Snow will continue into early very Tuesday morning with additional minor accumulations.
Skies will clear from west to east. Breezy conditions will continue on Tuesday as the departing low strengthens. Highs will be in the upper 30s for most of the area.
Clouds will return Tuesday night with lows ranging from the lower 30s in NYC and Long Island down to the lower 20s in the interior. Skies will remain mostly cloudy on Wednesday with mainly dry conditions expected. Temperatures will continue to be below normal through the middle of the week.
For Monday, the initial wintry mix will change back over to snow, some very heavy at times.
Snow will linger Monday night before eventually tapering off by early Tuesday.
There is potential for significant snow accumulations through Monday night time-frame.
This map above is for tomorrow. Watch the BANDING of bright blue over the Central NJ and NYC area. IF…. BIG IF.. This happens as shown here, we could see amounts over 6 inches. Again, BIG IF.. These bands are almost impossible to forecast. If this does happen, here is what our accumulations could look like in the map below. See those pinks in Central NJ, that’s 6+.
Purple Zone
Accumulation: This will be the Jackpot zone. 18+ inches of snow and sleet.
School Delays: Closures expected on Monday and Tuesday
Air Travel: Cancellations Expected
Roads: Snow covered and dangerous
Albany NY
Pink Zone
Accumulation: 12 to 18 inches of snow and sleet.
School Delays: Closures expected on Monday and Tuesday
Air Travel: Cancellations Expected
Roads: Snow covered and dangerous
Litchfield
Hartford
Dutchess
Sullivan
Orange
Orange Zone
Accumulation: 8 to 12 inches of snow and sleet.
School Delays: Closures expected on Monday and delays on Tuesday
Air Travel: Cancellations Expected
Roads: Snow covered and dangerous
Rockland
Westchester
Bergen
Passaic
Morris
Sussex
Essex
Somerset
Hunterdon
Blue Zone
Accumulation: 3 to 6 inches of snow and sleet.
School Delays: Early Dismissal on Monday possible and delayed openings on Tuesday very possible
Air Travel: Delays and some Cancellations Expected
Roads: Snow covered and dangerous
NYC
Nassau County
Brooklyn
Bronx
Staten Island
Monmouth
Middlesex NJ
Hudson
Union
Mercer
Middelsex CT
New Haven
Fairfield
Yellow Zone
Accumulation: 1 to 3 inches of snow and sleet.
School Delays: Delayed Openings on Tuesday morning possible
Air Travel: Delays expected
Roads: Slushy becoming snow covered on Monday later afternoon and evening
Suffolk
Ocean
Burlington
Camden
New London
Green Zone
Accumulation: Trace to 2 inches of snow and sleet.
School Delays: None Expected / possible on Tuesday morning
Air Travel: Minor delays expected
Roads: Mainly Wet
High pressure builds to the north and will provide dry but cool weather today, tonight and Saturday. Plenty of sunshine is forecast for both days, and temperatures will rise to the upper 30s to middle 40s during the day, and fall to the 20s at night.
A storm system will approach Saturday night and will impact the area with a wintry mix of precipitation Sunday and Monday. In general, a wintry mix of snow, sleet and rain Sunday will transition to mainly rain, wintry mix inland, Sunday night, then back to snow gradually from north to south during the day Monday.
Stay tuned for the latest forecast and updates through the weekend.