The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a Win­ter Storm Warn­ing for the Bor­ough and coastal Cape May County for a win­ter storm that is fore­casted for our area.  There is a chance of a snow­fall of three to five inches as a result of the storm.  A win­ter storm will bring heav­ier snow, sleet, ice, and freez­ing rain to the south.  The storm is expected to brush by the Jer­sey Shore and bring snow­fall to our region.  The Win­ter Storm Warn­ing is in effect from Tues­day, Jan­u­ary 28th through Wednes­day, Jan­u­ary 29th, at 6:00am.  Snow is expected to develop over our region this evening.  It will remain cold enough for an all snow event.

Please exer­cise cau­tion while dri­ving this evening and dur­ing the early morn­ing hours on Wednes­day.  If you have any emer­gency, please dial 9–1-1.

Here is the text of the Win­ter Storm Warn­ing issued by the National Weather Ser­vice for our community:

Win­ter Storm Warn­ing in effect until 6 am EST Wednesday…

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a Win­ter Storm Warn­ing for heavy snow… which is in effect until 6 am EST Wednes­day. The Win­ter Weather Advi­sory is no longer in effect.

* Loca­tions… Sus­sex County Delaware and Cape May County New Jersey.

* Snow accu­mu­la­tions… 3 to 5 inches.

* Tim­ing… snow will over­spread Delaware late this after­noon and reach into New Jer­sey early this evening. The heav­i­est snow is expected to occur between 9 PM and 3 am tonight. The snow should end by the start of the morn­ing com­mute on Wednesday.

* Impacts… roads will become snow cov­ered and slip­pery due to tem­per­a­tures well below freez­ing and accu­mu­lat­ing snow. Travel con­di­tions will become haz­ardous. Snow cov­ered road­ways will con­sid­er­ably slow the Wednes­day morn­ing commute.

* Winds… north 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

* Tem­per­a­tures… mainly 10 to 15 degrees while it is snowing.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

A Win­ter Storm Warn­ing means sig­nif­i­cant amounts of snow are expected. This will make travel very haz­ardous or impos­si­ble. Please make sure you have blan­kets in your vehi­cle and a charged cell phone if trav­el­ing overnight. Bet­ter yet, please avoid any unnec­es­sary trav­el­ing. Give your­self extra time to reach your des­ti­na­tion Wednes­day morning.

The Jer­sey Shore is going to get some addi­tional snow Tues­day night into Wednes­day morn­ing.  The National Weather Ser­vice has issued a Win­ter Weather Advi­sory for the Bor­ough from Tues­day at 5pm, through Wednes­day at 5am.  A storm that will bring some snow and ice to the south will approach our area dur­ing the after­noon hours and snow should develop around sun­set on Tues­day.  Cold weather is in place so the snow should be the light, pow­dery vari­ety.  The cur­rent fore­cast calls for a 70 per­cent chance of snow this evening and two to four inches of snow is pos­si­ble dur­ing this storm event; lesser amounts are also possible.

Please exer­cise cau­tion while dri­ving this evening or overnight.  If you have any emer­gency, please dial 9–1-1.  Updated fore­casts are always avail­able for Com­cast cable cus­tomers on Shore TV Chan­nel 2; also fol­low tra­di­tional media out­lets in our region for updates on the forecast.

Here is the text of the Win­ter Weather Advi­sory posted by the National Weather Ser­vice Tues­day morning:

Win­ter Weather Advi­sory remains in effect from 5 PM this after­noon to 5 am EST Wednesday…

* loca­tions… Atlantic and Cape May coun­ties in New Jer­sey and Sus­sex County Delaware.

* Haz­ard types… steady accu­mu­lat­ing snow.

* Accu­mu­la­tions… snow accu­mu­la­tion of 1 to 2 inches pos­si­ble in New Jer­sey… .2 to 4 inches across Sus­sex County. The high­est totals will be across south­ern and east­ern por­tions of the counties.

* Tim­ing… Tues­day evening and into the early overnight period.

* Impacts… snow will cre­ate haz­ardous travel. Please plan on extra travel time and be pre­pared for a slower than nor­mal commute.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

A Win­ter Weather Advi­sory means that peri­ods of snow… sleet… or freez­ing rain will cause travel dif­fi­cul­ties. Be pre­pared for slip­pery roads and lim­ited vis­i­bil­i­ties… and use cau­tion while driving.

The National Weather Ser­vice con­tin­ues both the Win­ter Storm Warn­ing and the Wind Chill Advi­sory for the Stone Harbor and sur­round­ing areas through Wednes­day morn­ing.  How­ever, the antic­i­pated snow­fall totals have been slightly down­graded by about two inches.  Pre­vi­ously the fore­cast called for the pos­si­bil­ity of between six to ten inches of snow from this storm; the lat­est fore­cast has been revised to reflect the pos­si­bil­ity of four to eight inches of snow for our region.

The win­ter storm con­tin­ues to be a threat to our area as snow will be wide­spread over our region by Tues­day after­noon.  The snow­fall is expected to be light at first, and inten­sify dur­ing the evening hours before end­ing early Wednes­day morn­ing.  Travel is expected to remain dif­fi­cult dur­ing the evening hours with strong winds that will result in blow­ing snow across road­ways and side­walks.  The revised fore­cast has between one to three inches of snow falling dur­ing the after­noon hours, and by the storm ends, a total of between four to eight inches of snow.

In addi­tion to the Win­ter Storm Warn­ing, a Wind Chill Advi­sory remains in effect.  Winds will gust from the north up to 50mph dur­ing the overnight hours and winds will be gust­ing to 45mph Wednes­day morn­ing.  Wednesday’s fore­cast high tem­per­a­ture is 19 degrees, which will result in wind chill val­ues dur­ing Wednes­day morn­ing at –8.

Please exer­cise great cau­tion while dri­ving late this after­noon and this evening.  Dri­ving will be dif­fi­cult dur­ing the evening hours when the heav­i­est snow­fall is expected to occur.  If you have any emer­gency dur­ing the storm, please dial 911.

The National Weather Ser­vice has con­tin­ued a Win­ter Storm Warn­ing for the Bor­ough and the rest of Cape May County for a sig­nif­i­cant snow­storm that will affect our region over the next 36 hours.  The snow­storm is fore­cast to drop between six and ten inches of snow on our com­mu­nity with snow arriv­ing early Tues­day after­noon and last­ing through the early overnight hours of Wednes­day morn­ing.  At some points dur­ing this storm, snow could fall at the rate of an inch per hour.  A Wind Chill Advi­sory is also in effect from Wednes­day at 1am until Wednes­day at 11am.

A storm that will approach our region from the south brought some cloud cover to Avalon dur­ing the early morn­ing hours of Tues­day.  The tem­per­a­tures are expected to stay at or below freez­ing dur­ing this snow event which will result in all snow for our region.  The snow is expected to begin with a light snow­fall dur­ing the first few hours of the storm; snow will inten­sify around sun­set through the evening hours.  Trav­el­ling this evening and dur­ing the overnight hours will be very dif­fi­cult.  You are advised not to travel unless it is absolutely nec­es­sary to allow snow plows an oppor­tu­nity to clear the streets.

Com­pound­ing this storm will be strong winds.  Winds will be out of the north at 25-35mph with gusts to 45mph.  Power out­ages are pos­si­ble dur­ing this storm event.  If you have any emer­gency, please dial 9–1-1 for imme­di­ate assistance.

Please con­tinue to mon­i­tor this web­site and tra­di­tional local media out­lets for storm updates.

Here is the text of the Win­ter Storm Warn­ing from the National Weather Service:

Win­ter Storm Warn­ing remains in effect from 10 am this morn­ing to 6 am EST Wednes­day… … Wind Chill Advi­sory in effect from 1 am to 11 am EST Wednesday…

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a Wind Chill Advi­sory… which is in effect from 1 am to 11 am EST Wednesday.

* Snow accu­mu­la­tions… 6 to 10 inches.

* Tim­ing… snow will over­spread the area toward mid to late morn­ing… then con­tinue through this evening.

* Impacts… travel will become haz­ardous due to snow cov­ered roads and peri­ods of very low vis­i­bil­ity. Areas of blow­ing and drift­ing snow will develop espe­cially this evening and tonight. The after­noon and evening rush hour will be sig­nif­i­cantly impacted.

* Winds… north­east 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 to 40 mph, becom­ing north and north­west overnight.

* Tem­per­a­tures… mainly in the teens to 20s today, then drop­ping to the sin­gle dig­its tonight.

* Wind chill… as low as 10 below zero. These dan­ger­ous 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.

A Wind Chill Advi­sory means that very cold air and strong winds will com­bine to gen­er­ate low wind chills. This will result in frost bite and lead to hypother­mia if pre­cau­tions are not taken. If you must ven­ture out­doors… make sure you wear a hat and gloves.

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.

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.

The National Weather Ser­vice has posted a Win­ter Storm Watch for the Bor­ough and all of Cape May County for Tues­day morn­ing, Jan­u­ary 21st through Tues­day evening. A win­ter storm has the poten­tial to bring between a few to sev­eral inches of snow to our region dur­ing the day Tues­day, into Tues­day night.

Tues­day will begin with clouds and cold tem­per­a­tures in our region before snow begins, likely dur­ing the early after­noon hours. The tem­per­a­ture is expected to remain cold enough for a snow event. Winds will pickup dur­ing the after­noon and evening hours with winds out of the north­east at 15-25mph with gusts to 40mph. Blow­ing snow is likely dur­ing this storm on Tues­day. Snow con­tin­ues into the evening hours and it will turn sharply colder with an overnight low of 13 degrees. Wind chill val­ues Tues­day night will be around –3 degrees. Sun­shine returns to the fore­cast on Wednesday.

Please con­sider this fore­cast if you have any travel plans Tues­day after­noon and Tues­day evening as travel is expected to be dif­fi­cult. Please give your­self extra time for your com­mute. Secure any out­door objects that may become air­borne dur­ing a pro­longed wind event. If you have any emer­gency, please dial 9–1-1. Pay close atten­tion to tra­di­tional media out­lets in our area for fur­ther updates on this win­ter storm.

Here is the text of the Win­ter Storm Watch pro­vided by the National Weather Ser­vice on Mon­day morn­ing, Jan­u­ary 20th:

State­ment as of 5:24 AM EST on Jan­u­ary 20, 2014

… Win­ter Storm Watch remains in effect from Tues­day morn­ing
through late Tues­day night…

* loca­tions… south­east Penn­syl­va­nia… por­tions of cen­tral and
south­ern New Jer­sey… East­ern Shore of Mary­land… and all of
Delaware.

* Haz­ard types… snow

* snow accu­mu­la­tions… 4 to 7 inches possible.

* Tim­ing… snow­fall will begin Tues­day morn­ing and con­tinue into
Tues­day evening with heav­i­est snow­fall expected Tues­day
after­noon and evening.

* Impacts… accu­mu­lat­ing snow­fall could cause peri­ods of
haz­ardous travel across the area.

* Winds… north 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* Tem­per­a­tures… in the lower 20s.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

A Win­ter Storm Watch means there is a poten­tial for sig­nif­i­cant
snow… sleet… or ice accu­mu­la­tions that may impact travel.
Con­tinue to mon­i­tor the lat­est forecasts.

The National Weather Service has posted a Wind Chill Advisory for our region for Tuesday, January 7th from 1:00am until 12 Noon.  A front is pushing through our region on Monday that will bring cold, dry arctic air to our region.  Temperatures will fall throughout the day on Monday into Monday night with very cold wind chill values for the morning commute on Tuesday.  An executive summary of the weather conditions for South Jersey over the next 36 hours are included in the photo to the right; click on the photo for a larger version.

Please exercise extra caution while driving this evening through Tuesday.  Much of the snowfall from the weekend has melted and roads and sidewalks could become very slippery with ice.  Please bring your pets indoors to provide warmth and comfort.  Check on elderly neighbors and relatives to make sure they have heat and are properly protected from the elements.  Strong winds will accompany this front; bring in any loose objects that may become subject to strong winds.

Sunshine but with the possibility of freezing spray is in the forecast for Tuesday.  Wind chill values locally could exceed -11 degrees, with wind gusts at times during Tuesday morning approaching 45mph.  If you have an emergency, please dial 9-1-1.

Here is the complete report on weather conditions for South Jersey from the National Weather Service:  National Weather Service Cold Weather Briefing Monday January 6 2014

Here is the text of the Wind Chill Advisory issued by the National Weather Service:

The National Weather Ser­vice has posted a Wind Chill Advi­sory for the Bor­ough for the early parts of this week.  Heavy rain was push­ing through our com­mu­nity dur­ing mid morn­ing hours on Mon­day.  Behind the rain, colder air from the arc­tic that will result in very low wind chill val­ues along the Jer­sey Shore.  Here is the text of the Wind Chill Advi­sory posted by the National Weather Service:

Wind Chill Advi­sory in effect from 1 am to noon EST Tuesday…

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a Wind Chill Advi­sory. It is in effect from 100 am Tues­day until noon on Tuesday.

* Locations..extreme south­east­ern Penn­syl­va­nia, south­ern New Jer­sey, Delaware and north­east­ern Maryland.

* Haz­ard types… dan­ger­ous cold and wind.

* Wind chill val­ues… .as low as minus 10 to minus 15.

* Tim­ing… late tonight through mid­day Tuesday.

* Impacts… pro­longed expo­sure to the dan­ger­ous cold and wind may lead to hypother­mia and frostbite.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

This Wind Chill Advi­sory means that the com­bi­na­tion of very cold air and strong winds will cre­ate dan­ger­ously low wind chill val­ues. Limit your time out of doors if possible.

The National Weather Ser­vice has posted a Wind Chill Advi­sory for Stone Harbor for the early parts of this week.  Heavy rain was push­ing through our com­mu­nity dur­ing mid morn­ing hours on Mon­day.  Behind the rain, colder air from the arc­tic that will result in very low wind chill val­ues along the Jer­sey Shore.  Here is the text of the Wind Chill Advi­sory posted by the National Weather Service:

Wind Chill Advi­sory in effect from 1 am to noon EST Tuesday…

The National Weather Ser­vice in Mount Holly has issued a Wind Chill Advi­sory. It is in effect from 100 am Tues­day until noon on Tuesday.

* Locations..extreme south­east­ern Penn­syl­va­nia, south­ern New Jer­sey, Delaware and north­east­ern Maryland.

* Haz­ard types… dan­ger­ous cold and wind.

* Wind chill val­ues… .as low as minus 10 to minus 15.

* Tim­ing… late tonight through mid­day Tuesday.

* Impacts… pro­longed expo­sure to the dan­ger­ous cold and wind may lead to hypother­mia and frostbite.

Precautionary/preparedness actions…

This Wind Chill Advi­sory means that the com­bi­na­tion of very cold air and strong winds will cre­ate dan­ger­ously low wind chill val­ues. Limit your time out of doors if possible.

The National Weather Ser­vice has con­tin­ued both the Win­ter Storm Warn­ing and the Coastal Flood Advi­sory for our Bor­ough through 1pm on Fri­day. Dur­ing the overnight hours, between 4–8 inches of snow fell through­out Cape May County with about five to six inches in our com­mu­nity. Please exer­cise cau­tion while dri­ving dur­ing the morn­ing com­mute. Snow is tap­ing off to snow show­ers this morn­ing and we will have clear­ing skies Fri­day after­noon. Be cau­tioned that the winds are expected to pick up with gusts out of the north­west at 40mph which will cre­ate wind chill val­ues of about –6 dur­ing our evening hours. The winds could blow some snow back onto streets that have already been plowed.

We still have a Coastal Flood Advi­sory in effect. Minor to pos­si­bly mod­er­ate coastal flood­ing in flood prone areas is pos­si­ble dur­ing time of high tide Fri­day morn­ing, at 9:06am at the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge. The north­west­erly winds will help keep tidal flood­ing down at time of high tide. Never attempt to drive on any street with stand­ing water.

Local police have closed the Townsend’s Inlet Bridge between Avalon and Sea Isle City dur­ing the overnight hours. That bridge will reopen when it is safe to do so. The Avalon Free Pub­lic Library is closed on Fri­day, Jan­u­ary 3rd. Many schools through­out Cape May County are closed today as well.

Please con­tinue to mon­i­tor local media out­lets for updates through­out the day.