Thursday, February 21st, 2013 - Weather Discussion

We are setting up for a very active next 2 weeks of weather in Northern New Jersey.  The first storm of concern will enter our area late in the day tomorrow, brining a slight chance of some light snow or flurries tomorrow night, followed by rain or snow developing on Saturday morning, then changing to rain and continuing through the night on Saturday, before possibly turning back to snow before ending on Sunday morning.  After this, another similar storm will approach on Tuesday, again likely starting as snow on Tuesday afternoon, then changing to sleet, then to rain on Tuesday evening and continuing through the night before ending on Wednesday morning.  Then the big question is whether a storm will develop along the East Coast for the end of next week?  It looks likely that a storm will develop, but the details are very much in question as to where the storm will develop and how strong it will be, so for now I just put a chance of snow showers in the forecast for next Thursday through Monday, as any storm that develops will stall out for days.  If the storm remains weak as the models are showing this morning it would allow temperatures to warm into the low to mid 40’s during the day, but it would still be cold enough in the upper atmosphere that any showers would be in the form of snow, then it would warm up between the snow showers.  Of course, there is also the chance of a much stronger Nor’easter forming and this would mean much colder temperatures, and much more snow if it did occur, so check back for updates.