The ultimate in our collection of East Coast storms is upon us, and it might be the one with the largest impression relying on the place you reside.
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. Test the most recent climate alerts right here.
Whereas Saturday morning was dry, issues beginning heading downhill within the afternoon.
With temperatures under freezing area-wide, it is going to be all snow when the precipitation begins round lunchtime. Temperatures will keep regular through the day and finally rise by night, initiating a changeover to combined precipitation and finally all rain in and round New York Metropolis.
South Jersey would be the first to transition to all rain, typically 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 lead to diminutive snow totals down the Jersey Shore; count on 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 possible.
On Sunday, rain would be the prevailing type of precipitation. It’s going to flip a lot of the day before today’s snow into slush earlier than making it disappear completely. It’ll be a sloppy day, so sporting rain boots shall be clever.
We might get just a few pockets of heavy rain Sunday afternoon, simply because the storm system begins to exit. And if you happen to’re in South Jersey or on Lengthy Island, you may 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 many of the weekend, a superb soaking is sorely wanted.
We’re nonetheless working reasonable 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 get pleasure from a pair rain-free, sunny days in the beginning of the week. Sadly, this sunshine is coming together with a precipitous drop in temperatures; we’ll need to 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.
