![]() Meteorologists Lee Goldberg and Jeff Smith break it down. ![]() "Seventy (degrees) all year round, that's my type of weather. A noreaster brought some significant snowfall in the higher elevations of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. "Heck no, I don't like snow," said Gill Reid of Atlantic City. ![]() "I said, 'Oh my lord, how am I getting home?' But hopefully, everything is going to turn out (OK)." "I was in shock," said Krystyna Sarno of Elmwood Park, NJ. Many people said they were taken off guard. The Jersey Shore got slammed by the powerful nor'easter, with Atlantic City getting 16 inches of snow. "We are in much better shape today than we were yesterday," Scott Evans, Atlantic City Emergency Management Coordinator, said Saturday. SEE ALSO: Snowfall Totals: Here are the latest snow amounts in our region from the nor'easter Atlantic City ResponseĪfter a long 24 hours of blizzard conditions at the Jersey Shore, officials called their storm response a success. The NWS said it will conduct further analysis in the coming days to determine if any inland zones reached blizzard conditions during the nor'easter. A fast-moving snowstorm is expected to drop 2 to 6 inches of snow across northwestern New Jersey. "A blizzard is defined as three or more hours of visibility reductions to one-quarter mile or less due to falling or blowing snow, and sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or greater," an update issued Saturday morning said. UPDATE: Snow today could total 6 inches in parts of state. The National Weather Service in Mount Holly said it confirmed a blizzard on the New Jersey coast - including the Monmouth County coast, Long Beach Island, Atlantic City, Cape May - and the Delaware beaches. "This is about as mild as it gets around here," Ramunni said.There were double-digital snowfall totals in the Garden State as the sun came up, with some areas already seeing a foot of snow on the ground.ĪTLANTIC CITY, New Jersey (WPVI) - We can now call Saturday's winter storm the Blizzard of 2022! That record will hold unless the lack of snow continues through Sunday, said meteorologist Bryan Ramsey. 29 in the 1972-73 winter season, which remains the longest it has taken for such an event to occur. Similarly, the weather center in Central Park did not see measurable snowfall until Jan. But in 2020, Central Park managed 333 days without more than a slight dusting. So far, 321 days have passed without measurable snowfall in Central Park (measurable snowfall refers to accumulation of more than 0.1 inches,) according to NWS. However, the region is still a few days away from breaking records when it comes to a dearth of snow. Typically, the daily average for January is around 36 degrees, Ramunni said.īy the same yardstick, this is the area's third mildest winter season, which begins Dec. Smatterings of substantial snowfall aside, this has been the mildest January on record since the 1920s based on the daily average temperature, which is currently 40.8 degrees, according to Weather Service data collected from Newark Liberty Airport. Some schools closed on Wednesday or called for early dismissals. Farther south in Stewartsville, residents got a whopping 2.1 inches, according to Bob Ziff of the North Jersey Weather Observers. Ramsey saw 0.8 inches of snow and Sparta received one inch. "Certainly, not what I would call a typical snow storm in the region," Ramunni said.Ī few towns in North Jersey managed measurable accumulation before the rain. In the end, the cold air simply did not hold, he said, clinging to temperatures close to the freezing point but never falling far enough below for the snow to keep up.Īreas atop higher elevations in western Passaic County saw up to a half-inch of accumulation but barely a trace was recorded closer to New York City, according to NWS. "The question was, how quickly does the precipitation move in and the cold air scatter out? Little fluctuations in those variables could mean the difference between a couple inches across the area or what we saw." "It was a tricky forecast," said Dominick Ramunni, a meteorologist with NWS. "This will be the first impactful snow of the season for some, so don’t let the first snow sneak up on you," the National Weather Service center in Mount Holly tweeted.īut by early afternoon, precipitation turned to rain, dousing the meager covering left by the cold. Watch Video: Prepare for snow and winter storms with these tipsĪ forecasted snowfall that promised up to five inches in parts of North Jersey failed to deliver when a brief dusting Wednesday morning turned to rain and quickly washed away what experts expected to be the first winter storm of the season.Īs late as 9 a.m., the National Weather Service was still predicting flurries across the region, with the heaviest accumulations expected in areas throughout the northwest of the state.
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