When Will Snow Stop, And How Much Needs to Be Shoveled?

It’s not over yet, and now it sounds worse than originally predicted.

A total accumulation of four to eight inches of snow will blanket Parsippany before the precipitation ends Thursday, which, according to the National Weather Service, won’t happen until after sunset.

Original predictions showed up to seven inches would hamper the area Wednesday to Thursday. While Parsippany woke up to less than two inches of accumulation Thursday morning, snowfall intensified greatly between 8 and 11 a.m.

Below is an hour-by-hour forecast of what to expect in the area through Friday night:

Thursday:
Noon: 22 degrees, snow
3 p.m.: 20 degrees, snow
6 p.m.: 21 degrees, chance of snow
9 p.m.: 16 degrees, mostly cloudy
Midnight: 9 degrees, partly cloudy

Friday:
3 a.m.: 5 degrees, mostly clear
6 a.m.: 3 degrees, mostly clear
9 a.m.: 5 degrees, mostly sunny
Noon: 17 degrees, mostly sunny
3 p.m.: 25 degrees, mostly sunny
6 p.m.: 25 degrees, mostly clear
9 p.m.: 18 degrees, mostly clear

Schools were closed throughout the area Thursday as districts expected the worst of the snowfall to hit the ground as the day wore on.

Forecasts show temperatures spiking into the 40s Saturday to Tuesday with no threat of precipitation.

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