Winter Weather — Eastern Essex, New Jersey

2025-01-19 to 2025-01-20 · Eastern Essex, New Jersey

Event narrative

The public at 1 SSW West Orange reported 4.5 inches. Just to the east and southeast many reports at around 3 inches were reported. Maplewood received 3.1 inches and Elizabeth reported 3.7 inches from a trained spotter, and Newark Airport receiving 2.4 inches. The eastern portion of Essex and thus the zone was estimated to have reached advisory criteria.

Wider weather episode

A cold front pushed through, with a secondary cold frontal boundary lingering back to the west. Low pressure formed along the boundary and began to strengthen as it pulled away quickly to the east and northeast. The accumulating snow was generated mainly from frontogenetical forcing which occurred to the north and west of the developing surface low. Winter Storm criteria was just missed across Western Passaic, with the remainder of Northeast New Jersey achieving advisory criteria, or falling just short of advisory criteria.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1224982. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.