Heavy Snow in Western Union, New Jersey

A heavy snowfall of mainly 15 to 20 inches fell across the zone, with the higher amounts further east for the most part with near blizzard conditions at times. Cocorahs reported 19.5 inches at 1 NW Fanwood. The pubic repoorted 17.0 inches at 1 SSE Springfield.

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.