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Snow Squall Warning, New Jersey

Severe

Intense bursts of heavy snow. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Thursday, January 1, 2026.

Issued
Expires

Places in this warning

Map

Map of New Jersey with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Newark, Jersey City, Paterson. The weather service drew the area; it is moving southeast at 28 mph. Moving southeast at 28 mphI-287I-80I-87I-495I-678NewarkPatersonElizabethNEW JERSEYNEW YORK10 mi Moving southeast at 28 mphI-287I-80I-87I-495NewarkPatersonElizabethNEW JERSEYNEW YORK10 mi I-287I-80I-87NewarkPatersonNEW JERSEYNEW YORK20 mi I-287I-278NewarkPatersonNEW JERSEYNEW YORK20 mi
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  • Area drawn by the weather service
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  • Moving southeast at 28 mph
Alert area: National Weather Service. Borders and highways: U.S. Census Bureau. Lakes, rivers and other countries: Natural Earth. Open this area in OpenStreetMap

Details from the National Weather Service

What
Intense bursts of heavy snow. Gusty winds leading to blowing snow and visibility rapidly falling to less than one-quarter mile. Wind gusts greater than 35 mph.
Squall now
At 5:12 in the morning, a snow squall was located over Boonton, or 8 miles northwest of Caldwell, moving southeast at 30 mph.
Where
Hudson County (New Jersey), Eastern Passaic County (New Jersey), Union County (New Jersey), Southeastern Bergen County (New Jersey), Essex County (New Jersey), Richmond County (New York), Bronx County (New York), Kings County (New York), New York (Manhattan) County (New York).
When
Until 6:15 in the morning.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes. This snow squall will be near... Caldwell and Fairfield around 5:20 in the morning. Bloomfield around 5:35 in the morning. Passaic and Lyndhurst around 5:40 in the morning. Secaucus and Kearny around 5:45 in the morning. Union City around 5:50 in the morning. Hoboken and Ridgefield around 5:55 in the morning. Midtown Manhattan and Lower East Side around 6 in the morning. Astoria and Brooklyn Heights around 6:05 in the morning.
Seen by
Radar and webcams.

Updates

  1. Snow Squall Warning issued until Thursday, 6:15 in the morning. January 1, 2026