How Cold Will It Get In West Orange This Weekend?

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

In West Orange, temperatures will plummet with wind chill values sinking to 5 below this weekend. About an inch of snow could also accumulate Saturday with as many as three additional inches falling Saturday night.

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

Friday

• 12 p.m.: 11 degrees, feels like -5
• 1 p.m.: 12 degrees, feels like -3
• 2 p.m.: 13 degrees, feels like -1
• 3 - 6 p.m.: 12 to 14 degrees, feels like 0
• 7 p.m.: 11 degrees, feels like -1
• 8 - 11 p.m.: 10 degrees, feels like -1

Saturday

• 12 - 2 a.m.: 11 degrees
• 3 - 6 a.m.: 10 degrees
• Snow Begins at 6 a.m., Continues Through Sunday Morning

• 7 a.m.: 11 degrees
• 8 a.m.: 14 degrees, feels like 6
• 9 a.m.: 18 degrees, feels like 9
• 10 a.m.: 22 degrees, feels like 12
• 11 a.m.: 24 degrees, feels like 14
• 12 - 2 p.m.: 26 degrees, feels like 16
• 3 - 5 p.m.: 28 degrees, feels like 19
• 6 – 7 p.m.: 26 degrees, feels like 22
• 8 p.m.: 25 degrees, feels like 19
• 9 p.m.: 24 degrees, feels like 15
• 10 – 11 p.m.: 21 degrees, feels like 8

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 – 4 a.m.: 16 degrees, feels like -3
• 5 a.m.: 15 degrees, feels like -4
• 6 - 8 a.m.: 14 degrees, feels like -5
• 9 – 11 a.m.: 13 degrees, feels like -8

*The rest of Sunday’s hour-by-hour forecast is not available, though forecasters predict it will be 19 degrees and windy throughout the day.

The National Weather Service has also issued a High Wind Watch for West Orange 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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