Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the New Jersey Weather Podcast — it's Monday, February 23rd.

If you're just waking up.. Well, you picked a heck of a day to open your eyes. Five and a half inches of snow fell overnight. Another three in the last six hours. And it's still dumping — two to three inches per hour in the heaviest bands. This is the nor'easter we've been tracking. And it's delivering.

Up north, the snow hammers through 6 P.M. Today. Another 10 to 14 inches pile on. You'll hit 34 degrees around 1 P.M., then watch it crash to 23 by 6 A.M. Tuesday. Wind chills drop to 19 degrees — the kind that bites through your jacket. Winds gust to 45 miles an hour. Tonight, blowing snow keeps roads a mess even after the flakes stop.

Central Jersey, you're looking at 10 to 16 inches before it ends around 2 P.M. Highs reach 35 around 2 P.M., then plunge to 23 by 6 A.M. Tuesday with wind chills near 19 degrees. Gusts hit 40 this morning. Tonight, areas of blowing snow linger with gusts to 25.

Down south, this storm flexes hardest. Heavy snow through 6 P.M., with gusts to 55 miles an hour along the coast — hurricane-force. Total snow? 10 to 14 inches. You'll peak at 35 around 3 P.M., then drop to 24 by 6 A.M. Tuesday.

Here's your week ahead. Tuesday brings a break — mostly sunny but cold, low 30s. Light snow returns Tuesday night. Wednesday? Temperatures jump to the low 40s with rain and snow mixing. Thursday stays in the 40s with more rain and snow. Then the weekend finally delivers — Saturday upper 40s, Sunday near 50. Mostly sunny both days.

This is a shovel-in-shifts, check-on-your-neighbors kind of storm. If you don't have to go out today, don't.

That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.