NJ Fishing & Boating Weather Outlook Weekly Edition: Jan 2-5, 2018

[Pfishingruven]

A mixed week with cautious to hazardous water conditions. The extreme cold will continue with maybe some 30’s this week for highs, but not too likely. Tuesday and Wednesday Day will be dry. Wednesday Night and Thursday Day will have chances of snow. The possibility of a strong Nor’Easter is possible with accumulating snow. Thursday Night and Friday will be mainly dry. The coldest air will come at  the end of the week with highs only in the single digits and teens with lows in the negatives to single digits. The earlier part of the week will only see teens and 20’s, maybe a 30 somewhere with lows in the single digits to teens. This extreme cold may break for next week, if the long range is correct. Water conditions will be cautious to hazardous with winds to 30 knots and excess on Thursday and Friday with inshore seas to 10 feet and offshore to 20 feet. Freezing spray is likely all week. Water temperatures are in the 40’s with shallower bay and rivers in the 20’s and 30’’s with many areas frozen over.
 
Arctic high pressure centered over the lower Missouri River Valley this afternoon will build to the east. The high will continue to influence our region into Wednesday. Low pressure is then forecast to develop off the Southeast coast. The low is expected to intensify rapidly as it moves northward over the waters off the Middle Atlantic and New England coasts on Wednesday night and Thursday. Cold high pressure is anticipated
to build into our region from the west for Friday and the weekend. Low pressure is forecast to approach from the west early next week.

Happy 2018!! Have a great week and thanks for reading.
                  
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[Pfishingruven]

Sorry, this is a little late.

A strong coastal storm will bring snow to the area Wednesday Night and Thursday. A very strong low pressure system over the ocean, will rapidly intensify and move north/northeast parallel along the coast. Anywhere from 3-12 inches are possible, with highest accumulations along the coast. Winter Storm Advisories, Winter Storm Warnings, and Blizzard Warnings have been issued for the state. In addition to snow, extremely cold temperatures and gusty winds 50-70 mph are possible with white out conditions. Power outages are possible. Coastal Flooding should not be an issue with tides only nearing High Astronomical Tide levels.

This is a major Winter Storm. Be safe!

NWS Philadelphia Briefing

[Down Deep Fleet]

Thanks Matt

[Salty Dog]

Thanks for all that you do through out the year .

[Hotrod]