Ferry Shuttle Cancelled Thursday Due To Impending Snowstorm

FORT LEE, N.J. — The borough ferry shuttle has been cancelled for Thursday due to the impending snowstorm that could blanket North Jersey with 6 to 12 inches of snow.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning — the highest threat level for snow — for all New Jersey counties except for Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland. A winter weather advisory has been issued for those counties.

The National Weather Service has released a "briefing package" on the storm, and this is what the agency is saying:

• Timing: Snow will quickly develop from west to east after Midnight tonight. However, it will start as rain from about the I-95 corridor eastward, with a transition to snow from northwest to southeast early Thursday morning. The change over to snow will likely occur quickly in the I-95 corridor by Thursday at daybreak. It will take longer though to change over to snow on Thursday near the southern New Jersey coast and Delmarva.
• Warnings: The earlier winter storm watches have been upgraded to winter storm warnings. Winter weather advisories have been issued for far southeastern New Jersey, central Delaware and portions of the Eastern Maryland shore.
• Hazards/Impacts: Heavy snow, poor visibilities and dropping temperatures will make travel dangerous.
• Amounts: Snow will fall at a rate of up to 2 inches per hour in the warned areas from about 3 a.m. to 10 a.m. Thursday from west to east, with even some thunder possible.

Additional reporting by Tom Davis

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