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Far Hills Police Dept STORM ALERT

A SIGNIFICANT AND LONG DURATION SNOW THURSDAY… AS A POWERFUL STORM DEVELOPS OFF THE EAST COAST TONIGHT AND THU SEVERAL ROUNDS OF VERY HEAVY SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. ALTHOUGH SOME SLEET MAY MIX AT TIMES WITH THE SNOW ON THURSDAY THE PRIMARY PRECIP TYPE WILL BE HEAVY WET SNOW. SNOW WILL BEGIN FALLING AND ACCUMULATING ONCE AGAIN BETWEEN 3-6 A.M. SNOW WILL BE HEAVIEST DURING THE MORNING THU EARLY AFTN THEN PERHAPS LIGHTEN UP A BIT BEFORE RESUMING A HVY INTENSITY AT NIGHT. LOOK FOR 1 - 3 INCHES BY 8 AM. HEAVY WET SNOW COMBINED WITH INCREASINGLY GUSTY (20-40+MPH) WINDS TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL LIKELY PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE POWER OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE. ( SNOWFALL TOTALS LESS IF MORE MIXING OCCURS)
ALERT OVERVIEW
START TIME: Tonight
3-6 am END TIME: Tapering off slowly Fri aftn TOTAL: 12-18 Inches
(Will depend on mixing tomorrow am)
DURATION OF PRECIP: 30-36 hours + INTENSITY: Moderate to heavy at times
COMMENTS: * Wind driven very heavy snow mixed with sleet at times Thu thru Fri morning.



PERIOD FORECAST HIGH/LOW
TODAY Cloudy with drizzle and sprinkles this afternoon ending High: 37-41
TONIGHT Light snow or mixed precip begins 3-6 am, becomes mostly snow by daybreak with up to 1-3 inches by 8 a.m. Cooling to 32-34
THURSDAY Heavy wet snow will mix with sleet brief rain at times and accumulate 5-6 inches during the day. Winds NE 20-30 mph. Temps cool to near
31-32
THU NIGHT Heavy snow strong gusty winds and brief sleet at times. Accum 4-6 inches additional snow. Low 28-30
FRIDAY Periods of accumulating snow diminish by mid day. Some blowing and drifting … accum 2-3 inches High 32
SATURDAY Mostly cloudy and breezy with scattered snow showers High 30-35

POTENTIAL HAZARDS: SNOW CONFIDENCE:
Rapid snow accum (1”+ / hr) X Night/AM widespread refreeze X
Significant blowing / drifting X Night/AM patchy refreeze
Very low visibility at times X Heavy accum. during rush hour X
Long storm (+24 hrs) X Quick pavement accum X
Down trees/limbs/power lines X Temps during event below 20º
Patchy ice accumulation Long duration (+24h) below 32º
Severe widespread ice accum Rapid temperature drop
Some periods of sleet accum X Flooding possible
3-6 Inches with mixing 10%
6-12 Inches 20%
12-18 Inches 50%
18-24+ Inches 20%




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