Winter Weather — Western Union, New Jersey

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

Event narrative

A general 1 to 3 inches of snow fell across the zone. A trained spotter reported 2.4 inches in Plainfield. A Cocorahs report from Clark which is right along the eastern border of the zone reported 3.0 inches of snow and 1.0 inches of snow at 0.8 WSW Westfield, and 1.5 inches at New Providence.

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 1075127. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.