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NJ gets two snow storms within a week, but unlike the first, this winter storm will hit Jersey City hard. Weather forecast said we will experience at least a foot of snow accumulations by the time snow ends Wednesday night.

As a result, JC Board of Education announced on their website that all public schools will be closed.

Read the rest for the winter storm warning …..

Winter Storm Warning for Hudson, NJ
from 10 pm EST, Tue., Feb. 9, 2010 until 6 am EST, Thu., Feb. 11, 2010
Issued by The National Weather Service
New York City, NY
8:59 pm EST, Tue., Feb. 9, 2010

… WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY…

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EST THURSDAY.

SNOW DEVELOPS LATE THIS EVENING… WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BY DAYBREAK. THE SNOW MAY MIX WITH SLEET WEDNESDAY MORNING… BUT WILL OTHERWISE BE HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY… WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT… TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 16 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES… NORTHEAST WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG AND GUSTY DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY… THEN TURN NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW… WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES ALONG WITH POSSIBLE POWER OUTAGES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL… KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT… FOOD… AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

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… SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT…

.LOW PRESSURE DEVELOPING ALONG THE CAROLINA COAST WILL RAPIDLY INTENSIFY LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY… BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.