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
Local Radar Imagery
Fort Dix Doppler Radar Imagery





Contoured Snowfall Totals from February 26, 1995

STORM DESCRIPTION
A light burst of snow blanketed central New Jersey.

Synoptic Discussion
A cold front moved southwards through New Jersey on the morning of the 26th.  A band of light snow developed over Ohio and western Pennsylvania and spread east southeastwards across central and southern New Jersey.

Local Discusion
The snow began across central sections of the state around dawn on the 26th, and temperatures fell from around the freezing mark to the middle 20's during the precipitation.  Snow ended early in the afternoon hours.  Accumulations were around 1 inch in Mercer County and an inch or less elsewhere.




New Jersey Snowfall Totals

Individual Snowfall Totals from February 26, 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
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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