The state of emergency for all of New Jersey goes into effect beginning at 5 p.m. today. Heavy snow is expected through Saturday.
has been issued for the five counties along the Jersey Shore and winter storm warnings have been upgraded for nearly the entire state. The blizzard advisory, which indicates a dangerous combination of high winds, blowing snow and low visibility — includes Atlantic, Cape May, eastern Burlington, Monmouth and Ocean counties.by 7 p.m. in South Jersey when all the warnings take effect and later Friday night in central and North Jersey, according to the National Weather Service.
Please leave the roads empty for all the road crews to do their jobs. If you see a road crew getting into position or working, please let them have the road ahead of you.Officials said they expect power outages in the southern part of the state where winds are expected to be more of a problem. The Jersey Shore and southeast Burlington County is expected to get 8 to 15 inches of snow as winds gust as high 50 mph but up to 18 inches is possible. Blizzard conditions are most likely with a few miles of the coast from late Friday night until about mid-day Saturday, the weather service said. Power outages are possible as well.
Under the weather service’s technical definition, a blizzard needs to have all of these conditions during a period of three hours or longer: falling and/or blowing snow, sustained winds or frequent wind gusts of 35 mph or stronger and visibility frequently reduced to a quarter-mile or less. Here’s how the forecast is shaping up elsewhere in the Garden State, according to the weather service.4 to 11 inches of accumulation with winds gusts of up to 35 mph.Hudson:: 3 to 6 inches with winds gusting up to 35 mph2 to 4 inches with top wind gusts reaching 40 mphQ: Why does the governor declare a state of emergency?
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