NJ Weather: Winter Storm Warning In 15 Counties As Snow Expected

UPDATE: An update has been issued on the storm that's supposed to hit New Jersey. Read more: Latest NJ Snow Estimates, Timing As Winter Storm Warning Issued

NEW JERSEY — A winter storm that was supposed to bypass New Jersey is now on track to directly hit the Garden State, leaving at least 6 inches in its wake.

The National Weather Service said that a winter storm is supposed to hit New Jersey early Sunday morning and last until Sunday afternoon. A winter storm warning will be in effect from 6 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday in 15 New Jersey counties.

The storm could be troublesome as it comes in the heels of a nor'easter that left as many as 35 inches in some parts of New Jersey. Read more: Who Got The Most Snow? NJ Town-By-Town Nor'easter Snow Totals

Here are the alerted areas:

Snow total estimates were reduced overnight since temperatures in South Jersey and at the Jersey Shore could rise above freezing. Here are the expected snow accumulations:

NWS forecasters had initially said that the storm would head south and directly toward the ocean, but the track shifted course to the north on Friday.

Here is what to expect:

• Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations of over 6 inches possible.
• WHERE...Portions of central, northern and southern New Jersey, southeast Pennsylvania, northeast Maryland and northern Delaware.
• WHEN...From Sunday morning through Sunday afternoon.
• IMPACTS...Travel could be very difficult.

AccuWeather had considered two possibilities: A storm route that hugs the coast that spells the biggest snowstorm scenario for the Northeast, and a storm that charges out to sea that would bring little to no snow for the same areas. Confidence was growing on Thursday and Friday that it will likely take a path somewhere in between those two projections, AccuWeather said.

The heaviest snowfall is expected over the mountains of western North Carolina, which may see up to 15 inches of snow, according to Accuweather. If the storm intensifies as it moves over the Atlantic, western New England could see some heavier snowfall.

"Snowfall for much of the area from central Pennsylvania to the northern Hudson Valley of New York state is likely to be light with this event and on the order of a coating to an inch or two," AccuWeather Senior Storm Warning Meteorologist Brian Wimer said in the AccuWeather release.

Here is the forecast:

• Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 41. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
• Saturday night: A chance of snow after 1 a.m. Increasing clouds, with a low around 27. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
• Sunday: Snow, mainly before 4 p.m. High near 32. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.
• Sunday night: A chance of snow before 7 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. Northwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half-inch possible.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 31.
• Monday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19