The National Weather Service has issued winter storm watches for parts of 8 New Jersey counties where the heaviest snow is expected Sunday.

Dangerously cold temperatures will grip New Jersey next week after a winter storm on Sunday brings widespread snow to the state.

The forecasts for this weekend’s winter storm have been flip-flopping for several days because of the uncertainty over how close the storm will track to New Jersey. The track, along with how much cold air pushes in ahead of the storm and how fast the system moves,

New Jersey is bracing for a messy winter storm expected to dump 6 to 8 inches of snow across much of northern New Jersey on Sunday with a chance of 10 inches in some spots, according to the latest forecast.

Projected snowfall totals have increased as a fast-moving Nor’easter nears the region, with some locations now expected to see as much as a foot of accumulation. Snowfall will begin in the central Appalachians and parts of Virginia Saturday night,

On Sunday, there’s a chance of snow, but current forecasts indicate it could be light, the weather service said. “Even if it develops, the system will be rather weak and progressive, so snowfall totals and resulting impacts appear minor,” the weather service said in its Thursday morning forecast discussion.

A weak storm system is expected to bring light snow showers on Thursday, with another storm possible late this weekend

Snowfall totals on Thursday are expected to be light. The weekend forecast for a more serious winter storm remains uncertain.

The “dangerously cold conditions,” according to the NWS, will bring an increased risk of hypothermia and frost bite. Impacts to infrastructure could include frozen pipes and increased demand for heating energy. The cold will ease later in the week, with Thursday hitting highs in the 20s and into the 30s on Friday.

Big questions linger over a winter storm that’s expected to move across the eastern U.S. this Sunday, with some forecasters saying New Jersey might get brushed with a very light coating of snow and others saying there’s a potential for as much as 3 to 6 inches of snow.

A new winter storm is expected to drop only 1 to 2 inches of snow across New Jersey Friday night into Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Forecasters from AccuWeather are predicting 1 to 3 inches of snow for the Garden State, along with New York City and Philadelphia. National Weather Service