Seventeen Counties Around Garden State Under Threat Of Severe Storms

As mentioned earlier, a cold front is approaching from the west to bring in some refreshing cooler and drier air into the region.  With the cold front driving into the warm and humid air over our region, the battle lines have been drawn for severe weather.  A solid line of thunderstorms has been moving eastward through Pennsylvania during much of the afternoon.  Warnings are out in many of the Eastern counties in the Keystone State.

Meanwhile, the National Weather Service Office in Mount Holly has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for much of New Jersey until 10:00 PM on Tuesday night.  Seventeen of the 21 counties around the Garden State are under the watch.  The only counties not under the gun in New Jersey are Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Salem.  Northwestern Middlesex County is right in the bullseye for the severe weather.

Possible effects from these storms are heavy rain, dangerous lightning, and gusty winds.  The storms should arrive in our area by about 8:00 PM.  Showers and storms should linger into Wednesday morning before conditions finally start to clear out, and fair weather returns with much cooler and drier air coming in.