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The coldest air of the season flows into the city. How long does the festive cold last?

The holiday rain is behind us and now New Jersey is grappling with an air mass that originated deep in Canada and is bringing unseasonable cold to the region for the next week or so. We round out the month of November and start the month of December on the cold side of the weather equation. In fact, daily highs will be well below normal. It looks and feels more like early January than anything else.


For snow lovers in the area, this is a welcome sign. To get snow, we first need cold. So there is an ingredient. How about the second one? A storm. Well, that’s going to be a little harder to find while the cold air is present. (Unfortunately, this winter could turn out that way for us.)


The best chance of possible snowfall will likely be on the night of Wednesday into Thursday. A fairly intense/robust “Clipper”-like system that runs from Canada through the Great Lakes and then into New York State. This type of storm track is not ideal for snow accumulation in our area. However, this weathermaker may have enough momentum to stave off occasional snow showers that could cause smaller accumulations on colder surfaces. This system is still a few days away, so let’s see how everything plays out.


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