Friday, January 21, 2011

South Jersey Flash Freeze, Switch to Snow



The coastal storm is pulling away. As it does so, the rain and freezing rain that made it as far north as Burlington and Ocean Counties is switching to wet snow. Road conditions will deteriorate rapidly. Temperatures will drop below freezing if they were above 32 degrees at any point early this morning and the wet, untreated surfaces will quickly ice over. This is a classic textbook definition of a flash freeze. The radar is showing this colder air on the back-side of the storm very well.

Elsewhere, where it was snow, several inches accumulated, especially in Central New Jersey.

Again, I cannot stress how if you live in areas that saw rain what a surprise you will be in for in the next hour or two as the roads will freeze up leading to numerous traffic accidents. The temperatures will fall throughout the day.

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