As for the current storm, 1 to 2 inches of snow is forecast to fall in many areas of North Jersey before temperatures start warming up and the snow changes to a mix of sleet and freezing rain prior to sunrise Thursday. As temperatures continue to get warmer, forecasters say, the icy mix will change to plain rain.

Keep those snow shovels and ice scrapers handy. More sleet, freezing rain and snow — possibly as much as a half-foot in some parts of New Jersey — may be on the way this weekend. Forecasters say a winter storm that is developing in the Central Plains will likely strengthen as it moves across the Ohio Valley and across the New Jersey region late Saturday,