Hazardous Weather Expected to Come to New Jersey

Hazardous weather is expected to come to New Jersey this week as the state gets its first real taste of winter, forecasters say.

Most of New Jersey likely will not need the snow shovels yet, but you could encounter some slippery driving as all communities are expected to get some or all of the following this week: rain, freezing rain and/or snow.

The coldest air of the season so far is set to dive into the northeastern United States this weekend, with the warmth New Jersey is expected to have on Election Day, Wednesday and Thursday abruptly interrupted starting on Friday, according to AccuWeather.

A cold front will dive southward on Friday, causing temperatures behind it to plummet well below normal for the weekend. "A brisk northwest wind will bring an early December-like chill to the Northeast this weekend," AccuWeather Meteorologist Max Vido said in an AccuWeather release.

The National Weather Service has not issued an advisory yet, but the agency has said that snow could touch some of the state's northern counties by Friday, with rain falling in the rest of North Jersey.

Rain is expected to hit the entire state on Wednesday, with temperatures beginning to drop after reaching the 60s on Election Day.

Here is the forecast for the next few days:

• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 55. North wind 5 to 7 mph.
• Monday night: Clear, with a low around 31. Calm wind.
• Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph.
• Tuesday night: A slight chance of showers after 1 a.m. Increasing clouds, with a low around 43. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.
• Wednesday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60 percent. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Wednesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.
• Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

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