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 17-18, 2008
STORM DESCRIPTION
A low pressure system moving northward up the East Coast caused snow and rain to overspread New Jersey on January 17th and 18th.
Synoptic Discussion
A low pressure developed along an old front near Florida late on the 16th. The system moved northeastward up the East Coast, passing New Jersey very late on the 17th and entering Atlantic Canada during the day on the 18th.
Local Discussion
Snow and rain overspread New Jersey during the afternoon hours on the 17th. Temperatures at the surface were marginal and were influenced by the nearby Atlantic Ocean, resulting in a heavy wet snow across the western half of the state and mainly rain across the eastern half. Some portions of the state even saw the rain change briefly to snow as the intensity increased and temperatures cooled for a short time. As warm air continued moving inland from the ocean, the snow changed to rain across most of the state by midnight on the 18th. Precipitation moved away from New Jersey before dawn on the 18th. Accumulations were less than an inch across the eastern half of New Jersey, and ranged from 1 to 3 inches across portions of Salem, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, Somerset, Morris, Hunterdon, Passaic, Bergen, Warren and Sussex counties.
New Jersey Snowfall Totals
Individual Snowfall Totals from January 17-18, 2008
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 storm, January 17-18, 2008
Snow and ice storm, February 12-13, 2008
Snow and ice storm, February 22, 2008
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