Winter Weather — Western Bergen, New Jersey

2024-01-06 to 2024-01-07 · Western Bergen, New Jersey

Event narrative

An accumulating snow took place before a change to a wintry mix. Trained spotters reported 6.2 inches at 2 NNE Franklin Lakes, 5.7 inches at 1 N Franklin Lakes, 4.0 inches at Franklin Lakes, 4.0 inches at Glen Rock, and 4.0 inches at 1 ESE Westwood, and 3.4 inches in Fair Lawn. A Cocorahs observer reported 5.5 inches at Oakland. Amounts fell off quickly heading southeast. Amounts averaged below warning criteria across the zone.

Wider weather episode

Low pressure pushed northeast from the Tennessee Valley and moved along and off the coast. An accumulating snow took place across interior portions of Northeastern New Jersey, with far northwestern sections towards Western Passaic, Western Essex, and Northern Bergen receiving an accumulating snow of 3 to 6 inches. Further south and east where the snow mixed with, and even changed to rain amounts were much lower.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1148191. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.