A very intense low pressure system produced bands of heavier snow across New Jersey and affected the northwestern and southeastern part of the state the most. As the system closed in the mid levels, some embedded thunderstorms within the bands formed across southern New Jersey. The strong winds combined with the heavy snow to produce near blizzard conditions during the one to two hour period when the heaviest snow fell.  Accumulations along the Sussex and Morris County border averaged 3 to 6 inches. Similar accumulations occurred from Burlington and Ocean Counties southeast through Cape May County. Lesser accumulations occurred elsewhere in the state. Rain began falling during the afternoon of the 14th. As the low pressure system intensified and moved offshore, the precipitation changed to snow during the evening. The change to snow occurred fairly uniformly across the state from around 7 p.m. EST in Sussex County, to around 8 p.m. EST in Mercer County and between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. EST in Cumberland and Cape May Counties. The snow fell at its heaviest between 10 p.m. EST on the 14th and 2 a.m. EST on the 15th. The snow ended between 3 a.m. EST and 6 a.m. EST across most of the area, except for Monmouth and Ocean Counties where a last band persisted for a few more hours. Because the heavy snow occurred late on a Saturday night (the 14th into the 15th) and was over by Sunday morning the 15th, very few accidents were reported. Most of the reported accidents were minor: mainly spinouts and fender-benders.Specific accumulations included 6.5 inches in Hamilton Township (Atlantic County), 6.2 inches in Highland Lakes (Sussex County), 5.7 inches in Mount Laurel (Burlington County), 5.5 inches in Florence (Burlington County) and Jefferson Township (Morris County), 4.7 inches at the Atlantic City International Airport, 4.0 inches in Ocean City (Cape May County), Flemington (Hunterdon County),  Marcella (Morris County), Pottersville (Somerset County) and Lawrenceville (Mercer County), 3.7 inches in Sussex (Sussex County), 3.5 inches in Pennsauken (Camden County) and Malaga (Gloucester County), 3.4 inches in Cream Ridge (Monmouth County), 3.0 inches in Lindenwold (Camden County) and Trenton (Mercer County), 2.2 inches in Hillsborough (Somerset County), 1.5 inches in Metuchen (Middlesex County) and 1.0 inch in Belvidere (Warren County).  A cold front moved through the Delaware Valley during the late afternoon on the 14th. An intense  low pressure system formed on the front and moved slowly east through New Jersey during the first half of the evening and was off the coast by 10 p.m. EST on the 15th. This permitted the rain to change to snow across the state.

Winter Storm in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 15-JAN-06 03:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 05:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 15-JAN-06 08:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 20:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 02:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 20:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 02:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 20:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 08:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 20:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 07:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 21:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 19:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 20:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 03:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 21:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 15-JAN-06 04:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 06:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 15-JAN-06 04:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 06:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 15-JAN-06 08:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 15-JAN-06 02:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 15-JAN-06 02:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 06:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Storm in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 15-JAN-06 01:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 21:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 21:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 22:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 14-JAN-06 21:00:00 to 15-JAN-06 04:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER