NEW BRUNSWICK — As the winter storm starts to head out of state Thursday afternoon, take a minute — literally — to see how the storm played out in New Jersey’s hub city.

From a second-story spot at the Heldrich Hotel in New Brunswick, the video above shows a time-lapsed view of Monument Square Park as the snow storm rolled through the state in the early morning.

The storm started as rain around 2 a.m. before turning to snow about two hours later. By the time the sun was up, two inches of snow coated the streets and sidewalks of the city. 

The snow began to slow in the late morning, and by 1 p.m., the sun started to cut through the clouds. 

Preliminary numbers show New Brunswick got five inches of snow as of 12:45 p.m.

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