Sunday, February 15, 2015

Sunday, February 15, 2015 - Morning Weather Discussion

Another snowstorm on the way…

Today’s storm did not work out exactly as expected once again, with the heavier snow expected across Northeastern NJ ending up down in Central and Southern New Jersey where up to 7 inches fell, leaving Northeastern NJ with some rather light accumulations. Northwestern NJ was sandwiched between and ended up with about as much as was expected. Luckily the extremely high winds did not materialize, as is often the case, but it is better to be safe than sorry. Let’s just be happy that the 50+ mph winds didn't happen. The highest gust I recorded here was 30 mph.

Click here to view snowfall totals for Northeastern NJ and Southeastern NY State.

Click here to view snowfall totals for Eastern PA and the rest of New Jersey.

It will be VERY COLD today and tomorrow with the highs only in the upper single digits to low teens today, dropping to ten below zero to zero tomorrow morning with some temperatures of up to 15 to 20 below zero in the coldest valley locations tomorrow morning.

The pieces for the mid-week storm will remain separate which will prevent a major storm from occurring. We will likely still get a light to moderate snowstorm which will be Tuesday during the day, rather than Tuesday night into Wednesday as the storm over the Southeastern United States will race ahead of the Alberta Clipper. This will cause snow to develop around 1 am on Tuesday morning, ending around 5 pm on Tuesday evening. Accumulations should be 2-4 inches for Northeastern PA, Southeastern NY, Northern NJ, and New York City, 3-6 inches for Central NJ and Long Island, and 5-8 inches for Southern NJ.

We will however need to keep a close eye on this storm in case it decides to change track slightly. Any track further to the south would shift this entire area further south and reduce totals and any track further to the north would shift everything north, increasing snowfall totals in our area.  Please be sure to check back for updates.

After this storm passes it will once again get extremely cold for the end of next week with lows dropping below zero on Friday and Saturday mornings and highs only in the teens on Thursday and Friday.

The next storm will likely approach next Sunday, bringing a chance of snow Sunday into next Monday morning.

We will then have a chance of snow showers next Wednesday before the next storm brings us a chance of snow next Friday and Saturday.

Please be sure to check back for updates on the Tuesday storm as any small change in track will cause snowfall totals to either decrease or increase. 

I will likely post an update by early afternoon…

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