Snow Big Deal for Gloucester County

Saturday’s shaping up to be a mess of snow, sleet and rain, but meteorologists say it will be nothing like what pummeled the region again and again last winter.

Meteorologist Kristin Kline, with the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, said the area is under a winter weather advisory beginning at 1 a.m. Saturday.

Snow should start falling overnight between Friday and Saturday, with total accumulations coming in overnight around 2 inches.

The temperature will climb slightly during the day Saturday, changing the snow over to sleet and freezing rain as it hovers just above the freezing mark.

"Depending on how high temperatures get, it may switch over to rain completely," said Kline.

All precipitation is expected to end before Saturday night, she said, with temperatures dropping to the mid to upper 20s—so keep an eye out for black ice.

­­Overall accumulations of snow and ice shouldn’t be much more than an inch or two above what falls through the morning hours Saturday, and with temperatures expected to be near 40 Sunday and in the 50s Monday, it shouldn’t stick around very long.

"This (system) will give everyone a taste of it, but we're not expecting huge amounts," Kline said.