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, 2006
STORM DESCRIPTION
A rapidly strengthening low pressure system brought locally heavy snow
and near-blizzard conditions to parts of New Jersey, with lighter snow
falling across the rest of the state.
Synoptic Discussion
A warm front moved northward across the state during the overnight
hours of Friday January 13th. A cold front then moved eastward
across the state during the morning hours of Saturday, January 14th. A
second cold front moved through during the late afternoon hours of the
14th. A low pressure system accompanying the second front also
moved across the state during the afternoon, and strengthened during
the evening as it moved off the coast. The storm system continued
moving eastward overnight and was near Cape Cod by the morning of
Sunday, January 15th.
Local Discussion
Showers and thunderstorms developed across much of the state during the
early morning hours of Saturday January 14th behind the warm front and
ahead of the first cold front. A squall line accompanied the actual
cold front as it passed across the state near dawn on the 14th,
resulting in a few reports of wind damage. Temperatures in the
upper 50s and lower 60s before the front passed fell into the 50s after
the front passed. During the afternoon, showers and thunderstorms
redeveloped across the state as the low pressure and second cold front
advanced into the state from the west. As the low pressure and
second front moved offshore late in the afternoon, the approaching mid-
and upper-level disturbances caused a new band of precipitation to
develop across most of New Jersey. Precipitation from this band
was initially in the form of rain, but as cold air poured across the
state behind the second cold front, the rain changed to sleet and then
to snow during the evening as temperatures fell below freezing.
As the low pressure off the coast intensified, snow and blowing snow
created near-blizzard conditions across parts of northwestern and
southeastern New Jersey, with thunder and lightning also being
reported. The snow gradually tapered off toward dawn on Sunday
the 15th as the low pressure system moved eastward toward Cape
Cod. Snowfall accumulations were highly varried, depending
significantly on the orientation and persistence of the main snow band
associated with the mid- and upper-level disturbances. Final
snowfall totals ranged from 2 to 8 inches in Burlington County, 4 to 7
inches in Atlantic County, 3 to 6 inches in Sussex County, 2 to 6
inches in Morris County, 1 to 6 inches in Ocean County, 2 to 5 inches
in Passaic County, 1 to 5 inches in Cape May County, 2 to 4 inches in
Mercer and Monmouth counties, a coating to 4 inches in Bergen,
Hunterdon, Somerset, Camden and Gloucester counties, a coating to 3
inches in Essex and Cumberland counties, and a coating to 2 inches in
Hudson, Union, Middlesex, Warren and Salem counties.
New Jersey Snowfall Totals
Individual Snowfall Totals from January
14-15, 2006
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 4, 2005
Snow storm,
December 5-6, 2005
Snow and ice
storm, December 9, 2005
Snow storm, January 14-15, 2006
Snow storm,
February 11-12, 2006
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