Snow showers have been in today's forecast for a couple of days, as we were always going to be on the northern fringe of the storm, which still mostly missed us out to sea. The precip shield simply came further NW than expected even 12 hours ago. Call it a minor bust. It happens. As of the 4 am forecast, places down the shore were expecting a coating to up to 1/2" and will likely get 1-1.5" and places along I-95 were expecting maybe a dusting, if anything, and will get about 1/2", which is what we now have in Metuchen.
Ended up with just about 3/4" in Metuchen. Most of the Shore area, south of Toms River, had 1-2" and most of the rest of NJ had 0.5-1.0", except far NW NJ, which got less than 1/2". Pleasant surprise, given expectations of <1/2" down the shore and a dusting elsewhere, although I'm sure the NWS isn't happy with the minor bust in the forecast.
********************STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL********************
LOCATION STORM TOTAL TIME/DATE COMMENTS
SNOWFALL OF
/INCHES/ MEASUREMENT
NEW JERSEY
...ATLANTIC COUNTY...
ATLANTIC CITY INTL A 2.8 700 PM 1/17 ASOS
ESTELL MANOR 2.5 615 PM 1/17 CO-OP OBSERVER
MAYS LANDING 2.3 600 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
BARGAINTOWN 2.0 532 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
ABSECON 1.5 550 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
...BURLINGTON COUNTY...
MOUNT HOLLY WFO 0.8 530 PM 1/17 NWS OFFICE
FLORENCE 0.8 700 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
FORT DIX 0.7 532 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
DELRAN TWP 0.6 545 PM 1/17 NWS EMPLOYEE
HAINESPORT 0.5 515 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
MOUNT LAUREL 0.5 358 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
CINNAMINSON 0.3 401 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
...CAMDEN COUNTY...
SICKLERVILLE 1.0 335 PM 1/17 NWS EMPLOYEE
HADDON HEIGHTS 0.7 550 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
LINDENWOLD 0.4 510 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
...CAPE MAY COUNTY...
SEAVILLE 1.8 700 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
GREEN CREEK 1.0 700 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
...CUMBERLAND COUNTY...
VINELAND 1.0 600 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
...GLOUCESTER COUNTY...
WASHINGTON TWP 0.6 613 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
WILLIAMSTOWN 0.5 330 PM 1/17 AMATEUR RADIO
...HUNTERDON COUNTY...
FLEMINGTON 0.3 324 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
...MERCER COUNTY...
2 WSW ROBBINSVILLE 0.8 500 PM 1/17 COCORAHS
EWING 0.7 500 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
LAWRENCE TWP 0.6 533 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
...MIDDLESEX COUNTY...
EAST BRUNSWICK 0.4 533 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
...MONMOUTH COUNTY...
MANALAPAN 1.0 640 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
1 E COLTS NECK 0.9 600 PM 1/17 COCORAHS
HOWELL TWP 0.9 510 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
...MORRIS COUNTY...
2 E RANDOLPH TWP 0.4 635 PM 1/17 COCORAHS
...OCEAN COUNTY...
FORKED RIVER 1.0 529 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
BRICK TWP 0.8 520 PM 1/17 SOCIAL MEDIA
BAYVILLE 0.1 500 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
...SOMERSET COUNTY...
BASKING RIDGE 0.6 536 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER
...SUSSEX COUNTY...
HIGHLAND LAKES 0.3 500 PM 1/17 TRAINED SPOTTER