Snow Inland Winter Weather Advisories For Some Counties, Coastal Low Brings Some Snow Sunday
Winter Weather Advisories are posted for areas inland in Northwest New Jersey (west and north of Interstate 287, much of Northeastern Pennsylvania as well as the Lower Hudson Valley (Putnam Dutchess, Orange Counties) and points north. A warm front has passed through to the northeast with a slug of light precipitation be it snow inland and a mix on the southern end. Next comes the cold front and there is snow with that advancing to the northeast.
The snow forecast remains the same from overnight with no reach changes. Highest amounts are in the advisory areas where at least 2 to 3 inches accumulate and the possibility of some locally higher amounts while to the southeast mainly on a diagonal line from Philadelphia to New York City to Hartford, snow will be minimal in these areas and near the coast there will be nothing or next to nothing. This forecast ONLY APPLIES FOR TODAY since we do have another system heading up the coast just offshore for Sunday.
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This will all play through into the afternoon and then it all comes to an end from west to east as the afternoon wears on. The cold front passes offshore and we will have lots of leftover clouds around. Temperatures will be mostly in the 30s for highs this afternoon. Then the front stalls out and attention turns to a low that will develop off the coast of the Southeast US tonight and heading northward.
Models have been struggling for days on whether this system gets far enough north before turning northeastward. Overnight models bring the low close enough to the coast for snow so the next battle will be figuring out how much. This is going to be a snowfall for the coastal areas with lesser amounts inland. For now I’m thinking this will be advisory level criteria for Sunday and a 1 to 3 inland/2-4 coast seems reasonable for an accumulation forecast. Highest amounts will likely be the Jersey shore east of the Garden State Parkway, to Long Island, Southern Connecticut and Rhode Island. Snow develops Sunday morning from southwest to northeast and then ends Sunday evening from west to east. Temperatures while it is snowing Sunday will be near 32 at the coast and closer to 30 or upper 20s inland. We will be updating this on my subscription weather platform on Patreon later today.
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