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
Storm Photos
Contoured
Snowfall Totals from December 23-24, 1998
STORM DESCRIPTION
A weak frontal wave brought a white Christmas to southern and central
New Jersey.
Synoptic Discussion
A series of weak low pressures moved slowly northeast along a slow
moving cold front in the western Atlantic Ocean. One of these,
passing closest to New Jersey early on the 24th, brought a large-enough
band of precipitation to affect southern and central New Jersey.
Local Discusion
This weak storm brought central and southern New Jersey its first
wintry precipitation of the season. Precipitation fell mainly as
snow, except along coastal sections of Atlantic, Cape May, and
Cumberland counties, where precipitation mixed with or changed
completely over to sleet. The snow started around 6 pm EST on the
23rd and changed over to sleet across far southeast New Jersey during
the evening. The heaviest precipitation occured through the
evening until around midnight. Light snow lingered through the
early morning of the 24th, except in far southeastern New Jersey where
a mixture of freezing drizzle and light sleet fell. The heaviest
snowfall accumulations occured just to the north of the transition zone
to sleet across Salem, southern Gloucester, southern Camden, western
Atlantic, southern Burlington, and central Ocean counties, where
accumulations averaged around 4 inches. Elsewhere accumulations
where mainly 2 to 3 inches, except north of Somerset County where
accumulations were an inch or less.
New Jersey Snowfall Totals
Individual Snowfall Totals from December
23-24, 1998
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
Storm Photos
Snow
storm, December 23-24, 1998
Snow and ice
storm, January 8-9, 1999
Ice storm,
January 13-15, 1999
Snow storm,
March 14-15, 1999
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