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Latest NJ Snow Total Predictions For Impending Winter Storm

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January 4, 2024

Latest NJ Snow Total Predictions For Impending Winter Storm

NEW JERSEY — A cross-country winter storm is on track to hit New Jersey and is likely to end its nearly two-year-long snow drought, say forecasters.

AccuWeather meteorologists are saying the storm “will deliver the first big snowfall along the Interstate 95 corridor in nearly two years.”

As it gets closer snowfall total predictions for New Jersey have been released ahead of the weekend.

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“A coastal system will bring widespread precipitation to our region. Snow and some mixed precip will occur northwest of I-95. The immediate urban corridor is unlikely to experience anything more than a wet coating of snow,” said the National Weather Service(NWS) Mount Holly.

Some areas in the north in the Sussex County area are predicted to get hit the hardest with 6 to 8 inches of snow. Around the I-80 area, 3 to 4 inches are expected to fall.

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The majority of the Central Jersey area such as Somerset and Hunterdon Counties could get 1 to 2 inches. Anything below I-95 will see rain.

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The storm will drop drenching rain along areas of the Gulf Coast from late Thursday night to Friday before moving NorthEast to the mid-Atlantic coast where it will strengthen before arriving in New Jersey on Saturday afternoon. The storm will remain in the area through Sunday.

AccuWeather meteorologists are now saying this storm will likely end New Jersey’s almost two-year-long snow drought.

“A few inches of snow or more can occur along the I-95 corridor from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City and Boston, which would be the most snow some of these cities have seen since early 2022 thanks to the multiyear drought of major snowstorms in these areas,” said AccuWeather Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter.

As of New Year’s Day, it has been 683 days since the New York City area received at least 1 inch of snowfall — which was on Feb. 16, 2022.

Regardless, any wintry mix or snow expected to fall in the area will likely have an impact on travel as it has been years since travelers had to traverse through it.

“Any accumulating snow can result in significant travel slowdowns, but this storm may have greater impact than others of similar magnitude because it has been such a long time since more than 1 inch of snow has accumulated in these areas – it can take people a bit of time to once again get used to driving in and otherwise dealing with the snow,” said Porter.

Forecasters are also following another major winter storm that could shift from the Central States and hit New Jersey later in the week on Tuesday, Jan. 9, and Wednesday, Jan. 10.

While the second storm is too early to track, let’s take a look at the weather ahead:

North Jersey

Thursday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. North wind 5 to 15 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 35. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: A chance of snow after 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday Night: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent.

Sunday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Central Jersey

Thursday: Mostly cloudy through mid-morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 43. Light northwest wind increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Saturday: A chance of snow between 1 and 4 p.m., then snow likely, possibly mixed with rain. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: Rain and snow. Low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Sunday: A chance of rain and snow before 4 p.m., then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

South Jersey

Thursday: Isolated showers before 9 a.m. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20 percent.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 24. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 38. West wind around 10 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Rain, mainly after 1 p.m. High near 45. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Rain, mainly before 1 a.m. Low around 37. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New precipitation amounts between three-quarters and one inch possible.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

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63 mph wind was clocked during Friday’s storms. See top gusts in each N.J. county.

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December 20, 2025

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63 mph wind was clocked during Friday’s storms. See top gusts in each N.J. county.

Trees were blown down. Electrical poles were snapped. And Christmas decorations went flying off lawns.

All thanks to Friday’s intense storms, which generated wind gusts as strong as 63 mph at the High Point Monument in Sussex County, 60 mph at Teterboro Airport in Bergen County and 60 mph in Belleville in Essex County.

Those were among the highest gusts clocked across the Garden State, according to the National Weather Service and the Rutgers NJ Weather Network.

Fierce gusts also were whipping down in South Jersey and along the Jersey Shore, and triggered more than 40,000 power outages across the state Friday afternoon and Friday evening.

Here’s a look at the highest wind gusts reported in each of New Jersey’s 21 counties on Friday:

Atlantic County

52 mph at Atlantic City International Airport
51 mph in Forsythe
48 mph at Atlantic City Marina
47 mph in Brigantine
45 mph in Pleasantville
44 mph in Pleasantville Point

Bergen County

56 mph at Teterboro Airport
47 mph in Lyndhurst

Burlington County

52 mph at McGuire AFB
48 mph at Coyle Field
47 mph at South Jersey Regional Airport
46 mph in Moorestown
41 mph in Tabernacle
40 mph in Silas Little
40 mph in Medford Village

Camden County

52 mph in Pennsauken
41 mph in Blue Anchor

Cape May County

50 mph in Avalon
49 mph in Cape May
49 mph in Cape May Harbor
46 mph in Wildwood
46 mph in Ocean City
42 mph in Woodbine
41 mph at Woodbine Municipal Airport
40 mph in North Wildwood

Cumberland County

48 mph in Fortescue
47 mph in Upper Deerfield
45 mph in Millville
44 mph in Greenwich
39 mph in Vineland

Essex County

60 mph in Belleville
59 mph at Newark Liberty Airport
45 mph in Caldwell

Gloucester County

60 mph in Logan Twp.
45 mph at Kingsway Regional H.S.
42 mph in West Deptford
41 mph in South Harrison

Hudson County

41 mph in Bayonne
40 mph in Jersey City

Hunterdon County

47 mph in Pittstown
44 mph in Teetertown
40 mph in Milford

Mercer County

52 mph at Trenton Mercer Airport
48 mph in Hopewell Twp.
44 mph in Woodsville
43 mph in Ewing

Middlesex County

51 mph in Perth Amboy
47 mph in Carteret
47 mph in Deans (South Brunswick)
42 mph in East Brunswick
40 mph in New Brunswick

Monmouth County

56 mph in Sea Bright
56 mph in Keansburg
54 mph in Sea Girt
51 mph in Monmouth
46 mph in Cream Ridge
43 mph in Millstone Twp.
43 mph in Oceanport

Morris County

49 mph in Pompton Plains
46 mph in Morristown
41 mph at Pequannock Twp. High School
40 mph in Randolph

Ocean County

57 mph in Mantoloking
55 mph in Surf City
54 mph in Harvey Cedars
53 mph in Beach Haven
52 mph in Toms River
50 mph in North Beach Haven
49 mph in Berkeley Twp.
49 mph in Seaside Heights
49 mph at Rutgers
48 mph in Seaside Park
47 mph at Trixies Landing
46 mph in Tuckerton
46 mph in North Beach
43 mph in South Seaside Park

Passaic County

44 mph in Charlotteburg
30 mph in Little Falls

Salem County

52 mph in Lower Alloways Creek
44 mph in Mannington Twp.

Somerset County

47 mph in Franklin Twp.
44 mph in Somerville
41 mph in Hillsborough
41 mph in Manville

Sussex County

63 mph at High Point Monument
50 mph in Hardyston Twp.
41 mph in Sussex

Union County

59 mph at Newark Liberty Airport
49 mph in Linden

Warren County

47 mph in Stewartsville
40 mph in Blairstown
39 mph in Hackettstown

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Noesen’s Power Play Goal Pushes Devils Past Mammoth | GAME STORY | New Jersey Devils

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December 20, 2025

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Noesen’s Power Play Goal Pushes Devils Past Mammoth | GAME STORY | New Jersey Devils

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Devils spent much of the night against the Utah Mammoth searching for answers on the power play, watching chances come and go, starting the game 0-for-4 with the man-advantage. That frustration finally broke when Stefan Noesen planted himself in the crease and finished in tight on Karel Vejmelka to give New Jersey the breakthrough they desperately needed.

“Great road win,” Brett Pesce said. “Didn’t have our best, myself included, felt like I hadn’t played in two months,” Brett Pesce said. “You know what, we got a win, we grinded it out, good teams find ways to get to two points.”

Noesen’s conversion provided a much-needed release on an ailing power play, and the timing made it even more significant. Not only did it snap the drought, but it also handed the Devils their first lead of the night against the Mammoth, one they would hang on to win 2-1 in Utah.

Not to be outdone, Jacob Markstrom was rock solid, allowing just a single goal to Utah, in the first period. As the Devils tried to find their footing in the game, with failed power play opportunities, and Utah pressing hard, Markstrom held the fort.

“This one is on him tonight,” head coach Sheldon Keefe said. “We don’t get the opportunity to hang around in the game and have big moments like we did in the third with the penalty kill and power play, if not for Marky and how held us in. We were outplayed for long stretches of the game, but it’s going to happen from time to time.”

The Devils had a gut-check moment at the end of the third period, when Dawson Mercer took a penalty in the dying minutes of the game and the Mammoth pulled their goalie for a 6-on-4. New Jersey came up with the clears and the blocks to hang on for the victory.

The Devils weren’t going to be denied the opportunity for a win, as Connor Brown explained:

“Marky deserved the win at that point, it was a bit scrambly, maybe a bit more scrambly than we would have liked but they got two extra guys on the ice, so it was nice to gut one out.”

Utah opened the game scoring with a first-period power-play goal by Daniil But, before Connor Brown tied the game in the second period, his second goal in as many games and his third in four.

“I’m playing my brand of hockey,” Brown said. “I’m being empowered a little more, playing a little more minutes than typically have over the last couple of years and it’s leading into a little bit more confidence, little bit more plays, so just kind of running with it.”

The Devils have started to find some more stride in their game and are winning four of their last six, including two straight on the two-game road trip through Vegas and Utah.

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NJ corrections officer charged with sexually assaulting prison inmates

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December 19, 2025

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NJ corrections officer charged with sexually assaulting prison inmates

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A Piscataway man who works as a New Jersey Department of Corrections officer in the state’s prison for sex offenders has been charged with sexually assaulting two inmates.

Anthony Nelson, 37, was charged with sexually assaulting the inmates at the Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center in the Avenel section of Woodbridge, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone announced.

Nelson was arrested without incident on Dec. 15 and charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault and two counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual contact, Ciccone said.

The Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office was alerted by New Jersey Department of Corrections Special Investigations Division on Dec. 1 that two inmates reported they were sexually assaulted by a correctional police officer over that past weekend, the prosecutor said.

An investigation led by the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit along with the New Jersey Department of Corrections Special Investigations Division determined that Nelson allegedly sexually assaulted two inmates under his supervision, the prosecutor said.

Nelson was lodged at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center awaiting a preliminary hearing before a Superior Court judge.

The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detectives Christopher Van Eerde or Tammy Colonna at 732-745-3300 or Investigator Sean Smith at 856-812-3310.

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