This morning a winter storm warning was issued, with low temperatures
over most of New Jersey
and conditions of sleet and freezing rain.
A Winter Storm Warning was issued by the National Weather
Service for Monroe, Orleans,
Genesee, Livingston, Ontario,
Wayne, and Wyoming counties from Friday night to
Saturday morning.
An ice storm warning is issued for Seneca, Steuben, and
Yates counties.
According to meteorologist Marty Snyder, Friday morning we
can expect sleet and freezing rain. By late afternoon it can change into rain
due to temperatures that will rise.
On the streets and sidewalks is reported ice.
In Shortsville, Gates, N.Y. it was reported a phone outage due to the
weather that affected almost 600 customers of Windstream Telephone.
According to company officials, the water leaked from a roof
on their equipment, and they hope they will manage everything by Friday afternoon,
13wham.com reports.
Dave Damelio, manager of the Greater Rochester International
Airport, said that there weren’t any problems with the morning flights, but
around 8:15 a.m. there was a halt in traffic for about 25 minutes because of
the freezing rain.
According to forecasters, rain should fall in most of New Jersey. Most
probably it will start as a wintry mix in northern regions with sleet, snow and
freezing rain for most part of the morning.
There are possible gusts of winds of 25 to 35 miles.
Due to possible accidents in New Jersey
State Police Capt. Al Della Fave announced that the Interstate 80 near Mount Olive
was closed because a tractor-trailer was losing fuel.
Another accident occurred on Interstate 78 in Union Township
in Hunterdon County and on Route 33 in Millstone, according
to Della Fave.
He advises motorists to slow down during slick conditions.