Thursday, January 1, 2015 - Morning Weather Discussion

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Many areas of Northern New Jersey may break 60 degrees on Sunday!!!

We will have nice days today and tomorrow, and then clouds will increase on Saturday.

Saturday around 4-5 pm sleet, freezing rain, or rain will develop and will change to rain by 8-10 pm, with rain continuing overnight and through the day on Sunday.  The high will approach or even exceed 60 degrees in many locations on Sunday as warm air surges north ahead of an approaching cold front.

Monday will then be nice with highs in the mid to upper 30’s.

Tuesday will then be nice, but MUCH colder with highs only in the low to mid 20’s, with clouds increasing at night.

Wednesday an Alberta Clipper will approach our area.  This Alberta Clipper will give us a chance of snow showers or light snow starting around 1am on Wednesday morning and ending around 7-8 am.  There is a chance of a dusting to an inch or two of accumulation. 

Alberta Clippers are fast moving weak areas of low pressure that drop down into the United States from Alberta Canada and move quickly across the Northern United States, then off the Middle Atlantic Coast.  They usually have very little moisture to work and they move very quickly.  Sometimes they can slow down a bit as they near the Atlantic Coast which allows them to pick up a bit of moisture.  Depending on the track and strength of this Alberta Clipper there would be a possibility of accumulating snow Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.  One thing that is certain is that it will be below freezing and any precipitation that falls will be snow.  The big question is how much moisture this storm will have to work with and the track that it takes.  We will have to wait and see.

After this storm passes it will clear out by late morning on Wednesday with a high in the upper 20’s to low 30’s.

Next Thursday through Saturday should then be nice but quite cold with just a chance of a snow shower next Thursday and with increasing cloudiness next Saturday night.  The highs will start out very cold on Thursday with highs only in the mid 20’s, gradually warming to the mid to upper 20’s next Friday and the low to mid 30’s next Saturday.

Next Sunday we will have a chance of rain or snow as a storm system approaches from the west.  The highs will be in the low to mid 40’s next Sunday.

Next Monday and Tuesday should then be mostly sunny with increasing cloudiness on Tuesday night and highs mainly in the upper 30’s.

Next Wednesday we will have a chance of rain or snow as another storm system approaches from the West with highs around 40.

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