Winter weather alerts have been issued in five New Jersey counties with up to 7 inches of snow possible on Tuesday from a storm that will also bring heavy rain to southern counties.

Sussex County is under a winter storm watch with 4 to 7 inches of snow expected and snowfall rates of up to 1 inch per hour, according to the National Weather Service.

Winter weather advisories have been issued for Hunterdon, Morris, Warren and northern Passaic counties.

The Tuesday morning commute will be most affected in these areas, forecasters said.

“A storm system will bring widespread precipitation to the region on Tuesday,” the weather service said early Monday.

The storm will begin as snow northwest of I-95, “with a transition to mainly rain from south to north from Tuesday morning and into the ear

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