Time for shorts? Here’s how warm it will get this week in North Jersey

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It’s not exactly time to get your shorts and T-shirts out, but after a weeklong deep freeze in North Jersey, the temperatures will rise Sunday to about 40 degrees and will get into the mid-40s by Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.  

“Everyone’s thermometers are not broken today — it’s actually in the 30s outside,” Bill Goodman, a meteorologist with the service’s Upton, New York office said Sunday morning. “There’s a weak frontal boundary moving through. It’s a welcome change from some of these recent mornings we’ve had in the single digits and teens.”

Sunday night, the temperature will dip back into the 20s, but the highs will reach back up near 40 both Monday and Tuesday.

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Sometime Tuesday afternoon there may be some passing flurries, but no significant snow accumulation, Goodman said.

Then Wednesday there is a chance of rain showers in the afternoon. The temperature turns colder again on Thursday, although nothing like the frigid temperatures of the past week, with highs in the low to mid-30s.

Last week, a polar vortex brought the coldest temperatures of the year to the area, with wind chills near zero. Streets and sidewalks became slick with ice as snow melted and then froze. Even the Great Falls in Paterson froze over.

By Friday, the high is expected to be between 35 and 40 degrees, with a chance of rain and snow showers in the evening. It should warm up further next weekend, Goodman said, with highs getting back into the 40s.

“It’s still a little bit unsettled, but temperatures are moving into the 40s,” he said. “I think Wednesday we’ll put a real dent into whatever snow is left on the ground.”