Storm description, surface observations, snowfall totals, and images courtesy of the National Climatic Data Center, the National Centers of Environmental Prediction, the Climate Prediction Center, the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, the Mount Holly National Weather Service Office, the Upton National Weather Service Office, Rutgers University, Plymouth State University, the University of Illinois, the American Meteorological Society, Weather Graphics Technologies, AccuWeather, and the Weather Channel.


Table of Contents

Storm Summary
Regional Surface Observations
National Weather Service Forecasts
Surface Maps
Satellite Imagery
Sea Level Pressure and 1000 to 500 Millibar Thickness Maps
850 Millibar Maps
700 Millibar Maps
500 Millibar Maps
300 Millibar Maps
200 Millibar Maps
National Radar Imagery
Local Radar Imagery
Fort Dix Doppler Radar Imagery




UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

TTN - Trenton, NJ

NXX - Willow Grove, PA
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
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----
----
-SN
-SN
SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
------/------
------/------
------/------
29F/------
29F/------
29F/------
29F/------
29F/------
30F/------
31F/------
32F/------
--------
--------
--------
29.93in
29.91in
29.91in
29.91in
29.90in
29.86in
29.85in
29.80in
----
----
----
E
WNW
E
NE
NNE
NE
NNE
NNE
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07mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
------
------
------
500ft
700ft
900ft
900ft
400ft
700ft
800ft
900ft
----
----
----
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.6mi
0.6mi
2.0mi
4.0mi
OVC
-SN
SN
-SN
-SN
SN
SN
-SN
-SN
BKN
BKN
31F/20F
29F/25F
29F/26F
29F/26F
29F/27F
29F/28F
30F/28F
31F/28F
33F/29F
35F/27F
35F/27F
29.94in
29.93in
29.91in
29.89in
29.86in
29.88in
29.88in
29.87in
29.82in
29.81in
29.76in
ESE
SE
ESE
ESE
E
E
NNE
N
NE
NNE
ENE
03mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
05mph/----------
03mph/----------
05mph/----------
05mph/----------
03mph/----------
07mph/----------
05mph/----------
09mph/----------
4,300ft
1,100ft
700ft
1,100ft
700ft
500ft
400ft
800ft
600ft
800ft
1,200ft
7.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.3mi
0.8mi
0.3mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
1.5mi
6.0mi
6.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

PNE - Northeast Philadelphia, PA

WRI - Wrightstown, NJ
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
SN
-SN
-SN
BKN
BKN
30F/27F
29F/29F
29F/29F
29F/29F
29F/29F
29F/29F
29F/29F
30F/30F
30F/30F
32F/27F
33F/28F
29.97in
29.95in
29.93in
29.91in
29.89in
29.90in
29.91in
29.90in
29.86in
29.84in
29.80in
S
SSE
ESE
E
E
ENE
NE
NNE
NE
NE
NE
08mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
06mph/----------
04mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
1,200ft
500ft
300ft
400ft
400ft
400ft
300ft
400ft
700ft
6,000ft
1,500ft
1.5mi
1.0mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.3mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
5.0mi
7.0mi
SN
SN
SN
SN
SN
SN
SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
31F/26F
30F/26F
29F/------
29F/27F
29F/------
30F/28F
30F/28F
31F/29F
32F/30F
33F/30F
34F/29F
29.97in
29.95in
29.93in
29.90in
29.88in
29.87in
29.87in
29.87in
29.82in
--------
29.76in
SE
E
E
ENE
ENE
ENE
NNE
NNE
NNE
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NE
03mph/----------
04mph/----------
06mph/----------
08mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
08mph/----------
----------/----------
09mph/----------
1,000ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
200ft
200ft
200ft
200ft
400ft
900ft
1.0mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.3mi
0.3mi
0.3mi
0.3mi
0.5mi
5.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

BLM - Belmar-Farmdale, NJ

EWR - Newark, NJ
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
28F/22F
28F/23F
28F/23F
28F/24F
29F/24F
30F/25F
30F/25F
30F/25F
30F/25F
30F/24F
30F/25F
29.97in
29.96in
29.92in
29.89in
29.88in
29.86in
29.86in
29.85in
29.80in
29.79in
29.76in
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
E
E
E
ENE
NE
NNE
N
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/17mph
10mph/17mph
04mph/----------
100ft
100ft
1,000ft
100ft
100ft
200ft
200ft
300ft
600ft
600ft
600ft
1.5mi
1.0mi
1.3mi
1.0mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.3mi
1.5mi
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
SN
-SN
SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
31F/21F
31F/24F
29F/27F
29F/28F
29F/29F
30F/30F
30F/30F
30F/30F
30F/29F
31F/29F
31F/29F
30.01in
29.99in
29.98in
29.95in
29.92in
29.92in
29.91in
29.90in
29.87in
29.84in
29.80in
N/A
S
SSE
ENE
NE
E
ENE
ENE
E
NE
NNE
00mph/----------
06mph/----------
05mph/----------
05mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
05mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
09mph/----------
8,000ft
3,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
700ft
500ft
500ft
400ft
600ft
800ft
1,200ft
10mi
2.0mi
0.6mi
1.5mi
0.5mi
0.3mi
0.5mi
0.4mi
0.8mi
0.9mi
2.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

MMU - Morristown, NJ

ABE - Allentown, PA
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
----
----
----
----
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
29F/27F
29F/27F
29F/27F
30F/28F
31F/28F
32F/29F
33F/28F
--------
--------
--------
--------
29.93in
29.92in
29.91in
29.92in
29.88in
29.87in
29.81in
----
----
----
----
NNE
NNE
NNE
NNE
N
ENE
ENE
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
10mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
------
------
------
------
600ft
300ft
300ft
700ft
700ft
700ft
800ft
----
----
----
----
1.0mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
1.0mi
7.0mi
OVC
OVC
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
OVC
BKN
30F/20F
29F/19F
29F/18F
28F/23F
28F/25F
28F/26F
28F/26F
29F/26F
30F/26F
32F/27F
34F/27F
29.94in
29.92in
29.90in
29.89in
29.88in
29.89in
29.88in
29.87in
29.84in
29.81in
29.75in
E
E
E
ESE
N/A
NNE
E
ESE
E
ENE
NE
05mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
00mph/----------
03mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
05mph/----------
07mph/----------
10,000ft
7,000ft
4,800ft
4,100ft
1,700ft
800ft
500ft
2,500ft
800ft
1,300ft
1,700ft
10mi
10mi
10mi
4.0mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
7.0mi
10mi
10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

PHL - Philadelphia, PA

JFK - New York, NY
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
SN
SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
OVC
30F/30F
30F/30F
30F/30F
30F/30F
30F/30F
30F/30F
30F/30F
30F/30F
32F/32F
34F/32F
34F/31F
29.96in
29.95in
29.93in
29.90in
29.89in
29.89in
29.90in
29.87in
29.84in
29.82in
29.77in
SE
SE
E
E
NE
NE
NE
NE
NE
NNE
ENE
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
05mph/----------
06mph/----------
05mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
700ft
500ft
300ft
400ft
600ft
700ft
500ft
1,500ft
3,400ft
1,200ft
1,400ft
1.5mi
1.5mi
1.3mi
1.3mi
1.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
1.5mi
3.0mi
5.0mi
7.0mi
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
33F/21F
32F/25F
30F/29F
30F/29F
30F/29F
30F/30F
30F/29F
29F/28F
30F/28F
30F/28F
31F/29F
30.01in
30.00in
29.98in
29.95in
29.92in
29.92in
29.90in
29.91in
29.86in
29.83in
29.78in
N/A
SSE
ESE
E
ENE
E
ENE
NE
NNE
NNE
NNE
00mph/----------
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
09mph/----------
13mph/----------
8,000ft
2,500ft
700ft
400ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
800ft
500ft
15mi
5.0mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
1.0mi
0.5mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

LGA - New York, NY

NYC - New York, NY
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
SN
SN
34F/20F
33F/21F
30F/27F
31F/29F
31F/29F
31F/30F
31F/31F
31F/30F
30F/29F
30F/29F
31F/28F
30.02in
30.00in
29.99in
29.96in
29.94in
29.93in
29.92in
29.93in
29.89in
29.84in
29.81in
S
S
N/A
N/A
E
NE
ENE
E
ENE
NE
NNE
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
10mph/----------
10mph/----------
09mph/----------
14mph/----------
10mph/----------
7,000ft
2,700ft
700ft
400ft
400ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
400ft
400ft
15mi
3.0mi
1.3mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
----
-SN
SN
-SN
SN
SN
SN
SN
SN
SN
-SN
33F/20F
32F/22F
29F/27F
30F/28F
30F/29F
30F/29F
30F/29F
30F/28F
29F/28F
31F/30F
31F/29F
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
S
S
SSE
ENE
E
SE
ENE
E
E
NE
NE
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
10mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
7,500ft
2,800ft
1,500ft
800ft
800ft
600ft
600ft
600ft
800ft
800ft
1,200ft
10mi
4.0mi
0.5mi
1.0mi
0.5mi
0.3mi
0.3mi
0.3mi
0.3mi
0.5mi
0.8mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

TEB - Teterboro, NJ

CDW - Caldwell, NJ
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
----
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
32F/15F
32F/16F
30F/22F
29F/24F
29F/26F
30F/25F
------/------
31F/26F
32F/27F
32F/26F
32F/26F
30.00in
29.98in
29.97in
29.95in
29.93in
29.91in
29.90in
29.89in
29.85in
29.83in
--------
SSW
SSE
SSE
E
NE
NE
N
ENE
NE
NNE
NNE
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
20,000ft
4,000ft
2,000ft
2,000ft
1,000ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
12mi
7.0mi
2.0mi
2.0mi
1.0mi
0.4mi
----
0.5mi
0.8mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
----
----
----
----
-SN
SN
SN
-SN
SN
-SN
-SN
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
29F/27F
29F/27F
29F/28F
30F/28F
30F/28F
------/------
32F/28F
--------
--------
--------
--------
29.91in
29.91in
29.90in
29.90in
29.87in
29.85in
29.80in
----
----
----
----
NE
NE
NE
NE
E
ENE
NE
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
------
------
------
------
500ft
300ft
300ft
300ft
400ft
500ft
800ft
----
----
----
----
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
2.5mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

RDG - Reading, PA

ILG - Wilmington, DE
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
----
----
----
-SN
-SN
----
----
OVC
OVC
BKN
OVC
------/------
------/------
------/------
29F/27F
28F/27F
------/------
------/------
32F/26F
33F/28F
35F/30F
36F/28F
--------
--------
--------
29.88in
29.87in
--------
--------
29.86in
29.82in
29.80in
29.76in
----
----
----
N/A
N/A
----
----
N/A
SE
ENE
SSE
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
00mph/----------
11mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
------
------
------
800ft
800ft
------
------
1,300ft
1,400ft
1,800ft
2,000ft
----
----
----
1.0mi
1.0mi
----
----
4.0mi
5.0mi
8.0mi
8.0mi
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
OVC
BKN
30F/29F
29F/28F
30F/29F
30F/29F
30F/28F
30F/28F
30F/28F
31F/28F
33F/28F
34F/28F
34F/28F
29.94in
29.94in
29.92in
29.89in
29.88in
29.89in
29.89in
29.87in
29.84in
29.81in
29.78in
ESE
N/A
E
E
N/A
NNE
NE
NE
E
NNE
NE
05mph/----------
00mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
00mph/----------
05mph/----------
05mph/----------
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
900ft
300ft
300ft
500ft
700ft
700ft
1,300ft
1,200ft
1,400ft
1,200ft
1,400ft
1.0mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
1.3mi
2.0mi
1.0mi
2.0mi
2.0mi
10mi
7.0mi
10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

MIV - Millville, NJ

ACY - Atlantic City, NJ
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
SN
SN
SN
-SN
SN
SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
OVC
30F/29F
30F/28F
30F/28F
30F/28F
30F/28F
30F/28F
30F/29F
31F/29F
32F/30F
35F/30F
36F/30F
29.98in
29.96in
29.93in
29.90in
29.89in
29.89in
29.89in
29.86in
29.85in
29.82in
29.79in
NE
ENE
NE
NE
ENE
ENE
NNE
NE
N
NNE
N
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
11mph/----------
07mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
1,000ft
2,500ft
600ft
200ft
200ft
100ft
200ft
200ft
500ft
900ft
1,100ft
2.0mi
2.0mi
1.0mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.4mi
0.4mi
1.5mi
7.0mi
4.0mi
-SN
SN
-SN
-SN
SN
-SN
SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
30F/29F
30F/29F
29F/28F
29F/28F
29F/28F
30F/29F
31F/30F
31F/30F
32F/30F
33F/30F
34F/31F
29.96in
29.94in
29.91in
29.89in
29.88in
29.86in
29.86in
29.84in
29.81in
29.79in
29.75in
NNE
N
N
NNE
NE
NE
N
N
NNE
N
NNE
03mph/----------
05mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
06mph/----------
08mph/----------
06mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
100ft
100ft
400ft
500ft
300ft
500ft
500ft
600ft
600ft
600ft
800ft
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
2.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

ISP - Islip, NY

FRG - Farmingdale, NY
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
SN
SN
SN
-SN
33F/23F
33F/24F
30F/28F
30F/29F
29F/27F
29F/27F
29F/27F
29F/28F
30F/29F
30F/29F
30F/28F
30.01in
30.00in
29.99in
29.95in
29.93in
29.91in
29.88in
29.88in
29.84in
29.80in
29.77in
N/A
SSE
SE
ENE
E
ENE
ENE
NE
NNE
NE
NNE
00mph/----------
05mph/----------
03mph/----------
05mph/----------
10mph/----------
12mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
07mph/----------
12mph/----------
12mph/----------
6,000ft
4,000ft
700ft
700ft
700ft
800ft
800ft
700ft
500ft
500ft
800ft
10mi
5.0mi
0.4mi
0.4mi
0.5mi
1.0mi
0.8mi
0.5mi
0.4mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
----
----
----
----
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
SN
SN
-SN
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
29F/28F
29F/27F
28F/26F
28F/26F
29F/27F
30F/28F
30F/26F
--------
--------
--------
--------
29.90in
29.89in
29.87in
29.87in
29.83in
29.80in
29.76in
----
----
----
----
E
E
E
E
N
NNE
N
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
10mph/----------
10mph/----------
07mph/----------
08mph/----------
13mph/----------
------
------
------
------
500ft
500ft
500ft
500ft
200ft
300ft
600ft
----
----
----
----
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.5mi
0.3mi
0.5mi
2.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

HPN - White Plains, NY

LNS - Lancaster, PA
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
OVC
OVC
-SN
OVC
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
28F/23F
29F/23F
29F/22F
29F/22F
28F/26F
29F/27F
28F/25F
28F/25F
29F/26F
29F/25F
30F/26F
30.00in
29.98in
29.96in
29.96in
29.92in
29.92in
29.90in
29.90in
29.87in
29.83in
29.80in
SE
ESE
N/A
N/A
ESE
ESE
E
E
NNE
NE
N
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
00mph/----------
00mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
07mph/----------
04mph/----------
6,000ft
6,000ft
3,000ft
300ft
300ft
300ft
300ft
300ft
500ft
300ft
300ft
10mi
10mi
7.0mi
0.9mi
0.9mi
0.9mi
0.6mi
0.6mi
0.9mi
0.6mi
0.9mi
----
----
----
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
------/------
------/------
------/------
28F/27F
28F/27F
28F/27F
30F/27F
31F/27F
33F/28F
34F/28F
35F/28F
--------
--------
--------
29.87in
29.87in
29.86in
29.86in
29.83in
29.82in
29.80in
29.76in
----
----
----
E
E
E
E
SE
SE
SE
SE
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
14mph/----------
10mph/----------
09mph/----------
07mph/----------
------
------
------
500ft
1,700ft
3,600ft
500ft
500ft
3,600ft
2,000ft
2,100ft
----
----
----
0.8mi
0.8mi
1.0mi
2.0mi
3.0mi
7.0mi
8.0mi
7.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

DOV - Dover, DE

WWD - Wildwood, NJ
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
OVC
BKN
30F/29F
31F/29F
31F/30F
31F/29F
31F/30F
31F/29F
31F/29F
32F/29F
33F/30F
34F/29F
35F/29F
29.94in
29.93in
29.90in
29.88in
29.87in
29.88in
29.88in
29.88in
29.84in
29.81in
29.79in
NE
NNE
NE
NE
NE
ENE
NNE
NNE
NNE
NNW
N
04mph/----------
06mph/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
10mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
10mph/----------
07mph/----------
3,000ft
3,000ft
3,000ft
1,000ft
900ft
900ft
600ft
600ft
600ft
800ft
900ft
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
2.5mi
5.0mi
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
----
32F/29F
31F/29F
31F/28F
30F/27F
30F/27F
31F/28F
31F/28F
31F/27F
32F/29F
32F/29F
33F/29F
29.92in
29.90in
29.88in
29.88in
29.85in
29.85in
29.85in
29.82in
29.80in
29.78in
29.76in
NNE
NNE
NNE
NE
NE
NNE
N
N
N
N
N
06mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
08mph/----------
06mph/----------
08mph/----------
06mph/----------
300ft
300ft
1,000ft
------
800ft
800ft
800ft
600ft
4,700ft
600ft
600ft
1.3mi
1.5mi
1.3mi
1.3mi
1.3mi
0.8mi
2.0mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
10mi
10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

FOK - Westhampton Beach, NY

BDR - Bridgeport, CT
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
----
----
----
----
-SN
-SN
-SN
SN
SN
SN
-SN
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
28F/------
27F/------
28F/------
30F/------
31F/------
30F/------
30F/------
--------
--------
--------
--------
29.95in
29.91in
29.88in
29.87in
29.82in
29.79in
29.76in
----
----
----
----
E
E
E
E
ENE
NE
NE
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
11mph/----------
11mph/----------
14mph/----------
------
------
------
------
200ft
300ft
200ft
100ft
100ft
200ft
200ft
----
----
----
----
1.0mi
1.0mi
1.0mi
0.3mi
0.3mi
0.5mi
0.8mi
----
----
----
-SN
SN
SN
SN
SN
+SN
+SN
-SN
------/------
------/------
------/------
30F/28F
29F/28F
29F/28F
29F/28F
28F/26F
28F/27F
29F/27F
30F/27F
--------
--------
--------
29.95in
29.94in
29.92in
29.90in
29.92in
29.87in
29.83in
29.78in
----
----
----
ESE
E
E
E
NE
NE
NNE
NNE
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
02mph/----------
08mph/----------
13mph/----------
18mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
12mph/----------
13mph/----------
------
------
------
800ft
900ft
700ft
500ft
500ft
400ft
400ft
1,600ft
----
----
----
0.8mi
0.4mi
0.4mi
0.4mi
0.4mi
0.2mi
0.3mi
1.8mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

CXY - Harrisburg, PA

MDT - Middletown, PA
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
----
----
----
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
------/------
------/------
------/------
31F/25F
30F/27F
31F/27F
31F/27F
32F/29F
33F/29F
33F/29F
35F/30F
--------
--------
--------
29.88in
29.88in
29.87in
29.87in
29.86in
29.83in
29.82in
29.77in
----
----
----
SE
SE
SE
SE
ESE
SE
E
SE
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
11mph/----------
09mph/----------
11mph/----------
07mph/----------
11mph/----------
09mph/----------
------
------
------
1,500ft
1,000ft
900ft
7,000ft
900ft
900ft
1,100ft
1,500ft
----
----
----
7.0mi
3.0mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
31F/24F
32F/25F
32F/27F
31F/28F
30F/30F
30F/30F
31F/30F
32F/31F
33F/31F
34F/31F
35F/31F
29.92in
29.90in
29.88in
29.87in
29.87in
29.86in
29.86in
29.85in
29.84in
29.80in
29.76in
SE
SSE
SSE
SE
SE
ESE
ESE
SE
SSE
SE
ESE
09mph/----------
09mph/----------
12mph/----------
12mph/----------
10mph/----------
12mph/----------
09mph/----------
10mph/----------
12mph/----------
13mph/----------
08mph/----------
6,000ft
11,000ft
1,600ft
1,100ft
900ft
900ft
900ft
900ft
900ft
1,400ft
1,600ft
10mi
10mi
8.0mi
4.0mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi
2.5mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

MTN - Baltimore, MD

BWI - Baltimore, MD
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
----
----
----
-SN
----
----
-SN
OVC
OVC
----
OVC
------/------
------/------
------/------
31F/28F
------/------
------/------
32F/29F
32F/28F
33F/28F
------/------
34F/30F
--------
--------
--------
29.88in
--------
--------
29.87in
29.86in
29.89in
--------
29.98in
----
----
----
N/A
----
----
N/A
NE
N/A
----
E
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
00mph/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
00mph/----------
07mph/----------
00mph/----------
----------/----------
07mph/----------
------
------
------
500ft
------
------
600ft
800ft
900ft
------
1,200ft
----
----
----
1.0mi
----
----
1.0mi
4.0mi
5.0mi
----
6.0mi
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
31F/31F
31F/31F
31F/31F
31F/31F
31F/31F
31F/31F
32F/32F
33F/31F
34F/31F
34F/31F
35F/31F
29.94in
29.91in
29.90in
29.89in
29.88in
29.87in
29.87in
29.86in
29.85in
29.82in
29.78in
ENE
ENE
ESE
SE
E
ENE
E
E
ENE
E
SE
02mph/----------
03mph/----------
03mph/----------
06mph/----------
05mph/----------
03mph/----------
06mph/----------
07mph/----------
03mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
700ft
700ft
700ft
600ft
600ft
1,300ft
300ft
700ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
1,000ft
2.5mi
2.5mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
0.8mi
1.0mi
2.0mi
4.0mi
5.0mi
6.0mi
6.0mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

HTO - East Hampton, NY

DCA - Washington, DC
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
----
----
----
----
----
-SN
+SN
+SN
+SN
+SN
+SN
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
------/------
29F/------
30F/------
31F/------
31F/------
31F/------
31F/------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
--------
----
----
----
----
----
ENE
ENE
ENE
NNE
N
N
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
----------/----------
09mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
12mph/----------
------
------
------
------
------
300ft
0ft
0ft
0ft
0ft
0ft
----
----
----
----
----
0.8mi
0.3mi
0.3mi
0.1mi
0.3mi
0.3mi
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
34F/32F
34F/32F
34F/30F
34F/33F
34F/31F
34F/32F
35F/32F
35F/32F
36F/33F
38F/33F
39F/33F
29.93in
29.90in
29.89in
29.87in
29.87in
29.87in
29.86in
29.85in
29.85in
29.82in
29.78in
NNE
ESE
SE
ESE
ESE
N/A
ESE
SE
S
S
S
03mph/----------
08mph/----------
09mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
00mph/----------
04mph/----------
09mph/----------
03mph/----------
04mph/----------
09mph/----------
700ft
600ft
1,100ft
1,500ft
600ft
600ft
800ft
1,000ft
900ft
1,300ft
1,700ft
0.8mi
1.3mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
3.0mi
6.0mi
7.0mi
8.0mi
8.0mi
9.0mi
10mi

UTC Date/Time

EST Date/Time

ADW - Camp Springs, MD
0800Z 02 Mar 96
0900Z 02 Mar 96
1000Z 02 Mar 96
1100Z 02 Mar 96
1200Z 02 Mar 96
1300Z 02 Mar 96
1400Z 02 Mar 96
1500Z 02 Mar 96
1600Z 02 Mar 96
1700Z 02 Mar 96
1800Z 02 Mar 96
0300EST 02 Mar 96
0400EST 02 Mar 96
0500EST 02 Mar 96
0600EST 02 Mar 96
0700EST 02 Mar 96
0800EST 02 Mar 96
0900EST 02 Mar 96
1000EST 02 Mar 96
1100EST 02 Mar 96
1200EST 02 Mar 96
1300EST 02 Mar 96
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
-SN
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
OVC
35F/30F
35F/30F
35F/30F
35F/31F
35F/31F
35F/31F
37F/31F
37F/31F
39F/32F
41F/31F
40F/31F
29.91in
29.90in
29.87in
29.86in
29.86in
29.85in
29.86in
29.84in
29.83in
29.80in
29.77in
NE
ENE
E
ESE
ENE
ENE
ENE
E
SSE
S
SSE
03mph/----------
04mph/----------
07mph/----------
04mph/----------
06mph/----------
06mph/----------
04mph/----------
09mph/----------
08mph/----------
01mph/----------
10mph/----------
2,000ft
1,300ft
1,200ft
1,200ft
700ft
700ft
2,000ft
1,500ft
1,500ft
1,500ft
1,500ft
2.0mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
1.5mi
2.0mi
2.0mi
2.0mi
4.0mi
4.0mi

Table of Contents

Storm Summary
Regional Surface Observations
National Weather Service Forecasts
Surface Maps
Satellite Imagery
Sea Level Pressure and 1000 to 500 Millibar Thickness Maps
850 Millibar Maps
700 Millibar Maps
500 Millibar Maps
300 Millibar Maps
200 Millibar Maps
National Radar Imagery
Local Radar Imagery
Fort Dix Doppler Radar Imagery



Snow storm, November 28-29, 1995
Snow storm, December 9, 1995
Snow and ice storm, December 14, 1995
Snow storm, December 16, 1995
Snow and ice storm, December 18-20, 1995
Ice storm, January 2-3, 1996
Blizzard, January 7-8, 1996
Snow and ice storm, January 12, 1996
Snow storm, February 2-3, 1996
Snow storm, February 16-17, 1996
Snow storm, March 2, 1996
Snow and ice storm, March 7-8, 1996
Snow storm, April 9-10, 1996

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