HACKETTSTOWN — New Jersey could face two storms before the end of 2012, said Nick Troiano, the long-range expert at WeatherWorks. Depending on the outcome of the latter storm, residents could see a White Christmas, which meteorologists like Troiano technically define as one inch or more of snow on the ground at 7 a.m. Christmas morning.

The first storm could form late this weekend, Sunday into Monday, Troiano said.

Low pressures could lead to a storm that could track across the Midwest and transfer some energy into the coast, creating some rain and possibly some snow in parts of the state.

In the middle of next week, anywhere from Tuesday, Dec. 18 to Friday, Dec. 21, conditions look favorable for a nor’easter with moderate accumulation of snowfall, he said. “It looks like there is going to be a storm somewhere, the key is whether it’s going to hit us or if it’s going to stay off the coast and we’re just going to have cold weather.”

Troiano predicts that during the last week of December New Jersey will see milder weather, with above average temperatures ranging in the high 40s and low 50s.

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