Winter Weather — Western Passaic, New Jersey

2024-11-22 · Western Passaic, New Jersey

Event narrative

The public reported 7.5 inches at 5 N West Milford and a cocorahs observer reported 3.4 inches in West Milford.

Wider weather episode

An occluded low pressure system brought heavy rain on the front end, with a change to heavy wet accumulating snow in higher elevations as the upper level low approached. Their were much lower amounts in lower elevations. The upper low swung through on the back end of the system early on the 22nd resulted in height falls and colder air working in changing the precipitation to mainly wet snow across portions of the interior, especially in elevated locations.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1220685. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.