The snow continues to fall, winds are picking up and roads are nearly impossible to navigate to start the day on Saturday as a Blizzard barrels its way across the state of New Jersey.
Weather can be very unpredictable and while it's been a while since parts of the state, especially many Shore areas, have seen a good 3-4 foot snowy blizzard, there is more than just that kind of storm to prepare for this winter in what are a lot of unknowns.
When you look outside the leftovers from that early January blizzard are still on the ground, but the cost of cleanup for Ocean County roads from that storm may surprise you.
Roads are treacherous and visibility is even worse which is why Toms River Police and every other agency continues stressing to motorists the message of staying off the roads during the storm today.
As snow conditions continue to worsen well into the afternoon today with this January Blizzard officials across the Shore are updating us on what's going on out there.
Meteorologist Dan Zarrow has tweaked his forecast for Tuesday's storm, and is now predicting less snow and more mixing for the immediate coast, but these areas are still under a blizzard warning.
Some listeners asked why the blizzard warning if some areas won't see that much snow, and there's an easy answer!
When I heard two feet of snow could be coming our way, I packed my stuff, and had every intention of sleeping at the radio station last night (hoping I could snag a couch instead of a piece of floor.)
But when the Powers That Be here at Townsquare Media told a few of us they had scored some rooms at a B&B just a half mile away, well, who would turn that down?
I always do my grocery shopping on Sunday evenings...it's just part of my routine now.
Yesterday, I decided to do that shopping a little earlier in the day, since I knew this storm was coming, and figured everything would be wiped out by my normal shopping time. I was not prepared.