Storm
description, surface observations, snowfall totals, and images courtesy
of the National
Climatic Data Center, the National Centers of Environmental Prediction, the Climate Prediction Center, the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, the Mount Holly National Weather Service Office, the Upton National Weather Service Office, Rutgers University, Plymouth State University, the University of Illinois, the American Meteorological Society, Weather Graphics Technologies, AccuWeather, and the Weather Channel.
Table of Contents
Storm Summary
Regional
Surface Observations
National
Weather Service Forecasts
Surface Maps
Satellite
Imagery
Sea Level
Pressure and 1000 to 500 Millibar Thickness Maps
850 Millibar
Maps
700 Millibar
Maps
500 Millibar
Maps
300 Millibar
Maps
200 Millibar
Maps
National
Radar Imagery
Local Radar
Imagery
Fort Dix
Doppler Radar Imagery
Contoured
Snowfall Totals from February 3-4, 1995
STORM DESCRIPTION
A strong nor'easter slammed the state with the only major snowfall of
the winter.
Synoptic Discussion
A low pressure developed over Oklahoma on the 2nd and moved into the
Lower Tennessee Valley on the morning of the 3rd. At 1900 EST on
the 3rd the low was in northeastern Kentucky and it reached West
Virginia by 0100 EST on the 4th. At the same time, a second low
pressure was forming over central North Carolina. By 0700 EST,
double barrelled low pressures were over the Delaware coastal waters
and just north of Cape Hatteras. The Delaware coastal low quickly
intensified and became the main system as it reached central Long
Island on the afternoon of the 4th and Cape Cod later that evening.
Local Discussion
For most of New Jersey, this storm was the heaviest and only major
snowfall of the season. Light snow spread across New Jersey
during the evening of the 3rd. Heavy snow fell over New Jersey
between 0200 and 0900 EST, aided by imbedded thunderstorms.
Closer to the coast, the proximity of the storm caused the
precipitation to fall mainly as rain. From Atlantic City
southwards, no measurable snow fell. In coastal Ocean County, 1
to 2 inches accumulated. In Atlantic, southern Burlington,
coastal Ocean and Cumberland Counties, between 1 and 5 inches fell. All
areas further north saw between 5 and 13 inches of snow, with the
notable exception of Mercer County, which received 12 to 16
inches. The snow changed to rain across most of the state by 9AM
EST. Although the rain then changed back to snow during the
afternoon, by then precipitation was too light to result in further
accumulations.
New Jersey Snowfall Totals
Individual Snowfall Totals from February 3-4,
1995
Regional Snowfall Totals
Snowfall Totals from 1700Z 5 February 1995
(12PM EST 5 February 1995)
Final Snowfall Totals from February 2-4, 1995
Table of Contents
Storm Summary
Regional
Surface Observations
National
Weather Service Forecasts
Surface Maps
Satellite
Imagery
Sea Level
Pressure and 1000 to 500 Millibar Thickness Maps
850 Millibar
Maps
700 Millibar
Maps
500 Millibar
Maps
300 Millibar
Maps
200 Millibar
Maps
National
Radar Imagery
Local Radar
Imagery
Fort Dix
Doppler Radar Imagery
Snow and ice
storm, January 10-11, 1995
Snow storm, February 3-4, 1995
Snow storm,
February 26, 1995
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