A plume of frigid air from Central Canada is expected to stick around New Jersey for the next several days, and it could play a role in bringing light snow showers to our region, forecasters say.

One batch of snow may fall in southern New Jersey Sunday night, and it could leave a very light coating on the ground, the National Weather Service said.

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Forecasters are also keeping an eye on an Alberta Clipper system — a fast-moving storm coming from the Alberta region of Canada — that could get close enough to New Jersey and the New York City suburbs to drop some snow Wednesday night into Thursday morning.

“With the cold airmass in place, light snow is expected across much of the region, with a rain/snow mix a bit closer to the coast and NYC,” the weather service’s New York regional forecast office said. “Precipitation should be light with this system and little to no snow accumulations are expected at this time.”

Forecasters from AccuWeather say a huge dip in the jet stream, a narrow band of strong currents in the atmosphere, is allowing cold arctic air from Canada to drop as far south as North Carolina. The big dip is pushing temperatures in many central and eastern U.S. states about 5 to 15 degrees below normal for late November and early December.

The cold air is expected to stick around New Jersey this entire week, with daytime highs only reaching the upper 30s to low 40s and overnight lows dropping down into the upper teens to low 20s.

Some parts of Sussex, Warren and Burlington counties got as cold as the upper teens Saturday morning, according to temperature data from the Rutgers NJ Weather Network.

Among the coldest spots were Walpack (18 degrees), High Point Monument (19 degrees), Oxford (19 degrees) and Woodland Township (19 degrees).

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Len Melisurgo may be reached at LMelisurgo@njadvancemedia.com or on X at @LensReality.

PARSIPPANY, New Jersey (WABC) — New Jersey State Police are seeking the public’s help as they search for a suspect in a road rage shooting incident along Interstate 80.

Police say the suspect was driving a silver minivan with a Pennsylvania license plate. He pulled alongside another vehicle and fired a gun – the bullet hitting the other car’s rear driver-side window.

It happened Wednesday just after 6 a.m. on I-80 Eastbound near Exit 47-B in Parsippany-Troy Hills.

Police are asking any witnesses to call them.

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Vito the pug is living his best life after beating out a field of nearly 2,000 dogs on Thanksgiving and securing the prestigious Best in Show award − a first for his breed in over two decades of the National Dog Show.

The small but sturdy 2-and-a-half-year-old pup is certainly living up to his moniker — Vito is derived from the Latin word for vita, which means “life” or “victory” — and while he may have looked a bit puzzled as the crowd cheered his win during the NBC event on Thursday, he was probably just playing it cool.

Following the win, which was taped on Nov. 16 and 17 and aired after the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, NBC on-site reporter Mary Carillo asked Vito’s handler Michael Scott if he thought the pug was aware of his victory.

Scott’s reply? “He is a little smug. I do think he knows.”

But what really made Vito stand out?

“He has a beautiful head and expression,” Scott said, adding that Vito is a compact dog who has “wonderful movement,” which appeals to “a lot of people whether they know the breed specifics or not.”

While still young, Vito, who is owned by Carolyn Koch of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, is the No. 1 pug in all show systems and the No. 2 toy dog in the U.S., according to NBC. He also snatched the top spot in best of his breed at this year’s Westminster Dog Show in New York City and claimed best of breed at the American Kennel Club National Show in 2023.

Scott, of Chesapeake City, Maryland, previously won the National Dog Show in 2008 as handler for Holly, a pointer. Last year, he won reserve best in show (runner-up) with New Jersey dog Pumpkin, a Dalmation from Milltown in Middlesex County.

Vito may have notched the Best in Show accolade but there were plenty of superstars inside the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, Pennsylvania. With the newest addition of the Lancashire heeler, which debuted on the American Kennel Club’s official list earlier this year, there were 205 breeds sorted into seven groups: sporting, hound, working, terrier, toy, non-sporting and herding.

National Dog Show 2024 winners

Verde the Welsh terrier took second place, also known as Reserve Best in Show. The medium-size, wiry-coated canine is a breed “used by Welsh farmers to rid their land of foxes, badgers and rodents of all kinds,” co-host John O’Hurley said during the two-hour telecast. The pup has won 21 best in shows.

Here are the winner from the seven groups:

• Toy: Vito the pug from Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Terrier: Verde the Welsh terrier from Rialto, California
• Sporting: Houston the Clumber spaniel from Keyport, New Jersey
• Working: Monty the giant schnauzer from Chaplin, Connecticut
• Hound: The Zit, an Ibizan hound from Spring Hill, Florida
• Herding: Rupert the Berger Picard from Shing Springs, California
• Non-sporting: JJ the Lhasa apso from Sabot, Virginia

Judges evaluate the canines based on “how closely each dog compares with the judge’s mental image of the perfect dog as described in the breed’s official standard,” based on qualities such as the dog’s overall appearance, temperament and structure.

In 2023, Stache, a Sealyham terrier from Pennsylvania, was crowned Best in Show.

Missed the National Dog Show? Here’s how to rewatch

Too busy whipping up those mashed potatoes or traveling to the in-laws to catch the National Dog Show? No worries. The show is available to watch on NBC’s streaming service, Peacock, with a subscription.

For those that can’t get enough canine content, full episodes of the National Dog Show can be watched dating back to 2013. Highlights from the competition, including a “Best Moments of the Show” compilation, can be found on the NBC YouTube channel.

The is now available to watch on Hulu with a subscription and will re-air at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 30 on CNBC and at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1 on NBC 4 New York.

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