For the second time in the same work week snow, some of it heavy, fell across central and northern New Jersey.  Across northern New Jersey precipitation started as snow shortly after midnight EST on the 19th. From Mercer County southward, precipitation began as rain during the late evening on the 18th.  As the precipitation intensity increased, the rain changed over to snow between 1230 a.m. EST and 2 a.m. EST on the 19th. Snow fell heavy at times toward sunrise before it ended during the morning. As precipitation intensity diminished after 7 a.m. EST, the snow mixed with rain again. Accumulations ranged between two and seven inches in most locations. Accumulations were also elevation dependent with the highest amounts in the higher terrain of northwestern New Jersey. Many schools in the northern half of the state had delayed openings. The number of accidents overall were less than what occurred with the snow on the 16th as most of it, including the heaviest snow, fell overnight.  Specific accumulations included 7.0 inches in Marcella (Morris County), Sparta (Sussex County) and Blairstown (Warren County), 6.3 inches in Budd Lake (Morris County), 6.1 inches in Newton (Sussex County), 6.0 inches in Clarksburg (Monmouth County), Hope (Warren County) and Parsippany (Morris County), 4.5 inches in Cream Ridge (Monmouth County), 4.3 inches in Ewing (Mercer County), 3.8 inches in Pottersville (Somerset County), 3.5 inches in Hamilton Square (Mercer County), 3.1 inches in New Brunswick (Middlesex County), 3.0 inches in Browns Mills (Burlington County), Oakhurst (Monmouth County) and Flemington (Hunterdon County), 2.7 inches in Belle Mead (Somerset County), 2.5 inches in Wertsville (Hunterdon County) and Hammonton (Atlantic County), 2.4 inches in Mount Holly (Burlington County), 2.2 inches in Glassboro (Gloucester County), 1.5 inches in Somerdale (Camden County)  The low pressure systems that caused the snow moved from Alberta, Canada and western Texas the morning of the 17th, into Wisconsin and Oklahoma on the morning of the 18th. During the afternoon of the 18th, the southern stream low pressure system had moved into the Ohio Valley and started the process of becoming the main system as the second low weakened in Wisconsin. By 1 a.m. EST on the 19th, a consolidated low pressure system was located in far northwestern Virginia. This low moved east and was over the Delmarva Peninsula coastal waters on the morning of the 19th and then scooted east to about 225 miles east of Atlantic City at 1 p.m. EST on the 19th.

Heavy Snow in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 00:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 10:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 10:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 19-MAR-04 01:00:00 to 19-MAR-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER