A possible 4" of snow is coming -- Time to loot the stores! UPDATE!

Rain and a possible four inches of snow? How will we all survive? Sadly Jersey City, some of us won't make is through this storm. But there is still time to head to Shop Rite or wherever groceries are sold and buy them out of water, milk, bread and eggs.

Here's how our portion of this storm sets up:
Today. Nothing. Today will be fine. That's what you're going to Shop Rite TODAY.

Tonight there will be a chance of snow after midnight  but nothing too bad.

Friday we'll get snow, then rain and it'll be windy. About 40mph windy. Still just rain and some snow.

Friday night is when the magic happens. We'll get upwards of THREE inches of snow which will shut down the city, ruining hundreds of lives.

Saturday we could get an additional ONE whole inch of snow in the morning, the survivors of Friday night will have to put up with this insulting bit of snow, how terrible.

Yes yes we're going overboard here. But then again Johnny has good friends in West Concord Massachusetts and if you were there this would be YOUR weekend:

Friday Night
Overcast with snow. Low of 18F with a windchill as low as 1F. Windy. Winds from the NNE at 25 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Chance of snow 100% with accumulations up to 20 in. possible.

Saturday
Overcast with snow. High of 21F with a windchill as low as 0F. Windy. Winds from the NNW at 20 to 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Chance of snow 100% with accumulations up to 10 in. possible.

Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy in the evening, then clear. Low of -2F with a windchill as low as -17F. Breezy. Winds from the NW at 10 to 20 mph.

Suddenly four inches doesn't sound so bad now does it?

UPDATE 9:31am: NOW (and with weather the chance for an update is always great) NJ.com is saying a possible 8-12" is possible in Hudson County and the surround. Please keep checking for updates or get to a weather channel on your teevee.

Hudson County is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 8 pm

Can't say this wasn't obvious with as hot and swampy as it is out there right now. A quick moving pretty good line of storms is just entering northwest New Jersey currently. Keep an eye to the sky citizens.

From Wunderground:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 406 in effect until 8 PM EDT this evening...

This Afternoon
Partly sunny with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may be severe with damaging winds. Breezy...hot with highs in the mid 90s. West winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. Chance of rain 40 percent. Heat index values in the mid 90s.

Tonight
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening...then mostly clear after midnight. Some thunderstorms may be severe. Breezy with lows in the upper 60s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph...becoming north 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 30 percent.

Winter Weather Advisory posted for Hudson County and the surround

Expect much more snow north and west of Jersey City, less south.

From Wunderground:
Tonight
Snow. Snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches. Lows around 30. South winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming east after midnight. Chance of snow near 100 percent.

Tuesday
Rain and snow showers likely in the morning...then snow showers likely. Total snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible. Breezy. Near steady temperature in the lower 30s. Northeast winds 10 to 15 mph... becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect until 7 pm tonight

For all of Hudson and other counties where people live near Hudson County and count their blessings each day. From Wunderground:

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 533 in effect until 7 PM EDT this evening...

Tonight
Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms likely this evening...then a chance of showers with a slight chance of thunderstorms after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Some thunderstorms may produce damaging winds...large hail and heavy rainfall this evening. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph...becoming east after midnight. Chance of rain 60 percent.

So batten down them hatches mateys. And if you're on a train tonight and hear a pounding on your cars' roof it ain't Batman, it's hail the size of cornish hens.