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WEATHER ALERT: Record-Level Cold, Hazardous Weather 'Freeze Watch' For New Jersey
The region could have its coldest late-April temperatures ever, along with 30-mph wind gusts, and some snow could come to North Jersey.

Expect to get some of the coldest weather you’ll ever feel in late April on Friday night and Saturday morning.
Temperatures are expected to dip down to the upper 20s and lower 30s, the National Weather Service said, and residents in higher elevations could see snow flurries on Friday night and Saturday morning.
The record low for April 24 was 36 degrees in 1967, according to intellicast.com.
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The National Weather Service also said that wind gusts could approach 30 mph - just days after wind and rain toppled trees in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The National Weather Service has issued three alerts: a “Hazardous Weather Outlook,” a “Special Weather Statement” and a ”Freeze warning” for all of New Jersey. The “Freeze Warning” in effect from Friday night through Saturday morning.
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The National Weather Service also said that wind gusts could reach 30 mph - one day after another wind and rain storm toppled trees across the state.
Rain will bypass a large part of the Northeast as one storm with chilly air lingers across the north and another storm with rain comes to the south, according to AccuWeather.com.
AccuWeather Meteorologist Dave Samuhel said on the website:
“The cold will ease somewhat this weekend across most of the Northeast. However, it will still be a few degrees cooler than average from Washington, D.C., to New York City.”
Central and South Jersey counties were placed under a freeze watch for the same time period, stating sub-zero temperatures are possible.
One of the impacts listed by the National Weather Service included “possible damage to early season plants.”
The warning also stated that sub-freezing temperatures are imminent or highly likely, and conditions will kill crops and other vegetation.
This flip to a cooler temperature regime is because of an upper-level trough that has dipped southward into the Midwest, bringing modified Canadian air from the northern Plains to the Northeast. This upper-level trough will make slow progress eastward, allowing the cool temperatures to stay, according to The Weather Channel.
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