Winter Weather — Western Essex, New Jersey

2018-03-21 to 2018-03-22 · Western Essex, New Jersey

Event narrative

The public reported 6 to 7 inches of snow, but the snow occurred in over 12 hours not meeting NWS criteria for warning level snow.

Wider weather episode

A large and slow moving low pressure developed along the Middle Atlantic coast on Wednesday, March 21st and moved slowly north and east along the coast through Thursday, March 22nd. Moderate to occasionally heavy snow bands moved across portions of northeast New Jersey.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 745338. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.