How Cold Will It Get In Scotch Plains, Fanwood This Weekend?

Temperatures are dropping in Scotch Plains and Fanwood, as the state gears up for “damaging” tropical-storm-force gusts, snow and the coldest temperatures New Jersey has faced in 11 years.

In Scotch Plains, temperatures will plummet with wind chill values sinking to 9 below this weekend. About half an inch of snow could also accumulate Saturday with as many as three additional inches falling Saturday night.

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Here’s exactly how cold it will get in Scotch Plains, according to the National Weather Service.

Friday

• 12 p.m.: 11 degrees, feels like -5
• 1 p.m.: 13 degrees, feels like -2
• 2 – 3 p.m.: 14 degrees, feels like 0
• 4 - 7 p.m.: 13 to 15 degrees, feels like 2
• 8 - 10 p.m.: 12 degrees, feels like 3
• 11 p.m.: 10 degrees, feels like 4

Saturday

• 12 - 2 a.m.: 10 degrees
• 3 - 7 a.m.: 11 degrees, feels like 5
• Snow Begins at 6 a.m., Continues Through 11 a.m. Sunday
• 8 a.m.: 15 degrees, feels like 8
• 9 a.m.: 19 degrees, feels like 10
• 10 a.m.: 22 degrees, feels like 12
• 11 a.m.: 24 degrees, feels like 14
• 12 - 2 p.m.: 26 to 28 degrees, feels like 16
• 3 - 7 p.m.: 27 degrees, feels like 20
• 8 p.m.: 25 degrees, feels like 18
• 9 p.m.: 23 degrees, feels like 13
• 10 p.m.: 22 degrees, feels like 10
• 11 p.m.: 21 degrees, feels like 7

Sunday

• 12 a.m.: 19 degrees, feels like 2
• 1 a.m.: 18 degrees, feels like 0
• 2 a.m.: 17 degrees, feels like -2
• 3 a.m.: 16 degrees, feels like -3
• 4 - 5 a.m.: 15 degrees, feels like -5
• 6 - 11 a.m.: 14 degrees, feels like -7
• 12 p.m.: 13 degrees, feels like -9

*The rest of Sunday’s hour-by-hour forecast is not available, though forecasters predict it will be 16 degrees and windy throughout the day.

The National Weather Service has also issued a High Wind Watch for Scotch Plains from late Saturday night through Sunday afternoon for “strong, damaging winds.” According to the alert, “strong winds may down tree limbs and power lines and make driving high profile vehicles difficult, especially on elevated roadways and bridges.”

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