Nor'easter, Snow To Hit New Jersey Early Next Week

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A nor’easter could hit the East Coast early next week, forecasters are predicting.

An “inland snow event” from Upstate New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania all the way to Northern New England is expected sometime Tuesday, according to the Weather Channel.

“This could be a big event,” a Weather Channel meteorologist said in a video forecast Friday.

Forecasters say that coastal flooding is definitely a possibility in the Jersey Shore and elsewhere.

The National Weather Service (see map for 7 p.m. Tuesday) predicts that snow will hit northern New Jersey by Monday, and heavy rain will hit the Jersey Shore. Snow will then come to the Shore by Tuesday night.

However, forecasters are stressing the uncertainanty of the storm scope and track at this point. Residents should stay tuned as a more reliable forecast is developed over the weekend, forecasters said.

John Bolaris, a weather reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, said while he has “very low confidence” in the outcome of the nor’easter, he warns area residents of the possibility of a weather event that could have “a very significant impact” Monday into Tuesday.

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