STORM WATCH: Menacing storms this evening could bring damaging winds and tornado chance

be strictly enforced. Stormy weather is on the way for this evening. We're talking thunderstorms capable of producing winds between 50 and 70 miles per hour. And a tornado is possible as well in northern and northwestern New Jersey. I want everyone in New Jersey to brace themselves for 15 minutes of the storm to be the worst part of it. That's it. Only 15 minutes. But what's going to happen is really abrasive at the onset, right? What we're dealing with is a tornado threat because we're going from temperatures near 80 degrees to about 60 degrees in a span of minutes. And that's going to force the air to turn windy. It's going to mix. The thunderstorms coming through are going to also bring us some different weather patterns for the weekend. So here's what I want you to know. Because of that abrupt change, a few of these storms could be rotating as they make their way across northern and central New Jersey after 5 p.m. this evening till about 8 o'clock at night. Overall, our storm is going to be quite small in terms of size. It hits quick, it hits abruptly, and it only is going to be about the first 10 to 15 minutes of that hit that will be the worst part. Storm weakens as it makes its way down the shore, lingering into tomorrow morning as scattered rain showers. Now, the storm itself, the rain will last about 35 to 45 minutes after the initial thump, after that initial wind, but it's that first thump, like I said, which is the worst part. Otherwise, it's just showers. Showers linger tomorrow morning. Gusty conditions pick up. Gusts in the northwest up to about 30 to 35 miles per hour. It blows across the state rather strong throughout the day on Saturday, making wind chills feel like it's 45 instead of 53. So keep in mind, sun and clouds will be out there for Saturday, It's gonna be a colder weekend, especially Saturday night into early on Sunday, where temperatures sink all the way down. Well, look at this into the freezing mark north and west now really depends on if we do see a windy night sky. Well, if we do have windy conditions Sunday morning, there could be frost. Otherwise, it's just gonna be a freeze at the highest of the elevations. If we don't see that windy weather, of course, we see the frost. But eastern New Jersey, you're gonna have temperatures that are gonna be in the mid forties. There feels cold throughout the day. Unfortunately, you're gonna need the heat on. Trust me on this one. You'll need the heat throughout the day at least on sunday if not saturday included gusts continue upwards of 30 to 45 miles 30 to 30 to 35 miles per hour come monday we're going to be watching for coastal storm it's stuck though so it's not really coming to new jersey we have this area of fair weather just to our north that's actually keeping that from coming to us but this if it does change could come closer to New Jersey and we're talking coastal impacts and rain for South Jersey Right now it's sunny, but brace yourselves for some unexpected changes to the forecast early next week.