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Contoured Snowfall Totals from February 8-9, 1994

STORM DESCRIPTION The combination of a stalled frontal boundary and several waves of low pressure resulted in a significant snow and ice storm across most of New Jersey. Synoptic Discussion A cold front pushed southeastward across the Northeast on February 7th, stalling out across the Mid-Atlantic.  During the 8th and 9th, several waves of low pressure developed in the southern Plains and moved east-northeast along the stalled front.  The last wave passed off the coast late on the 9th as the front finally began pushing further south once again. Local Discussion Moderate to heavy snow overspread most of the state during the morning of February 8th, accompanied by thunder and lightning in parts of northern New Jersey.  Across southern New Jersey, the snow quickly mixed with and changed to sleet and freezing rain during the midday hours.  The change to sleet and freezing rain waited until the mid-afternoon across central New Jersey, and did not occur until that evening across most of northern New Jersey.  Periods of sleet and freezing rain, occasionally mixed with snow, continued across most of the state during the night of the 8th and day on the 9th, finally tapering off from northwest to southeast during the late afternoon and evening of the 9th.  Snow and ice ccumulations were highest across northern New Jersey where they averaged 6 to 12 inches.  Further south in central New Jersey, accumulations were generally in the 4 to 8 inch range, while only a coating to 4 inches accumulated across southern New Jersey.  Ice accretion was generally around a quarter of an inch, with the highest amounts in southern New Jersey.

New Jersey Snowfall Totals

Individual Snowfall Totals from February 8-9, 1994

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