TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie announced state offices will be closed Thursday as a winter storm is set to roll across New Jersey.
The governor ordered “due to the impending severe winter storm, the state of New Jersey has authorized the closing of state offices” for all non-essential employees.
In its latest snowfall forecast issued Wednesday afternoon, the weather service said it’s expecting 8 to 12 inches of snow across northern New Jersey.
It also expanded that zone of heavy snow to now include most of central New Jersey.
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Forecasters are expecting snow to be falling hard — perhaps as intensely as 2 inches per hour — during the heart of the morning rush hour as a potent storm system brings the region its first significant snowfall since early January.
It’s the first time this winter the governor closed state offices.
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