Saturday, January 4th, 2014 - Morning Weather Discussion

The temperatures reached 5 below zero at my location and the coldest temperature in New Jersey was at Walpack in Sussex County, with 13 degrees below zero this morning.  These are some of the coldest temperatures we have seen in 20 years.  Another arctic cold front and associated storm will start to approach our area tomorrow, this time however the storm will take a track to our west, which will allow warm air to surge into our area.  The temperatures will rise through the day tomorrow, reaching the upper 40’s to low 50’s by early Monday morning.  Light rain will develop in the late morning tomorrow, possibly starting briefly as freezing rain in some locations.  The light rain will continue into the night, becoming moderate to occasionally heavy late at night.  The heavy rain will continue into the morning, and then the cold front will come through in the late morning, causing temperatures to drop rapidly to the mid 30’s by early afternoon, with the rain changing to snow flurries and snow showers that could accumulate to a dusting.  It will also be windy, with gusts of up to 40 mph possible on Monday afternoon.  The temperatures will plummet to the mid single digits below zero by Tuesday morning and the highs on Tuesday will only be in the mid to upper single digits.  The next storm of concern will then be a weak storm system that will approach for Thursday, bringing with it a chance for some light snow that could accumulate to a dusting to an inch or two.  Then another storm is likely to approach on Saturday, possibly starting as snow, but most likely changing to heavy rain by afternoon.  After that, yet another storm is likely to approach for the middle of the following week and this storm has the potential to be quite strong, however it is still much too far out to tell whether it will be rain or snow.  Check back for updates.