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.