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
Contoured Snowfall Totals from March 9-10, 1997
STORM DESCRIPTION
An Ohio Valley storm brought a quick burst of snow and sleet to central and northern New Jersey.
Synoptic Discussion
As a cold high pressure retreated northeastwards from New England, a low pressure system from the Ohio Valley moved eastwards towards the Mid-Atlantic coast on the evening of the 9th and early morning on the 10th. By noon on the 10th the low had passed well off-shore.
Local Discusion
Precipitation overspread New Jersey between 11 pm EST on the 9th and 1 am EST on the 10th. Over southeastern New Jersey, it started as rain, while from southwest and east central New Jersey northwards it started as snow. As the low approached from the west, southerly winds scoured out the cold air that had been trapped on the eastern side of the Appalachians due to the retreating high, and the snow changed sleet and then to rain between 2 am EST and 6 am EST over southwestern, central, and northeastern New Jersey. Precipitation remained snow and sleet in far northwest New Jersey until the precipitation ended by 7 am EST. Little snow accumulated in southwestern and east central New Jersey, while snowfall totals ranged from 1 to 5 inches across west central and northern New Jersey.
New Jersey Snowfall Totals
Individual Snowfall Totals from March 9-10, 1997
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 and ice storm, January 9, 1997
Snow storm, January 11, 1997
Snow storm, February 8-9, 1997
Snow storm, February 14, 1997
Snow storm, March 3, 1997
Snow and ice storm, March 9-10, 1997
Snow storm, March 31-April 1, 1997
Snow storm, April 18, 1997
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