{"id":1468,"date":"2018-01-03T15:59:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T20:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2018-01-03T15:59:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T20:59:18","slug":"blizzard-warning-for-6-10-inches-of-snow-50-mph-winds-issued-for-shore-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/01\/blizzard-warning-for-6-10-inches-of-snow-50-mph-winds-issued-for-shore-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Blizzard Warning for 6-10 Inches of Snow, 50 mph Winds Issued for Shore Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12036\" style=\"width: 547px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brick.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-03-at-3.55.48-PM.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12036\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12036\" src=\"http:\/\/brick.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-03-at-3.55.48-PM.png\" alt=\"Modeling of a coastal storm expected to strike New Jersey Jan. 4, 2017. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"537\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modeling of a coastal storm expected to strike New Jersey Jan. 4, 2017. (Credit: NWS)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The impending winter storm has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a blizzard warning for Ocean County and the entire Jersey Shore area.<\/p>\n<p>A coastal flood advisory was also issued Wednesday for a storm that is expected to move into the area during the overnight hours and continue through Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the blizzard warning, which will be in effect from 9 p.m. Wednesday to 7 p.m. Thursday, a coastal storm will dump 6-10 inches of snow on the region and lash the Shore with 50 m.p.h. wind gusts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Winds gusting as high as 50 m.p.h. will cause whiteout conditions in blowing snow,&#8221; the warning said. &#8220;Significant drifting of the snow is likely. Scattered power outages could develop Thursday and Friday which would force considerable hardship where heat would not be available.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A blizzard warning means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Falling and blowing snow with strong winds and poor visibilities are likely.<\/p>\n<p>The nor&#8217;easter will also bring a storm surge half a foot to a foot above the astronomical tide, according to a Coastal Flood Advisory, which was also issued Wednesday afternoon. Seas will run 4-8 feet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2018\/01\/blizzard-warning-for-6-10-inches-of-snow-50-mph-winds-issued-for-shore-area\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The impending winter storm has prompted the National Weather Service to issue a blizzard warning for Ocean County and the entire Jersey Shore area. A coastal flood advisory was also issued Wednesday for a storm that is expected to move into the area during the overnight hours and continue through Thursday. According to the blizzard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[150,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-environment-weather","category-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-03-at-3.55.48-PM.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}