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.winter storm watch

 

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.