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
Fort Dix
Doppler Radar Imagery
Contoured
Snowfall Totals from January 14-15, 2004
STORM DESCRIPTION
An Alberta Clipper low pressure system dropped snow across New Jersey,
with the highest amounts in the northeast.
Synoptic Discussion
The low pressure system reponsible for the snow moved from Alberta
Province, Canada on the morning of the 13th to Wisconsin by the morning
of the 14th, to central Ohio during the evening of the 14th, and to
Chesepeake Bay by the midnight of the 15th. By late morning of
the 15th, it was 300 miles east of the Delmarva Peninsula.
Local Discussion
Snow spread northwest to southeast across the state during the evening
of the 14th. The snow was never very heavy, but unusually cold
air already in place allowed the snow to accumulate quickly. The
axis of heaviest snow was well north of the actual low pressure track
and was aligned northwest to southeast across northern New
Jersey. Snowfall was aided by an onshore flow which added
Atlantic moisture, increasing snowfall amounts in the coastal
areas. Further south and west, distance from the upper-level
support resulted in a much lighter snowfall. The snow reached its
peak in the early morning hours of the 15th, and moved out of the state
from northwest to southeast by late morning. Snowfall
accumulations generally decreased from northeast to southwest,
averaging 6 to 8 inches in Sussex County, 5 to 8 inches in Bergen,
Union and Essex counties, 2 to 8 inches in Monmouth County, 5 to 7
inches in Morris, Passaic and Hudson counties, 3 to 7 inches in Warren
County, 4 to 6 inches in Middlesex County, 3 to 6 inches in Hunterdon,
Somerset and Ocean counties, 2 to 4 inches in Mercer County, 1 to 3
inches in Burlington and Camden counties, 1 to 2 inches in Gloucester
and Atlantic counties, and a coating to 1 inch in Salem, Cumberland,
and Cape May counties.
New Jersey Snowfall Totals
Individual Snowfall Totals from January
14-15, 2004
Regional Snowfall Totals
Snowfall Totals from 1600Z 15 January 2004
(11AM EST 15 January 2004)
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
Fort Dix
Doppler Radar Imagery
Snow and ice
storm, December 5-6, 2003
Snow storm,
December 14-15, 2003
Snow storm, January 14-15, 2004
Snow and ice
storm, January 17-18, 2004
Snow storm,
January 26, 2004
Snow and ice
storm, January 27-28, 2004
Snow and ice
storm, March 16-17, 2004
Snow storm,
March 18-19, 2004
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