contact with the sub-freezing floor it lands on. It creates a sheet of ice on roads, a tough, icy shell across the snow on the bottom, and an icy layer on tree branches and energy traces, weighing them down and inflicting them to snap if sufficient ice builds up.
Ice accumulations within the Hudson Valley might attain as much as one to 2 tenths of an inch. Tree branches and energy outages normally begin to occur after 1 / 4 inch of ice build-up.
To the south, the milder temperatures and fast changeover to rain will end in diminutive snow totals down the Jersey Shore; anticipate lower than an inch. Within the metropolis, on Lengthy Island, and in northern New Jersey, most of us can stay up for an extra 1 to three inches of snow. Farther north, 3 to five inches are extra seemingly.
On Sunday, rain would be the prevailing type of precipitation. It’s going to flip a lot of the day prior to this’s snow into slush earlier than making it disappear totally. It’ll be a sloppy day, so sporting rain boots shall be smart.
We might get just a few pockets of heavy rain Sunday afternoon, simply because the storm system begins to exit. And should you’re in South Jersey or on Lengthy Island, you would possibly even hear thunder.
By the night, the rain will transfer out.
Totaling all of it up, the rain, snow, and ice will account for about 1 to 2 inches of liquid equal precipitation, with about half an inch to an inch of that falling as rain.
Although the timing of this method places a damper on a lot of the weekend, soaking is sorely wanted.
We’re nonetheless operating average to extreme drought circumstances throughout the area. On the draw back, the soaking we get might include remoted flooding of streets and low-lying areas.
As soon as the storm is out, we’ll get to take pleasure in a pair rain-free, sunny days at first of the week. Sadly, this sunshine is coming together with a precipitous drop in temperatures; we’ll should endure a number of days with highs under the freezing mark and mornings that’ll really feel like the teenagers and single digits. Parka climate is again in full drive.
