WEATHER ALERT: Saturday Snow Accumulation Upped 'Significantly' In New Jersey

Sometime soon, you will be able to wake up from this bad dream we call “winter.”

But not yet.

Forecasters are predicting another dose of snow over the weekend, with anywhere from 2 to 4 inches of snow in South Jersey and the Jersey Shore, and 4 to 7 inches of accumulation possible in parts of North Jersey.

The National Weather Service has issued a “Winter Weather Advisory” that will be in effect between noon Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, with snow changing to some sleet, and then to freezing rain, and then to rain.

Initially, the National Weather Service predicted an inch or two would fall over most of New Jersey; now it’s either doubled that total in South Jersey and the Jersey Shore, and nearly quadruped it in northwestern New Jersey.

The Newark area is supposed to get 3 to 5 inches, while Ocean City will get less than a half inch, according to the National Weather Service.

“Snow will overspread the area early Saturday afternoon from southwest to northeast, and it could become heavy for a time,” according to the National Weather Service.

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As some warmer air moves in, the snow should mix with sleet and freezing rain, then change to rain Saturday night before tapering off during Sunday, according to the NWS.

Hazardous travel is expected Saturday afternoon into early Sunday. Visibilities will be as low as one-quarter-mile at times, with temperatures rising into the upper 20s Saturday afternoon, then rising through the 30s Saturday night into Sunday.

This next storm follows days of record low temperatures that have claimed at least five lives in Pennsylvania and at least one life in New Jersey.

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