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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