Winter Weather — Eastern Essex, New Jersey

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

Event narrative

A general 2 to 4 inches fell across the zone. Newark Airport reported 1.7 inches of snow, with the western edge of the zone receiving 3.7 inches via a trained spotter in Bloomfield.

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 1075126. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.