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TagsBY ANGELA DAIDONE
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Baby, it's more than cold outside. It's frigid.
Thermostats registered in the single digits and below zero across the Garden State on Monday morning and guess what?
Forecasters are calling for another round of messy weather starting possibly Tuesday night and heading into Wednesday and Thursday.
The National Weather Service says its current projection of a low pressure storm out of the Gulf of Mexico is poised to head up the East coast can bring a mix of snow and rain along with gusty winds. But the track of the storm could change the type and amount of precipitation, forecasters predict.
Chance of precipitation is 40 percent late Tuesday, with any new precipitation amounting to less than a tenth of an inch.
Wednesday is likely to be the problem child.
With an 80 percent chance of precipitation, the snow totals will depend on whether or not the temperatures climb into the high 30s as predicted.
According to meteorological reports, if the storm hugs the coastline, most of New Jersey could see a wintry mix with heavy snow falling much farther inland. But if the storm tracks a bit more to the east, the state could get clobbered with another round of heavy snow.
There is also a threat of coastal flooding for points south and east.
Meteorologists say this winter's numerous storms and unseasonably cold temperatures are the result of a persistent jet stream that's been carrying low pressure systems up the Atlantic Coast from the southeastern part of the country. They do not know when the pattern will change.
But the good news is that forecasts for Friday and the upcoming weekend are calling for dry and cold conditions — at least for now.
So far, this season has been the third snowiest for New Jersey in 62 years, according to a report out of the Department of geography at Rutgers University.
New Jersey got its first dose of snow when a blizzard on Dec. 26 dumped more than two feet of the white stuff. Since then, there have been four more snow events.
