Snow and ice storm, January 9, 1997 - Regional Surface Observations

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

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

TTN - Trenton, NJ

NXX - Willow Grove, PA

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

1100EST 09 Jan 97
1200EST 09 Jan 97
1300EST 09 Jan 97
1400EST 09 Jan 97
1500EST 09 Jan 97
1600EST 09 Jan 97
1700EST 09 Jan 97
1800EST 09 Jan 97
1900EST 09 Jan 97
2000EST 09 Jan 97
2100EST 09 Jan 97
2200EST 09 Jan 97

OVC
SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
SN
ZR
-ZR SN
-ZR
-ZR
-RA
OVC

28F/14F
25F/21F
25F/23F
25F/23F
27F/23F
27F/25F
27F/25F
27F/27F
28F/27F
30F/28F
34F/30F
34F/32F

30.03in
29.96in
29.94in
29.86in
29.82in
29.78in
29.77in
29.72in
29.67in
29.59in
29.39in
29.44in

NE
NE
N/A
E
E
E
ENE
ENE
E
ESE
ESE
NNE

06mph/----------
05mph/----------
00mph/----------
07mph/----------
09mph/----------
11mph/----------
09mph/----------
11mph/----------
09mph/----------
11mph/----------
17mph/34mph
09mph/----------

5,000ft
0ft
1,200ft
400ft
700ft
700ft
700ft
300ft
700ft
700ft
700ft
900ft

10mi
0.5mi
5.0mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
2.0mi
3.0mi
10mi
10mi

-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN IP
-SN-ZR-IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR
OVC
----
----

27F/16F
26F/15F
28F/19F
28F/21F
28F/24F
28F/24F
28F/26F
28F/26F
30F/28F
30F/28F
30F/------
30F/28F

30.00in
29.93in
29.88in
29.82in
29.77in
29.75in
29.71in
29.64in
29.62in
29.43in
29.47in
29.39in

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
ENE
E
ESE
E
NNW
N

00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
03mph/----------
06mph/----------
12mph/----------
23mph/----------
09mph/----------
03mph/----------

3,100ft
3,200ft
2,000ft
1,800ft
1,200ft
2,000ft
1,500ft
1,500ft
------
500ft
------
------

6.0mi
6.0mi
2.5mi
1.3mi
1.0mi
3.0mi
1.5mi
3.0mi
----
4.0mi
----
----

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

PNE - Northeast Philadelphia, PA

WRI - Wrightstown, NJ

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-ZR
ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
OVC
OVC

28F/17F
28F/20F
26F/26F
26F/26F
26F/26F
27F/------
28F/------
29F/------
30F/30F
30F/------
34F/------
33F/------

30.02in
29.95in
29.90in
29.84in
29.81in
29.76in
29.73in
29.67in
29.65in
29.50in
29.40in
29.40in

N/A
N/A
ESE
ENE
NE
ENE
NE
ENE
E
E
ESE
N

00mph/----------
00mph/----------
03mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
12mph/----------
12mph/----------
23mph/----------
13mph/----------
06mph/----------

5,000ft
2,400ft
1,200ft
1,200ft
3,000ft
500ft
500ft
700ft
5,000ft
500ft
500ft
900ft

10mi
2.0mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
5.0mi
1.8mi
3.0mi
5.0mi
6.0mi
9.0mi
10mi
10mi

OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR
-ZR
----
-ZR
-RA
BKN

28F/18F
30F/18F
28F/23F
27F/25F
27F/25F
28F/28F
30F/30F
30F/30F
------/------
32F/30F
36F/34F
36F/34F

30.02in
29.96in
29.92in
29.86in
29.81in
29.77in
29.74in
29.73in
--------
29.65in
29.38in
29.42in

----
----
----
----
NE
E
NE
NE
----
E
ESE
ESE

03mph/----------
07mph/----------
02mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
08mph/----------
----------/----------
14mph/----------
18mph/32mph
22mph/29mph

4,500ft
3,500ft
900ft
900ft
1,200ft
700ft
700ft
500ft
------
500ft
300ft
500ft

7.0mi
7.0mi
4.0mi
1.0mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
0.9mi
0.9mi
----
2.0mi
2.0mi
3.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

NEL - Lakehurst, NJ

BLM - Belmar-Farmdale, NJ

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-ZR
-ZR
----
----
----
----

34F/18F
36F/19F
36F/23F
32F/25F
30F/25F
30F/25F
30F/28F
32F/30F
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------

30.01in
29.97in
29.90in
29.85in
29.81in
29.81in
29.73in
29.71in
--------
--------
--------
--------

NE
NE
NE
N/A
ENE
ENE
NNE
ENE
----
----
----
----

01mph/----------
01mph/----------
01mph/----------
00mph/----------
02mph/----------
02mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------

5,000ft
4,500ft
4,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
500ft
------
------
------
------

7.0mi
7.0mi
7.0mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
1.0mi
0.8mi
----
----
----
----

----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----

28F/12F
30F/14F
28F/18F
27F/21F
28F/21F
------/------
30F/25F
32F/27F
------/------
34F/28F
36F/32F
37F/34F

29.98in
29.94in
29.88in
29.87in
29.80in
--------
29.71in
29.68in
--------
29.64in
29.51in
29.32in

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
----
N/A
ENE
----
N/A
ESE
ESE

00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
----------/----------
00mph/----------
07mph/----------
----------/----------
00mph/----------
16mph/23mph
30mph/46mph

------
------
200ft
2,000ft
800ft
------
300ft
300ft
------
500ft
300ft
500ft

10mi
10mi
1.5mi
7.0mi
2.5mi
----
2.0mi
3.5mi
----
3.5mi
10mi
10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

EWR - Newark, NJ

MMU - Morristown, NJ

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
OVC

28F/16F
29F/16F
29F/17F
29F/17F
27F/22F
26F/24F
26F/25F
27F/26F
29F/28F
30F/30F
32F/31F
35F/32F

30.02in
29.96in
29.93in
29.87in
29.82in
29.79in
29.76in
29.72in
29.67in
29.65in
29.47in
29.40in

NNE
N/A
NE
ENE
NNE
ENE
NE
ENE
E
E
E
E

07mph/----------
00mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
05mph/----------
15mph/28mph
09mph/----------

8,000ft
6,500ft
6,500ft
1,800ft
1,400ft
3,500ft
4,100ft
1,100ft
1,300ft
800ft
600ft
600ft

10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
0.8mi
1.5mi
3.0mi
1.5mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
6.0mi
9.0mi

OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
----
OVC
-ZR
-ZR
OVC

28F/14F
28F/14F
28F/14F
28F/14F
27F/19F
25F/23F
25F/23F
------/------
27F/23F
28F/23F
30F/28F
32F/30F

30.03in
29.98in
29.95in
29.88in
29.86in
29.81in
29.79in
--------
29.69in
29.67in
29.46in
29.49in

NE
NE
ENE
E
NNE
NNE
NNE
----
ENE
NE
E
----

06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
09mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
----------/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
13mph/----------
07mph/----------

8,000ft
7,000ft
8,000ft
4,000ft
800ft
800ft
900ft
------
1,500ft
1,100ft
1,100ft
800ft

15mi
15mi
15mi
10mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
----
4.0mi
4.0mi
5.0mi
7.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

ABE - Allentown, PA

PHL - Philadelphia, PA

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

OVC
SN
SN
SN
SN
-SN
SN
-SN
-ZR
OVC
OVC
OVC

26F/14F
24F/20F
23F/22F
24F/22F
24F/22F
24F/22F
24F/22F
25F/23F
27F/25F
28F/26F
28F/26F
28F/26F

29.98in
29.95in
29.88in
29.84in
29.79in
29.75in
29.72in
29.64in
29.60in
29.40in
29.47in
29.44in

ENE
N/A
ENE
NE
ENE
ENE
ENE
E
E
E
N/A
N

06mph/----------
00mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
12mph/----------
21mph/36mph
00mph/----------
05mph/----------

4,500ft
400ft
300ft
400ft
700ft
1,000ft
600ft
2,000ft
900ft
700ft
900ft
900ft

10mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
1.0mi
0.5mi
5.0mi
4.0mi
10mi
10mi
9.0mi

-SN
-SN
-SN
IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR -IP
ZR
-ZR
ZR
-ZR
OVC
OVC

29F/14F
26F/23F
26F/24F
27F/24F
28F/26F
28F/27F
30F/28F
30F/29F
31F/29F
32F/31F
35F/32F
34F/32F

30.03in
29.96in
29.90in
29.83in
29.80in
29.75in
29.74in
29.66in
29.65in
29.46in
29.44in
29.41in

N/A
E
ENE
NE
NE
ENE
NE
ENE
E
E
----
N

00mph/----------
03mph/----------
06mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
08mph/----------
07mph/----------
09mph/----------
14mph/----------
20mph/25mph
05mph/----------
07mph/----------

3,400ft
700ft
800ft
4,200ft
800ft
500ft
1,300ft
700ft
1,000ft
600ft
800ft
900ft

6.0mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
5.0mi
2.5mi
2.0mi
2.5mi
5.0mi
6.0mi
10mi
10mi
10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

JFK - New York, NY

LGA - New York, NY

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN -IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
OVC

29F/16F
30F/16F
30F/17F
30F/17F
30F/17F
27F/24F
28F/25F
28F/27F
29F/28F
31F/29F
32F/31F
34F/33F

30.01in
29.97in
29.93in
29.88in
29.84in
29.82in
29.77in
29.75in
29.68in
29.68in
29.55in
29.37in

NNW
N
N
----
NNE
ENE
NE
NE
ENE
ENE
E
E

06mph/----------
07mph/----------
10mph/----------
05mph/----------
07mph/----------
05mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
07mph/----------
14mph/----------
33mph/38mph

9,000ft
9,000ft
7,000ft
7,500ft
1,900ft
900ft
1,600ft
2,400ft
700ft
4,700ft
6,000ft
400ft

10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
4.0mi
3.5mi
4.0mi
5.0mi
6.0mi
5.0mi
8.0mi
10mi

OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN -IP
-SN
-SN -IP
-ZR
-ZR
OVC

29F/17F
29F/17F
30F/17F
29F/15F
30F/16F
28F/25F
28F/24F
28F/25F
29F/26F
30F/28F
32F/30F
37F/33F

30.00in
29.95in
29.92in
29.86in
29.83in
29.80in
29.77in
29.75in
29.67in
29.64in
29.51in
29.40in

N
N
NNE
N
NE
----
ENE
ENE
E
E
E
E

06mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
05mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
12mph/----------
09mph/----------
20mph/----------
15mph/25mph

8,000ft
6,500ft
5,000ft
7,000ft
5,000ft
2,000ft
2,800ft
700ft
5,000ft
3,100ft
700ft
900ft

10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
7.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

NYC - New York, NY

TEB - Teterboro, NJ

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

OVC
SCT
BKN
SCT
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-ZR
-ZR
OVC

28F/16F
29F/16F
29F/16F
30F/16F
30F/17F
28F/24F
28F/25F
28F/25F
29F/27F
30F/28F
31F/30F
34F/32F

30.02in
29.96in
29.93in
29.87in
29.83in
29.80in
29.77in
29.74in
29.68in
29.65in
29.50in
29.41in

----
N/A
NNE
NE
NE
E
E
E
----
ESE
ESE
ESE

05mph/----------
00mph/----------
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
05mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
07mph/----------
09mph/----------
14mph/23mph
13mph/20mph

8,500ft
Unlimited
4,800ft
Unlimited
4,200ft
2,000ft
1,100ft
900ft
700ft
3,000ft
500ft
700ft

10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
1.3mi
1.8mi
2.0mi
2.5mi
4.0mi
6.0mi
10mi

SCT
BKN
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
ZR IP
-ZR
OVC

28F/14F
28F/15F
29F/15F
29F/15F
29F/14F
27F/21F
27F/24F
27F/25F
28F/25F
30F/28F
32F/30F
34F/32F

30.03in
29.97in
29.94in
29.88in
29.84in
29.80in
29.79in
29.74in
29.69in
29.66in
29.48in
29.43in

----
NNW
NNE
ENE
ENE
E
NNE
NE
NNE
ESE
ESE
----

03mph/----------
03mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
05mph/----------
05mph/----------
06mph/----------
03mph/----------
05mph/----------
10mph/19mph
07mph/----------

Unlimited
7,000ft
4,600ft
6,000ft
3,900ft
2,200ft
3,000ft
1,400ft
1,000ft
700ft
900ft
700ft

10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
4.0mi
1.0mi
1.5mi
1.3mi
2.0mi
3.0mi
5.0mi
8.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

CDW - Caldwell, NJ

RDG - Reading, PA

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

OVC
OVC
----
OVC
-SN
----
SN
SN
-SN
OVC
-ZR
OVC

27F/16F
27F/16F
------/------
28F/16F
28F/16F
------/------
25F/23F
25F/25F
27F/25F
28F/27F
30F/28F
32F/30F

30.03in
29.97in
--------
29.87in
29.84in
--------
29.79in
29.72in
29.67in
29.64in
29.47in
29.44in

----
----
----
----
----
NNW
----
----
----
----
----
----

05mph/----------
03mph/----------
----------/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
09mph/17mph
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------

5,000ft
5,000ft
------
10,000ft
10,000ft
------
1,100ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft

20mi
20mi
----
20mi
8.0mi
----
1.0mi
1.0mi
2.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
5.0mi

-SN
----
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
----
-ZR
-ZR
OVC
OVC
OVC

25F/------
------/------
25F/------
25F/------
27F/------
27F/------
------/------
28F/------
------/------
30F/------
30F/------
30F/------

29.98in
--------
29.98in
29.83in
29.76in
29.73in
--------
29.61in
29.42in
29.51in
29.47in
29.42in

N/A
----
ESE
ENE
ESE
ESE
ESE
ESE
ESE
SSE
ENE
NE

00mph/----------
----------/----------
07mph/----------
05mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
11mph/----------
12mph/----------
14mph/----------
05mph/----------
06mph/----------

400ft
------
400ft
400ft
400ft
300ft
------
800ft
1,000ft
800ft
800ft
800ft

0.8mi
----
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
----
0.6mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
4.0mi
4.0mi
4.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

ILG - Wilmington, DE

MIV - Millville, NJ

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

-SN
-SN
-SN
-ZR -IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR -IP
-RA -IP
-RA -IP

28F/17F
26F/24F
26F/24F
27F/25F
27F/25F
29F/28F
30F/29F
30F/28F
30F/29F
32F/32F
33F/32F
33F/32F

30.02in
29.94in
29.88in
29.80in
29.77in
29.73in
29.73in
29.63in
29.58in
29.38in
29.47in
29.46in

ENE
NE
ENE
ENE
NE
NE
NE
ENE
E
E
WNW
W

03mph/----------
08mph/----------
10mph/----------
10mph/----------
13mph/----------
10mph/----------
12mph/----------
13mph/----------
16mph/----------
18mph/----------
12mph/----------
10mph/----------

2,600ft
1,100ft
1,300ft
3,600ft
700ft
700ft
500ft
6,000ft
4,400ft
600ft
600ft
1,000ft

3.0mi
1.0mi
2.0mi
6.0mi
2.5mi
1.8mi
3.0mi
9.0mi
7.0mi
10mi
10mi
10mi

-SN
----
OVC
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
ZR
-DZ
-DZ
OVC

30F/14F
------/------
27F/25F
28F/25F
28F/27F
30F/28F
32F/30F
32F/30F
32F/30F
34F/32F
36F/32F
39F/32F

30.02in
--------
29.91in
29.83in
29.78in
29.74in
29.71in
29.67in
29.67in
29.49in
29.41in
29.36in

ESE
----
NE
NE
ENE
NE
NNE
NNE
ENE
E
E
E

05mph/----------
----------/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
14mph/----------
14mph/----------
08mph/----------
10mph/----------
08mph/----------
11mph/----------
19mph/----------
15mph/----------

5,000ft
------
3,200ft
3,500ft
700ft
700ft
400ft
500ft
3,500ft
700ft
500ft
500ft

4.0mi
----
4.0mi
4.0mi
2.0mi
2.0mi
2.0mi
2.0mi
3.0mi
6.0mi
6.0mi
7.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

ACY - Atlantic City, NJ

ISP - Islip, NY

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

CLR
-SN
-SN
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-SN
RA
-RA
OVC
-RA
BKN

30F/16F
29F/19F
28F/24F
28F/27F
30F/28F
31F/31F
34F/31F
34F/30F
33F/31F
34F/31F
38F/31F
41F/31F

29.99in
29.94in
29.88in
29.82in
29.76in
29.71in
29.66in
29.65in
29.64in
29.59in
29.42in
29.30in

NNW
NNW
NNE
NE
ENE
NE
ENE
NNE
N
ENE
ENE
E

05mph/----------
03mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
22mph/29mph
23mph/31mph

Unlimited
1,500ft
1,400ft
1,300ft
500ft
300ft
300ft
300ft
100ft
300ft
300ft
500ft

10mi
2.0mi
2.5mi
7.0mi
6.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
4.0mi
10mi
10mi
10mi

OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN -IP
-ZR SN
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR

30F/16F
30F/16F
30F/18F
30F/18F
30F/18F
30F/18F
28F/23F
28F/25F
28F/27F
30F/28F
32F/30F
32F/32F

29.98in
29.95in
29.90in
29.88in
29.85in
29.81in
29.78in
29.75in
29.70in
29.66in
29.62in
29.51in

N
N
NNE
NNW
----
ENE
SE
ENE
ENE
ENE
E
E

06mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
07mph/----------
03mph/----------
05mph/----------
06mph/----------
05mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
15mph/----------

15,000ft
9,000ft
2,500ft
5,000ft
20,000ft
3,000ft
2,400ft
2,000ft
1,800ft
3,200ft
3,000ft
400ft

10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
1.5mi
1.0mi
4.0mi
2.5mi
3.0mi
3.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

FRG - Farmingdale, NY

HPN - White Plains, NY

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

----
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
----
-ZR
-ZR
-RA

------/------
28F/16F
30F/18F
30F/16F
30F/18F
28F/23F
28F/27F
28F/27F
28F/27F
30F/28F
30F/28F
34F/32F

--------
29.94in
29.89in
29.86in
29.82in
29.78in
29.75in
29.73in
29.66in
29.65in
29.65in
29.46in

----
NNW
NNW
NNW
N/A
E
E
NE
ENE
ENE
ENE
ESE

----------/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
09mph/----------
00mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
12mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
23mph/----------

------
14,000ft
6,000ft
3,000ft
7,000ft
600ft
------
4,000ft
3,000ft
2,300ft
2,300ft
500ft

7.0mi
10mi
8.0mi
8.0mi
7.0mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
2.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi

OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
----
-SN
-SN
-SN
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR

27F/16F
28F/12F
28F/14F
28F/14F
28F/14F
------/------
28F/14F
27F/18F
27F/16F
27F/23F
28F/25F
32F/30F

29.98in
29.96in
29.90in
29.87in
29.83in
--------
29.76in
29.74in
29.66in
29.64in
29.54in
29.40in

N
N
N
NNW
ESE
----
ESE
ESE
ESE
ESE
SE
ESE

07mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
03mph/----------
----------/----------
06mph/----------
05mph/----------
08mph/----------
07mph/----------
13mph/----------
18mph/25mph

12,000ft
12,000ft
6,000ft
5,000ft
7,000ft
------
4,000ft
------
1,000ft
800ft
200ft
200ft

10mi
10mi
7.0mi
7.0mi
8.0mi
----
3.0mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
3.0mi
0.8mi
1.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

LNS - Lancaster, PA

APG - Aberdeen, MD

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
IP
-ZR IP
-ZR IP
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC

25F/21F
25F/21F
25F/21F
25F/23F
25F/23F
27F/25F
28F/27F
28F/27F
30F/28F
30F/28F
30F/28F
30F/28F

29.98in
29.91in
29.82in
29.78in
29.76in
29.71in
29.64in
29.53in
29.45in
29.52in
29.47in
29.43in

E
E
E
E
E
E
ESE
ESE
ESE
WNW
N/A
N/A

05mph/----------
09mph/----------
14mph/----------
11mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
14mph/----------
21mph/----------
17mph/25mph
08mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------

------
500ft
600ft
1,200ft
1,000ft
900ft
600ft
800ft
800ft
900ft
900ft
700ft

1.0mi
1.5mi
0.8mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
2.0mi
8.0mi
10mi
10mi
7.0mi
7.0mi

-SN
-SN
-SN
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
----
----
----
----
----
----

28F/25F
27F/25F
27F/25F
27F/25F
27F/25F
28F/27F
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------

--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------

E
ENE
E
ENE
ENE
ENE
----
----
----
----
----
----

05mph/----------
07mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
11mph/----------
07mph/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------

600ft
600ft
800ft
800ft
800ft
700ft
------
------
------
------
------
------

7.0mi
7.0mi
4.0mi
4.0mi
2.0mi
1.0mi
----
----
----
----
----
----

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

DOV - Dover, DE

WWD - Wildwood, NJ

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

-SN
-SN -IP
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZL
-ZL
-ZR
----
OVC
OVC
OVC

27F/27F
28F/27F
28F/28F
30F/28F
30F/30F
30F/30F
32F/32F
30F/30F
------/------
34F/34F
36F/36F
36F/36F

30.00in
29.92in
29.84in
29.79in
29.72in
29.69in
29.70in
29.64in
--------
29.42in
29.35in
29.43in

NNW
ENE
NE
ENE
ENE
NE
N
NNE
----
E
ESE
NW

08mph/----------
11mph/----------
13mph/----------
10mph/----------
15mph/----------
10mph/----------
10mph/----------
13mph/----------
----------/----------
21mph/28mph
18mph/32mph
13mph/19mph

500ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
600ft
500ft
500ft
300ft
300ft
------
300ft
700ft
700ft

0.8mi
2.0mi
2.5mi
4.0mi
4.0mi
1.3mi
1.0mi
3.0mi
----
5.0mi
7.0mi
7.0mi

----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----

28F/25F
28F/27F
28F/27F
30F/28F
30F/30F
37F/36F
37F/37F
39F/37F
34F/34F
34F/34F
37F/37F
41F/39F

29.99in
29.92in
29.89in
29.80in
29.75in
29.68in
29.66in
29.66in
29.63in
29.57in
29.43in
29.37in

NNW
NNE
NE
NE
ENE
E
E
NNE
N
NE
ENE
E

06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
10mph/----------
08mph/----------
10mph/----------
09mph/----------
18mph/24mph
18mph/28mph

------
3,700ft
1,100ft
400ft
300ft
400ft
400ft
300ft
300ft
200ft
300ft
400ft

2.5mi
3.5mi
7.0mi
5.0mi
5.0mi
2.5mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
3.0mi
10mi
10mi
10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

FOK - Westhampton Beach, NY

BDR - Bridgeport, CT

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

OVC
OVC
----
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-ZR
-ZR
ZR
-RA

30F/19F
32F/19F
------/------
36F/18F
32F/19F
32F/19F
32F/19F
32F/19F
32F/19F
32F/32F
32F/32F
34F/32F

29.98in
29.95in
--------
29.87in
29.85in
29.82in
29.78in
29.76in
29.71in
29.66in
29.64in
29.60in

N
N
----
N/A
N/A
N/A
SSE
N/A
E
E
E
ESE

11mph/----------
11mph/----------
----------/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
03mph/----------
00mph/----------
09mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------

6,000ft
10,000ft
------
10,000ft
7,000ft
7,000ft
5,000ft
5,000ft
5,000ft
800ft
1,000ft
5,000ft

15mi
12mi
----
12mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
7.0mi
7.0mi
7.0mi
3.0mi

BKN
SCT
BKN
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN
-ZR
-ZR
-RA

29F/14F
29F/14F
30F/15F
30F/15F
30F/17F
31F/17F
32F/20F
31F/23F
28F/26F
29F/27F
31F/30F
34F/28F

29.99in
29.95in
29.90in
29.88in
29.83in
29.81in
29.76in
29.77in
29.70in
29.67in
29.61in
29.48in

N
N
N
WNW
NE
N/A
E
E
ENE
ENE
E
ESE

03mph/----------
03mph/----------
05mph/----------
05mph/----------
03mph/----------
00mph/----------
12mph/----------
06mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
14mph/----------
26mph/32mph

11,000ft
Unlimited
7,500ft
4,800ft
6,000ft
4,800ft
8,500ft
4,800ft
4,400ft
800ft
600ft
800ft

10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
4.0mi
2.0mi
5.0mi
7.0mi
10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

MUI - Indiantown, PA

CXY - Harrisburg, PA

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

-SN
----
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN -IP
-SN IP
-ZR -IP
OVC
OVC
-ZL
-ZR

23F/23F
------/------
25F/23F
25F/25F
25F/23F
25F/23F
25F/25F
25F/25F
27F/25F
27F/27F
28F/27F
28F/28F

29.96in
--------
29.83in
29.76in
29.74in
29.70in
29.62in
29.50in
29.52in
29.49in
29.46in
29.43in

----
----
ENE
ENE
ENE
E
ENE
ENE
NNE
NE
ENE
NE

02mph/----------
----------/----------
07mph/----------
10mph/----------
10mph/----------
07mph/----------
11mph/----------
18mph/----------
06mph/----------
05mph/----------
06mph/----------
03mph/----------

1,300ft
------
900ft
600ft
1,000ft
2,000ft
800ft
800ft
900ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
700ft

0.6mi
----
0.9mi
0.8mi
1.0mi
3.0mi
2.0mi
4.0mi
6.0mi
6.0mi
5.0mi
1.5mi

-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN -IP
-SN -IP
-ZR IP
IP
-ZL
-ZL
-ZL

------/------
25F/21F
25F/25F
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------

30.05in
29.90in
29.86in
--------
29.80in
29.76in
29.72in
29.62in
29.50in
29.53in
29.53in
29.49in

SSW
ESE
E
ESE
ESE
ESE
SE
ESE
SE
----
W
W

08mph/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
12mph/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
17mph/----------
09mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------

1,900ft
800ft
700ft
600ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
800ft
1,200ft
1,200ft
800ft

1.0mi
0.8mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.3mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
5.0mi
4.0mi
4.0mi
2.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

MDT - Middletown, PA

MTN - Baltimore, MD

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-ZL -IP
-SN IP
-ZL -IP
-ZL
OVC
-ZL
-ZL
-ZL

25F/25F
25F/25F
25F/25F
25F/25F
25F/25F
25F/25F
27F/27F
28F/28F
30F/30F
28F/28F
28F/28F
28F/28F

30.00in
29.93in
29.85in
29.81in
29.77in
29.73in
29.64in
29.52in
--------
29.53in
29.48in
29.46in

ENE
ENE
E
E
ESE
ESE
ESE
ESE
W
NW
N/A
NW

08mph/----------
10mph/----------
12mph/----------
14mph/----------
13mph/----------
14mph/----------
21mph/----------
23mph/----------
09mph/----------
07mph/----------
00mph/----------
06mph/----------

400ft
500ft
500ft
400ft
600ft
400ft
800ft
800ft
800ft
800ft
600ft
500ft

0.8mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
2.5mi
4.0mi
4.0mi
4.0mi
2.5mi
1.0mi

-SN
-SN
OVC
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
----
OVC
----
----

27F/25F
27F/25F
27F/25F
28F/25F
28F/27F
28F/27F
28F/27F
30F/28F
------/------
34F/30F
------/------
------/------

29.97in
29.99in
29.83in
29.80in
29.75in
29.73in
29.68in
29.57in
--------
29.48in
--------
--------

E
ENE
E
E
E
ENE
ENE
ENE
----
WNW
----
----

05mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
03mph/----------
06mph/----------
09mph/----------
----------/----------
09mph/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------

600ft
500ft
800ft
800ft
800ft
600ft
1,800ft
600ft
------
600ft
------
------

0.8mi
0.8mi
3.0mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
4.0mi
----
7.0mi
----
----

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

BWI - Baltimore, MD

HTO - East Hampton, NY

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

SN
-SN -IP
-SN -IP
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC

29F/28F
28F/28F
28F/28F
29F/28F
29F/29F
30F/29F
30F/30F
31F/31F
32F/32F
32F/32F
32F/32F
32F/32F

29.96in
29.89in
29.81in
29.78in
29.74in
29.74in
29.64in
29.53in
29.48in
29.51in
29.45in
29.44in

E
ENE
E
E
ENE
E
E
E
E
NW
----
N/A

07mph/----------
12mph/----------
13mph/----------
12mph/----------
10mph/----------
08mph/----------
13mph/----------
20mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
03mph/----------
00mph/----------

900ft
700ft
1,100ft
700ft
500ft
700ft
500ft
300ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
500ft

0.5mi
1.0mi
0.8mi
4.0mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
2.5mi
5.0mi
10mi
5.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi

----
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
----
----
----
----
----

------/------
30F/25F
30F/25F
32F/27F
32F/27F
32F/27F
30F/30F
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------

--------
29.96in
29.93in
29.90in
29.86in
29.85in
29.83in
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------

----
N
N
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
----
----
----
----
----

----------/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
---------/----------

------
5,000ft
10,000ft
10,000ft
8,000ft
5,000ft
5,000ft
------
------
------
------
------

----
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
10mi
----
----
----
----
----

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

DCA - Washington, DC

ADW - Camp Springs, MD

1600Z 09 Jan 97
1700Z 09 Jan 97
1800Z 09 Jan 97
1900Z 09 Jan 97
2000Z 09 Jan 97
2100Z 09 Jan 97
2200Z 09 Jan 97
2300Z 09 Jan 97
0000Z 10 Jan 97
0100Z 10 Jan 97
0200Z 10 Jan 97
0300Z 10 Jan 97

-SN IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZL
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC

30F/30F
32F/30F
32F/30F
32F/31F
32F/30F
32F/31F
32F/31F
32F/32F
33F/32F
33F/32F
33F/32F
33F/32F

29.99in
29.88in
29.81in
29.78in
29.76in
29.73in
29.62in
29.53in
29.52in
29.51in
29.48in
29.46in

NE
NE
SE
NE
NE
ENE
E
SE
NNW
NNW
NNW
N

03mph/----------
06mph/----------
15mph/----------
06mph/----------
08mph/----------
07mph/----------
10mph/----------
13mph/----------
09mph/----------
11mph/----------
07mph/----------
03mph/----------

400ft
1,200ft
800ft
900ft
400ft
400ft
800ft
800ft
700ft
700ft
700ft
500ft

2.5mi
5.0mi
5.0mi
7.0mi
2.3mi
2.5mi
7.0mi
9.0mi
7.5mi
7.0mi
5.0mi
5.0mi

-SN -IP
-ZR -IP
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZR
-ZL
-ZL
----
OVC
OVC
OVC

28F/27F
28F/27F
28F/28F
28F/28F
28F/28F
30F/28F
28F/28F
30F/28F
------/------
30F/30F
32F/30F
32F/32F

29.94in
29.87in
29.80in
29.76in
29.73in
29.73in
29.62in
29.52in
--------
29.49in
29.45in
29.45in

E
ENE
E
NE
NE
NNE
E
E
----
NW
NNE
NW

07mph/----------
08mph/----------
07mph/----------
10mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
10mph/----------
18mph/----------
----------/----------
15mph/----------
05mph/----------
02mph/----------

1,500ft
900ft
1,000ft
700ft
700ft
700ft
500ft
500ft
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500ft
500ft
500ft

1.0mi
2.0mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
5.0mi
----
7.0mi
7.0mi
3.0mi

Snow and ice storm, January 9, 1997
Snow storm, January 11, 1997
Snow storm, February 8-9, 1997
Snow storm, February 14, 1997
Snow storm, March 3, 1997
Snow and ice storm, March 9-10, 1997
Snow storm, March 31-April 1, 1997
Snow storm, April 18, 1997

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