NJ Weather: Snow, Winter Weather Advisory Expand To 12 Counties

NEW JERSEY — New Jersey is bracing for its biggest snowstorm of the season now that a winter weather advisory has expanded to 12 counties. Up to 5 inches of snow is expected in parts of the Garden State (see snow estimates below).

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The National Weather Service has now issued a winter weather advisory for Middlesex, Somerset and Mercer counties. The NWS issued the advisory earlier for Hudson, Essex, Bergen, Union, Passaic, Morris, Sussex, Warren and Hunterdon counties.

The advisory is in effect until 1 a.m. Sunday; much of the snow is expected to fall after 11 a.m. Saturday and taper off by the evening.

Here are the alerted areas:

Here is what you should expect in the 12 New Jersey counties that are under a winter weather advisory:

• Snow is expected, with total accumulations of 2 to 4 inches.
• Roads may be slippery.
• Snow is expected to develop from late morning into the afternoon Saturday. The heaviest snow will likely occur from mid-to-late afternoon.
• Snow may mix with sleet or rain by early Saturday evening before tapering off overnight.

A hazardous weather outlook was issued for most of the rest of the state. Snow is expected to develop Saturday morning, then change to sleet and then rain Saturday afternoon in those areas. A light snow accumulation is possible in Central and South Jersey.

Patch will be monitoring the snow totals as the winter weather hits. Check back for updates: New Jersey Snow Totals, Town-By-Town, For Saturday.

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Here are the predicted snow totals (story continues below):

Here are the high-end totals:

The large winter storm is lining up to bring widespread snow and ice across the northeastern United States, including areas that have not experienced much wintry precipitation so far this season, according to AccuWeather.

Warm air from the south and the ocean will play a role in limiting or preventing snow and ice in much of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia, as well as parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York and New England during the storm, according to AccuWeather.

Here is how AccuWeather displayed the arrival times:

Forecasters say motorists should expect travel conditions to deteriorate from west to east on Saturday across much of the mid-Atlantic and later Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening over much of New England.

The storm's fast movement should prevent a blockbuster snowfall from unfolding even though rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour can occur for a time from the central Appalachians to interior New England, according to AccuWeather. Much of the snow that falls near the coast may occur in a couple of hours. Here is more:

Here is the forecast:

• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 31. Northwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
• Friday night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 17. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light north after midnight.
• Saturday: Snow after 10 a.m., mixing with rain in central and south Jersey after 4 p.m. High near 40. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch is possible.
• Saturday night: Snow or rain, mainly before 10 p.m. Low around 33. Southwest wind 11 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch are possible.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. West wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.