Hour-By-Hour Forecast For Middlesex County: Snow, Sleet, Freezing Rain

Snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected Tuesday, and that precipitation will change over to rain early Wednesday morning.

A winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service will go into effect at 3 p.m. Tuesday and last until 1 a.m. Wednesday.

Difficult travel conditions are expected.

Here’s the hour-by-hour forecast for Central Jersey (New Brunswick), according to weather.com:

Tuesday

Light snow is expected to begin this afternoon. One to three inches is expected to fall. The chance of snow is 100 percent. Skies will be mostly cloudy and winds of 5 to 10 mph are expected.

Noon to 2 p.m.: 31 to 33 degrees, cloudy

3 p.m. to 6 p.m.: 33 degrees, snow

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.: 32 degrees, wintry mix

11 p.m to midnight.: 34 degrees, rain

Wednesday

Skies will be cloudy and there’s an 80 percent chance of rain. About a quarter of an inch of rain is expected to fall. Winds will be 5 to 10 mph.

1 a.m. to 9 a.m.: 36 to 39 degrees, rain

10 a.m. to 3 p.m: 41 to 44 degrees, rain and showers

4 p.m. to 11 p.m.: 43 to 37 degrees, rain and showers

Snow will begin around midnight, when temperatures will be about 36 degrees.

Thursday

Snow will continue to fall throughout the morning Thursday, as temperature continue to drop, dipping to about 29 degrees by 9 a.m. There is a 90 percent chance of snow. Three to five inches of snow is expected to fall. Winds will be 10 to 15 mph. Near record low temperatures are expected Thursday night, when the low will be around 10 degrees.