New Jersey’s first major snowstorm of the year is winding down early Thursday with accumulations expected to end before daybreak and wind gusts that reached more than 60 mph along the Jersey Shore calming.
While final snow totals aren’t expected until later Thursday, parts of Sussex and Warren counties had reached or were closing in on 10 inches of snow as of late Wednesday and early this morning, the National Weather Service said. Numerous towns in Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Morris had recorded more than six inches by late Wednesday with several more inches expected.
Winter weather warnings and advisories won’t expire for several more hours, though radar shows the snow should be done in New Jersey by about 7 a.m.
Gov. Phil Murphy has scheduled a 9 a.m. briefing to provide updates on the storm.
It’lll be a chilly day for either snow removal or fun in the snow Thursday. Temperatures are mainly in in the 20s just before 6 a.m. and won’t get much above the freezing mark this afternoon on a mostly cloudy day.
Snow on grass and other surfaces that don’t get plowed is likely to stick around for a few days before gradually melting as temperatures will be in the 30s on Friday and Saturday under sunny skies. Highs on Sunday will reach the low 40s on another dry day. Overnight lows the next two nights will be in the teens, which could create some refreezing concerns on roads from the melting snow.
The state will likely escape the storm without any widespread power outage issues. As of 6 a.m. fewer than 4,000 homes and businesses were in the dark out of the state’s more than 4.3 million utility customers. The outage peak hit about 14,000 customers at around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday.
All New Jersey Transit trains as well as Newark and Hudson-Bergen Light rail service remains suspended as of 5:45 a.m. Buses that serve the Port Authority in New York City are also not running early Thursday. Nor are buses that serve northern and Central Jersey.
As of 5:45 a.m. 80 flights out of Newark Liberty International Airport have been canceled already Thursday — 23% of the airport’s total departures, according to FlightAware.com. John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports in New York City have recorded 60 and 55 cancelations, while there have been 13 at Philadelphia International Airport.
The speed limit on the New Jersey Turnpike has been reduced to 35 mph north of Exit 6 and 45 mph south of Exit 6 as crews salt and plow.
There were numerous wind gusts of 50 mph or more along the Jersey Shore and in northwestern New Jersey during the storm with two of at least 60. The highest was 62 in Mantoloking just before 10:30 p.m., according to the weather service. A 60 mph gust was recorded near Beach Haven on Long Beach Island at about 9:30 p.m.
The highest preliminary snowfall totals were 10.6 inches in Belvidere and 9.6 in the Pelletown section of Frankford.
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