Quick Morning Update

The European model continues to phase these two storms quicker, now bringing blizzard conditions to much of our area for late in the day on Friday into early Saturday.  There may be a little snow even early in the morning on Friday, but the main effects from the storm look to start around 11am on Friday morning with the heaviest snow occuring on Friday evening and night and into early Saturday morning before ending between 7am and 10am on Saturday morning from west to east. Total accumulations right now appear to be 12-18 inches throughout Northern and Central New Jersey, with the lowest accumulations in Western sections and the highest accumulations in eastern sections. From New York City eastward to Central Long Island, accumulations should be 18-24 inches, and from central Long Island to Boston, accumulations should be 24-30 inches.  There is a possibility that the storm could start as rain, especially in eastern and southern sections, but it will change to snow everywhere by evening and this was taken into account in my snowfall totals listed above. It is still possible this storm could merge together quicker,  which could move our area into the higher amounts. Full update by around 6:15am.