Temperatures will be cold enough for precipitation to fall as all snow, rather than mixing with sleet, the National Weather Service says.
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AccuWeather.com predicts Friday's snowstorm to affect much of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
This week's cold snap means temperatures will be cold enough for precipitation to be all snow in most places affected.
A weather briefing this afternoon from the weather service's Mount Holly, N.J., forecast office says it's "too early to forecast snowfall amounts, but the speed and direction of this storm suggest a plow-able snow." The briefing goes on to say "nothing extreme" is predicted.
"This should be more of a dry snow rather than a wet snow," the briefing states.
Cold temperatures are forecast to continue through the weekend before a warming trend takes hold Monday.
Bucks, Lehigh, Northampton, Warren and Hunterdon counties are under a hazardous weather outlook issued by the weather service this afternoon because of the storm.