Winter Storm Watch for 7 Inches of Snow Wednesday; Mildly Cool and Partly Cloudy Tuesday; West Essex Weather for Nov. 25

by Carolyne Volpe Curley /  Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com 
Published 4pm

Updated at 7:01am Monday
The current temperature is  57°
Monday's Temperatures
Low:   44°
High:  72° 

Winter Storm Watch
At 7am Monday, the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Watch for northeast New Jersey, including West Essex. The Watch is expected to be in effect through Wednesday evening. 

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"Heavy wet snowfall to impact holiday travel
Wednesday and Wednesday night. 
Winter storm watch remains in effect from Wednesday morning
through Thursday morning.
Heavy Snow accumulation of 6 to 10 inches
A mixture of rain and snow Wednesday morning should
  change to all snow by noontime Wednesday.
The snowfall will significantly impact holiday travel
making driving dangerous at times.
A winter storm watch means there is a potential for significant
Snow, Sleet, or ice accumulations that may impact travel.
Continue to monitor the latest forecasts."
~ National Weather Service

Wednesday
The temperature forecasted for Wednesday is now lower during the day so what would have been Rain is now Snow: 

• Scattered rain begins at 6am, becoming likely by 7am, and changing over to snow by 10am, becoming scattered snow by 10pm and ending by 1am
• Total Rain: 1" by 7pm Wednesday
• Total Snow: 7" by midnight Wednesday

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Tuesday
AM High: 64°

• 12am to 3am
  

AM Low:  53°

• 10am to 12pm

PM High: 54°

• 12pm to 4pm

PM Low:  43° 

• 11pm to 12am

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12am to 11am

• BREEZY: 5–7 mph
  Light breeze

11am to 3pm

• BREEZY: 8–9 mph
  Gentle breeze

3pm to 5pm

• BREEZY: 6–7 mph
  Light breeze

5pm to 12am

• CALM:  1 mph 
  Light air

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Partly Cloudy 

• Sunset:  4:32pm
  

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• no precipitation

FORECAST

Wednesday, Nov. 26
The temperature lowers throughout the day:
AM High:  42°  
AM Low:   32° ~ Wind Chill: 26°
PM High:  34° ~ Wind Chill: 27°
PM Low:   33° ~ Wind Chill: 28°
Cloudy

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6am to 7am
40°

• 52% scattered Rain

7am to 10am
40° to 35°

• 83% highly likely Rain
• 0.5" of Rain by 9am

10am to 3pm
33°

• 99% increasing to 100% definite Snow
• 1.6" of Snow by 1pm

3pm to 6pm
34°

• 100% definite Snow / Rain

6pm to 10pm
33°

• 69% likely Snow
• Total Rain: 1" by 7pm
• 4.0" of Snow by 7pm
  Total Snow: 5.6" by 7pm

10pm to 12am
33°

• 43% scattered Snow
  
• 1.4" of Snow by 12am
  Total Snow: 7" by 12am

Thursday, Nov. 27
Low:   30°
High:  39°  ~ Wind Chill: 35°
Cloudy
12am to 1am
33°

• 43% scattered Snow

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Friday, Nov. 28
Low:   23°  ~ Wind Chill: 13°
High:  35°  ~ Wind Chill: 28°
Sunny

• no precipitation

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Saturday, Nov. 29
Low:   21°  ~ Wind Chill: 16°
High:  40°  ~ Wind Chill: 35°
Partly Cloudy 

• no precipitation 

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Sunday, Nov. 30
Low:   33°  ~ Wind Chill: 28°
High:  46°
Partly Cloudy 

• 6pm to 12am
  43° to 38° 
  20% isolated slight Rain

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Monday, Dec. 1
Low:   34°  ~ Wind Chill: 30°
High:  44° 
Partly Cloudy 

• 12am to 6am
  37° to 35° 
  20% isolated slight Rain

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Update from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service station located in Fairfield's Essex County Airport

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