Winter Weather — Western Essex, New Jersey

2023-02-27 to 2023-02-28 · Western Essex, New Jersey

Event narrative

A general 3 to 5 inches fell across the zone. A Cocorahs report of 5.0 inches was submitted for Montclair and 4.8 inches in Verona. A public report of 4.1 inches was submitted for 1 W Cedar Grove.

Wider weather episode

Weak high pressure and a marginally cold air mass was locked into the northeast with blocking to the north across Eastern Canada, while low pressure over the Midwest moved east and redeveloped off the Northern Mid Atlantic coast. This led to the first widespread accumulating snowfall across the CWA.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1075125. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.