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
National Surface Weather Maps - Pressure and Fronts Only
Continental Surface Weather Maps - Pressure and Fronts Only
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
Regional Radar Imagery
Local Radar Imagery
Fort Dix Doppler Radar Imagery
Storm Photos




Contoured Snowfall Totals from January 29, 2003

STORM DESCRIPTION
A storm system moving northeastward from the central Plains into Canada spread a swath of light snow across New Jersey.

Synoptic Discussion
The low pressure moved eastward from the central Plains on the 28th to the upper Ohio Valley on the morning of the 29th.  It then moved northeastward to the Saint Lawrence Valley by the evening of the 29th, pushing a cold front through much of New Jersey just after sunset.

Local Discussion
Light snow spread across most of the state during the predawn hours of the 29th ahead of the storm system's warm front.  The snow mixed with sleet and freezing rain across Salem, Cumberland, Atlantic, and Cape May counties late in the morning and during the afternoon.  Precipitation tapered off during the early evening as the cold front passed southeastward through the state.  Accumulations ranged from 1 to 3 inches in Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, Ocean, Monmouth and Mercer counties, averaged around an inch in Hunterdon, Someset, Middlesex, Salem, Cumberland and Atlantic counties, and were generally less than 1 inch across Sussex, Warren, Morris, Passaic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Union and Cape May counties.



New Jersey Snowfall Totals

Individual Snowfall Totals from January 29, 2003



Table of Contents

Storm Summary
Regional Surface Observations
National Weather Service Forecasts
Surface Maps
Satellite Imagery
National Surface Weather Maps - Pressure and Fronts Only
Continental Surface Weather Maps - Pressure and Fronts Only
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
Regional Radar Imagery
Local Radar Imagery
Fort Dix Doppler Radar Imagery
Storm Photos



Snow storm, December 5, 2002
Snow and ice storm, December 24-26, 2002
Snow storm, January 5, 2003
Snow storm, January 16-17, 2003
Snow storm, January 29, 2003
Snow storm, February 6-7, 2003
Snow storm, February 16-17, 2003
Snow storm, February 27-28, 2003
Snow and ice storm, March 6, 2003
Snow and ice storm, April 7, 2003

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