Thursday, January 2nd, 2014 - Morning Weather Discussion

I am going with 5-10 inches for Northwest New Jersey and 6-12 inches for Northeast New Jersey, Southeastern New York, Central New Jersey, New York City, and Long Island with near blizzard conditions.  There will be light intermittent snow during the day today with a dusting to an inch of accumulation possible in some locations.  The snow will become moderate to heavy at times between 5 pm and 8 pm this evening and will continue until around sunrise tomorrow, then taper to snow flurries and end by around 8 am to 9 am.  It will also be quite windy late tonight and tomorrow morning.  Temperatures will plummet as the storm departs dropping to the upper single digits in most locations and then remain steady all day tomorrow, then drop to 5-10 degrees BELOW ZERO tomorrow morning.  The next storm will arrive late on Sunday morning, possible starting briefly as light freezing rain, then quickly change to rain and continue through the day.  Temperatures will rise to the low 50’s in many locations by Monday morning and the rain will become heavy at times, possibly causing some flooding as the heavy rain combines with the snow melt.  It will also be very windy and then temperatures will drop to the 20’s by evening causing any standing water to freeze.  Temperatures will then drop to around zero by Tuesday morning and rise to only the single digits during the day.  Another weak storm may approach for Thursday, bringing a chance of a bit of light snow, then another storm approaches for next weekend, bringing the chance for rain. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!