Frost Advisory In Asbury Park Until Wednesday: Police

ASBURY PARK, NJ - Local authorities in Asbury Park are warning residents of incoming frost in the wee hours of Wednesday morning capable of killing sensitive vegetation.

Between 2 to 9 a.m. on Wednesday, temperatures as low as 33 degrees are expected to result in frost formation, which would kill sensitive outdoor vegetation if left uncovered. In fact, most of the state will be under a freeze warning or a frost advisory beginning early Wednesday, including Asbury Park, according to the National Weather Service.

“Temperatures in the urban areas will likely be in the upper 30s, while just outside of the Urban Corridor temperatures will be in the 33 to 36 degree range,” the Asbury Park Police Department wrote in a municipal alert Tuesday morning.

The frost advisory also affects portions of central, northern and southern New Jersey, southeast Pennsylvania and northern Delaware.

Tuesday is expected to be chilly with periods of light rain in the afternoon. Skies will clear as temperatures drop in the evening.

Forecasters have warned we could be in for a cold start to November.

The latest predictions from meteorologists at AccuWeather lay out two potential possibilities for later this week into early next week. Under one of the scenarios, a rainy storm front coming from the southeast could intensify as it drives north, potentially turning to snow by the time it reaches New Jersey.

"By Friday, the storm could then march up the East Coast, spreading rain, wind and perhaps the first snow of the season across the higher elevations away from the coast," AccuWeather says. "The potential for snowfall in this scenario would begin to unfold perhaps as far south as the Blue Ridge Mountains Thursday night into Friday."

Under a second potential scenario, a weaker storm would move through the region faster, leaving a majority of the northeast dry late this week and into the weekend.

With reporting by Kimberlee Bongard.