Snow on Tuesday? Forecasters say yes. But how much?
New Jersey is set to receive another round of snow that could affect Tuesday morning’s commute.
Light, powdery snow is expected to fall beginning around 8 p.m. Monday and could turn wet and heavy into Tuesday, the National Weather Service said in a briefing issued early Monday morning.
Latest forecast: When does the snow start, and how cold is it going to get?
Preliminary forecasts call for 3 to 4 inches across most of North Jersey and New York City, which may create slippery road conditions on Tuesday morning, the weather service said.
With temperatures expected to be in the 20s overnight, a "glaze of ice" may form on untreated or elevated surfaces by Tuesday morning, the briefing said. That's fresh off snow squalls that caused power outages on Sunday.
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If the forecast holds, this storm could break New York City’s historic snow drought. The last time more than an inch fell in Central Park was on Feb. 13, 2022 — 702 days ago.
Temperatures are expected to remain very cold for at least the next seven days, with highs at or below freezing.
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New Jersey has had a mild winter so far. December 2023 was tied for the third-warmest December in more than 125 years of record-keeping, with an average temperature of 41.2 degrees, a Rutgers University report said.
By early Monday morning, electricity had been restored to most of the more than 5,000 households across the state that lost power Sunday due to snow squalls that produced high winds. About 1,000 Jersey Central Power and Light customers, mostly in western New Jersey, were still without power as of 7 a.m. Monday.
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