Dec. 12, 2025Up to date Dec. 13, 2025, 8:12 a.m. ET
Residents of Monmouth and Ocean counties ought to get their snow shovels and ice soften prepared. The Nationwide Climate Service is predicting 4 to five inches of snow in parts of each counties between Dec. 13 and 14, then frigid temperatures that may flip any snowmelt into ice.
The weekend storm is predicted to begin between 10 p.m. and midnight Saturday, after which coat many locations with 2 to 4 inches in a single day, mentioned Meteorologist Alex Staarmann of the Nationwide Climate Service’s Mount Holly Station. Some areas may see as much as 5 inches, he added.
Nearer to the coast, the storm may begin as rain earlier than altering over to snow, Staarmann mentioned. The final flakes ought to fall by late morning or lunchtime on Sunday, he mentioned.
The snow can be adopted by plunging temperatures that may dip into the kids in a single day Sunday, the meteorologist mentioned. Wind chills will make the air really feel extra like single-digit temperatures, he mentioned.
“It isn’t going to be heat sufficient to soften any of the snow,” Staarmann mentioned. “Perhaps if the solar comes out in the course of the day (Sunday), a number of the roads will flip slushy, however then we’ll drop (in temperature).”
Any melted snow is more likely to refreeze Sunday night time, he mentioned.
Anticipated snowfall totals
Freehold: 4 inches
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst: 4 inches
Lengthy Seashore Island: 2 inches
Lengthy Department: 4 inches
Mount Holly: 4 inches
New Brunswick: 3 inches
Toms River: 3 inches
Amanda Oglesby is an Ocean County native who covers training and the atmosphere. She has labored for the Press for greater than 17 years. Attain her at aoglesby@gannettnj.com or 732-557-5701.
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