Heavy Snow in Western Bergen, New Jersey

A heavy snowfall of mainly 15 to 24 inches fell with near blizzard conditions occurring at times across the zone. Trained spotters reported 15.2 inches in Fair Lawn before the accumulating snow ended, and 17.9 inches at 1 WSW Wallington. A cocorahs observer reported 17.0 inches in Fair Lawn also before the accumulating snow ended. Their were numerous public reports around and just above 20 inches across the zone with 2 NW Ramsey reporting 20.1 inches.

Low pressure in the gulf states moved northeast and intensified along and off the Mid Atlantic coast with the consolidated of mid level energy resulting in a major Nor'easter which brought blizzard and near blizzard conditions to Northeastern New Jersey. The storm became vertically stacked and it slowly pulled away to the east and brought a heavy to major snowfall across Northeastern New Jersey with blizzard conditions across the eastern zones. Winter storm and near blizzard conditions were reported across the remainder of Northeastern New Jersey. A major snowfall occurred region wide, with portions of the region receiving historic snowfall totals.