Low pressure across the Tennessee Valley and the Gulf states tracked tracked north, and redeveloped and intensified rapidly off the Mid Atlantic coast. A wet snowfall occurred across Northeastern New Jersey, with heavy wet snow across northern and interior portions of Northeast New Jersey, and lesser amounts across southeastern portions.
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The episode as NWS OKX wrote it up.
Low pressure across the Tennessee Valley and the Gulf states tracked tracked north, and redeveloped and intensified rapidly off the Mid Atlantic coast. A wet snowfall occurred across Northeastern New Jersey, with heavy wet snow across northern and interior portions of Northeast New Jersey, and lesser amounts across southeastern portions. Marginal surface temperatures precluded higher snow amounts in urban locations and further southeast.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
6 heavy snow, 3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy wet snow accumulated across Western Passaic County. A trained spotter at 1 NE West Milford reported 9.5 inches.
The public reported 9.1 inches in Franklin Lakes, 8.0 inches in Mahwah, and 7.0 inches at 1 W Fair Lawn.
Heavy wet snow fell across Eastern Passaic County. A trained spotter reported 9.5 inches in Clifton and the public reported 8.5 inches in Totowa.
Heavy wet snow fell across Eastern Bergen County. A trained spotter reported 9.8 inches in River Vale, 8.3 inches at 1 ESE Westwood, and 8.1 inches in Bergenfield, and 6.5 inches in Lyndhurst.
Heavy wet snow fell across Western Essex County. The public reported 9.5 inches at Essex Fells, 8.0 inches at 1 SSW West Orange, and 7.0 inches in Livingston.
Wet snow accumulated across Eastern Essex County. No six inch snow amounts were reported. Newark Airport reported 4.9 inches and nearby Maplewood via Cocorahs reported 3.7 inches just before the snow tapered off.
Heavy wet snow fell across Western Union County with amounts increasing further west across the zone. The public reported 7.5 inches in Mountainside, 5.7 inches in Plainfield after some compaction, and a trained spotter reported 7.9 inches in New Providence.
Wet snow accumulated across Eastern Union County but amounts were below warning criteria. A trained spotter reported 5.0 inches in Rahway, the NWS observation at Newark reported 4.9 inches, and amateur radio reported 4.0 inches at Linden.
Wet snow accumulated across Hudson County, with amounts falling below warning criteria. Trained spotters reported 5.0 inches at 2 NE Newark, 3.9 inches in Kearney, and 3.7 inches in Hoboken. A CO-OP Observer in Harrison reported 5.5 inches.
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