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Contoured Snowfall Totals from December 29-30, 1993

STORM DESCRIPTION The first snow of the 1993-1994 season in New Jersey arrived with a complex low pressure system in late December. Synoptic Discussion A weak storm system moved southeastward across central Canada and then eastward across the Great Lakes during the 28th and 29th.  As the storm reached the St. Lawrence Valley, energy began to transfer to a new low pressure that developed along a stalled frontal boundary southeast of the Mid-Atlantic coast.  This new low pressure became the primary storm system as it moved northeastward toward Nova Scotia by the 30th. Local Discussion Snow developed across the state during the midday hours of the 29th as the primary low pressure system's cold front approached from the west while the secondary low pressure began developiing to the southeast.  Snow continued through the afternoon and evening of the 29th, remaining light but steady, until finally departing northeastward around midnight on the 30th.  Accumulations averaged 1 to 4 inches state-wide, with the highest amounts in the north and extreme south.

New Jersey Snowfall Totals

Individual Snowfall Totals from December 29-30, 1993

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