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Jan 11: Updated Weekend Snow Map

Jan 11: Updated Weekend Snow Map

🕔16:54, 11.Jan 2019

Discussion: Dynamics are leaning towards the heavier wildcard from yesterday’s discussion. It’s still not looking like a shut-down snow storm but it could mean a plowable event for a larger part of SNJ. We’re dealing with a fairly weak, but strong-enough,

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Jan 10: Light Snow Event Expected

Jan 10: Light Snow Event Expected

🕔17:50, 10.Jan 2019

Discussion: Low pressure will track across the SE US and eject into the Atlantic Ocean over OBX. From there it is not expected to turn up the coast and produce a major snow storm. Instead it will likely remain on

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Jan 9: Weekend Snow Detected

Jan 9: Weekend Snow Detected

🕔19:33, 9.Jan 2019

Discussion: Changes in the western Pacific ocean indicate a more active pattern from about January 20 and forward into February. It takes about two weeks for downstream-propagation for such changes to reach the E US. We’re not there yet, including this

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Jan 7: Wintry Threat for NNJ Tonight

Jan 7: Wintry Threat for NNJ Tonight

🕔14:00, 7.Jan 2019

Discussion: It’s no secret that last night was cold and temperatures have struggled to climb today. For the areas of expected wintry impact overnight tonight temperatures have failed to climb above freezing today. For the lower 2/3 of NJ temperatures are

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Winter Returns (Jan 7-11)

Winter Returns (Jan 7-11)

🕔18:59, 6.Jan 2019

Discussion: Tonight’s temperatures should bottom out pretty low. Monday should warm as light precipitation moves in for Monday night into Tuesday morning. There’s some wintry precip concern for NNJ as precip arrives Monday night. Everyone else should see all rain.

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Rainy Start. Cold Finish (Jan 4-6)

Rainy Start. Cold Finish (Jan 4-6)

🕔12:55, 4.Jan 2019

Discussion: A cut-off upper level low will track from Texas over Virginia into the Atlantic Ocean. A corresponding surface low will track just to the north of the ULL through Kentucky, Virginia and ultimately over New Jersey. The upper-level flow

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January Discussion with WeatherTrends360

January Discussion with WeatherTrends360

🕔15:19, 2.Jan 2019

It’s time to harness the WeatherTrends360 proprietary weather algorithms to see how the rest of January 2019 should play out. But first lets break New Jersey into climatologically-similar regions. We have the higher elevations of NNJ/NWNJ, the interior coastal plain and Newark Basin (SWNJ

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Snow Cravings Continue (Dec 31-Jan 4)

Snow Cravings Continue (Dec 31-Jan 4)

🕔21:00, 30.Dec 2018

Discussion: There is no point in sugar coating it. 2019 will end mild and wet and the first week or two of January also looks relatively mild. For those who dislike snow this should come as good news. For the

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Mild Wet Start Cold Dry Finish (Dec 28-30)

Mild Wet Start Cold Dry Finish (Dec 28-30)

🕔11:26, 28.Dec 2018

Discussion: Above-average upper-level geopotential height anomalies will continue to dominate the pattern today (Friday) and most of Saturday. Heights should relax into a transient zonal pattern for Sunday before rebuilding to start next week. This means mild and wet today

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Dec 27: Rainstorm Approaching

Dec 27: Rainstorm Approaching

🕔17:57, 27.Dec 2018

Discussion: An area of high pressure is departing the ~Maine area as low pressure cuts through the Great Lakes behind it. This should set up a warm sector rain event for most of Friday. The line of precipitation appears pretty thin

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