{"id":17457,"date":"2020-12-15T02:05:26","date_gmt":"2020-12-15T07:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=17457"},"modified":"2020-12-15T02:05:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-15T07:05:26","slug":"shore-forecast-expect-2-4-inches-of-snow-coastal-flooding-in-upcoming-noreaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2020\/12\/shore-forecast-expect-2-4-inches-of-snow-coastal-flooding-in-upcoming-noreaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Shore Forecast: Expect 2-4 Inches of Snow, Coastal Flooding in Upcoming Nor’Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Forecast snow totals for the Dec. 16-17, 2020 nor\u2019easter. (Credit: NWS)<\/p><\/div>\n

The National Weather service has still declined to issue a winter storm watch for coastal Ocean County, however forecasters are predicting a total of about 2-4 inches of snow from a nor\u2019easter expected to arrive Wednesday and last into Thursday.<\/p>\n

The NWS office in Mount Holly issued a coastal flood watch during the daytime hours Thursday, predicting a significant threat of tidal flooding. According to the watch statement, 1-2 feet of inundation above ground level is possible in low-lying areas near shorelines and tidal waterways from Thursday morning through Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt this level, widespread roadway flooding occurs in coastal and bayside communities and along inland tidal waterways,\u201d the statement said. \u201cMany roads [may] become impassable. Some damage to vulnerable structures may begin to occur.\u201d<\/p>\n

While well over a foot of snow is expected in North Jersey and the western reaches of the state, the nor\u2019easter will primarily be a rain event at the Shore, though forecasters have slightly raised potential snow totals over the past day. As of early Tuesday morning, the NWS\u2019s maps show a 2-4 inch predictions in the northern Ocean County area, with the potential for some differences between even the barrier island and some mainland communities.<\/p>\n

The storm will begin Wednesday with rain, mainly after 1 p.m., according to the forecast. Winds could eventually gust to over 40 m.p.h. On Wednesday night, rain will mix with snow and sleet before 3 a.m., then change to a mixture of rain and snow between for about an hour before changing to all snow after 4 a.m. The overnight low will be around 29 degrees. It will continue to be windy, with a northeast wind 25 to 30 m.p.h., with gusts as high as 50 m.p.h.<\/p>\n

A lighter wintry mix will occur during the day Thursday, with a chance of snow showers before 11 a.m., then a chance of rain and snow showers between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., then a slight chance of snow showers after 4 p.m. The high temperature will be 35 degrees.<\/p>\n

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The National Weather service has still declined to issue a winter storm watch for coastal Ocean County, however forecasters are predicting a total of about 2-4 inches of snow from a nor\u2019easter expected to arrive Wednesday and last into Thursday. The NWS office in Mount Holly issued a coastal flood watch during the daytime hours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[24,182,435,280],"class_list":["post-17457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shore-environment","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-jersey-shore","tag-noreaster","tag-snow"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-15-at-1.55.22-AM.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-4xz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}