The National Weather Ser­vice has offi­cially posted a Win­ter Storm Warn­ing for the Bor­ough and the rest of Cape May County. The Warn­ing is in effect from Tues­day at 10am through Wednes­day at 6am, Jan­u­ary 21st-22nd.

 

A major win­ter storm will come up the east­ern seaboard of the United States and spread snow over the Mid-Atlantic region start­ing Tues­day after­noon. Snow­fall accu­mu­la­tions have been increased to a pre­dic­tion of between five and nine inches of snow. The storm will form off the coast­line of New Jer­sey and put snow over our region. The snow could begin dur­ing the early to mid after­noon hours on Tues­day, increase Tues­day evening and Tues­day night, and end dur­ing the overnight hours on Wednes­day morn­ing. Snow could fall at a rate of one inch per hour dur­ing the evening on Tuesday.Winter Storm Warning

 

Haz­ardous dri­ving con­di­tions are likely on Tues­day evening and into Tues­day night. If you have to drive, please do so with cau­tion as snow will fall heav­ily. Winds will pick up on Tues­day night with gusts to 45mph. The fore­cast calls for the pos­si­bil­ity of blow­ing snow and freez­ing spray on Tues­day night. Some power out­ages are pos­si­ble dur­ing the height of this storm on Tues­day night. Wind chill val­ues will reach –5 on Tues­day evening into Wednes­day morn­ing. The storm departs to sun­shine on Wednes­day, but with a high tem­per­a­ture of only 19 degrees with wind chills at –7.

 

Please exer­cise cau­tion dur­ing this win­ter storm. If you can avoid dri­ving on Tues­day evening, please do so. If you have any emer­gency dur­ing this snow event, please dial 9–1-1. Pay atten­tion to tra­di­tional media out­lets for updates on the fore­cast and conditions.

 

Here is the text of the Win­ter Storm Warn­ing posted late Mon­day after­noon by the National Weather Service:

 

State­ment as of 2:58 PM EST on Jan­u­ary 20, 2014

 

… Win­ter Storm Warn­ing in effect from 10 am Tues­day to 6 am EST
Wednesday…

 

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a Win­ter
Storm Warn­ing for snow, which is in effect from 10 am Tues­day to
6 am EST Wednes­day. The Win­ter Storm Watch is no longer in
effect.

 

* Snow accu­mu­la­tions… 5 to 9 inches.

 

* Tim­ing… snow will over­spread the area toward late Tues­day
morn­ing and the mid­day hours, then con­tinue through much of
Tues­day night. The heav­i­est snow­fall is expected Tues­day
after­noon and evening, with snow­fall rates of around an inch per
hour.

 

* Impacts… travel will become haz­ardous due to snow cov­ered roads
and peri­ods of low vis­i­bil­ity. Areas of blow­ing and drift­ing
snow will develop espe­cially later Tues­day after­noon and Tues­day
night as winds increase, result­ing in sig­nif­i­cantly reduced
vis­i­bil­i­ties at times. The Tues­day after­noon and evening rush
hour will be sig­nif­i­cantly impacted.

 

* Winds… north­east 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph Tues­day
after­noon, becom­ing north and north­west Tues­day night.

 

* Tem­per­a­tures… mainly in the 20s Tues­day, then falling through
the teens and sin­gle dig­its Tues­day night.

 

* Wind chills… mainly around 10 degrees Tues­day, then drop­ping
to around 10 below zero Tues­day night. These val­ues can quickly
cause frost­bite to exposed skin and lead to hypothermia.

 

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

 

A Win­ter Storm Warn­ing means sig­nif­i­cant amounts of snow are
expected. Strong winds are also pos­si­ble. This will make travel
very haz­ardous or impossible.

 

Areas of blow­ing and drift­ing snow will greatly reduce the
vis­i­bil­ity espe­cially in open areas later Tues­day after­noon and
Tues­day night. This will result in snow blow­ing back onto
pre­vi­ously plowed road­ways. Use extra cau­tion while driving.

Winter Storm Warning