Rain is expected to bring soaked New Year’s Eve celebrations across much of New Jersey as a warm, soggy trend continues this week.
Colder temperatures are expected to replace warmer weather later in the week as the rain clears out.
The National Weather Service on Sunday said it expects more rain to arrive Tuesday from the west. The system will likely be fast-moving, keeping rainfall totals to nearly one-half inch on New Year’s Eve while it passes over the state and off the coast, meteorologists said.
Forecasters are not ruling out chances of locally heavier rainfall totals.
The system will add to strong rainfall that has soaked much of New Jersey over the weekend. The system that passed over much of the state included the chance of freezing rain in North Jersey, creating hazardous conditions for weekend motorists.
New Year’s Eve rainfall will be driven by warmer temperatures that could reach into to low 60s, the weather service said. The warming trend began on Saturday, with temperatures ranging from the lower 40s to the upper 50s, was expected to carry into Sunday.
An upper-level area of low pressure is expected to move across the Great Lakes into Canada Monday before shifting farther north and east, the National Weather Service said.
After the trough moves across the area, a second one pushing east from Tennessee and Ohio will arrive Tuesday evening. With it will likely come increased clouds and a band of rain from the west and southwest later in the day, moving across the area while many prepare to welcome 2025.
The warmer temperatures and moisture will come days before cold temperatures descend on New Jersey from the north. The high could only reach the 40s on Thursday and the upper 30s on Friday, the National Weather Service said.
Nighttime temperatures would likely fall into the upper 20s on both days.
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Eric Conklin may be reached at econklin@njadvancemedia.com.
