A quick moving low pressure system that moved through the Ohio Valley overnight on the first and reformed along the Middle Atlantic coast on the second caused a wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain across New Jersey mainly to the west of the New Jersey Turnpike. Across the immediate Philadelphia area precipitation started as sleet and freezing rain around 7 a.m. EST on the 2nd and changed over to plain rain by 10 a.m. EST that morning. From Mercer County north through the Raritan Basin, precipitation began as a mixture of snow, sleet and freezing rain between 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. EST on the 2nd. Precipitation changed to plain rain during the early afternoon. Across northwestern New Jersey precipitation started as snow around 8 a.m. EST on the 2nd. Precipitation changed to sleet and freezing rain around Noon EST and then changed back to snow during the second half of the afternoon. The snow ended by 9 a.m. EST that evening. Snow accumulations averaged 2 to 4 inches in northwestern New Jersey and less than one inch in Mercer County and the Raritan Basin. Ice accretions across Warren and Morris Counties averaged one quarter of an inch and around one tenth of an inch in Sussex County and Mercer Counties and the Raritan Basin. Ice accretions in the local Philadelphia suburbs were just a trace. The indirect insolation from the sun kept roadways wet and most of the ice accretions were on exposed surfaces as well as bridges and overpasses. Minimal power outages occurred. Several northern New Jersey schools never opened. Others dismissed early. The County College of Morris closed its Randolph campus early.  Some serious and fatal traffic accidents occurred in northwestern New Jersey. Around Noon EST an eight-year-old girl was killed when her stepfather lost control of his vehicle on westbound Interstate 280 in Parsippany Township (Morris County) and slid across the median into an eastbound heading tractor-trailer. The stepfather was critically injured and her step-brother suffered a minor injury. Elsewhere in Morris County, a chain reaction crash on New Jersey State Route 24 in Madison sent one woman to the hospital and closed the westbound lanes of the roadway for hours. The woman driver skidded into oncoming traffic in the westbound lanes of the roadway. In Hopatcong (Sussex County), a driver skidded into a snow plow. A Sports Utility Vehicle rolled over after trying to avoid a fender bender. In Warren County, a 32-year-old woman was seriously injured in Hope Township after she lost control of her vehicle on County Route 519 and skidded sideways into a tree. In Hunterdon County, in Clinton Township, a head-on collision on County Route 623 injured four people.     Actual snowfall accumulations included 4.1 inches in Wantage and Highland Lakes (Sussex County), 3.2 inches in Sussex (Sussex County), 2.8 inches in Newton (Sussex County), 2.6 inches in Blairstown (Warren County), 2.2 inches in Marcella (Morris County), 2.0 inches in Butler (Morris County) and 1.0 inch in Belvidere (Warren County). Quarter inch ice accretions were reported in Chatham (Morris County) and Liberty Township (Warren County).The wintry weather was caused by a low pressure system that moved east from central Missouri on the evening of the 1st, to Illinois around Midnight EST on the 2nd, into Ohio at sunrise on the 2nd. As the primary low pressure system moved into Pennsylvania early in the afternoon on the 2nd, a secondary low pressure system formed over Chesapeake Bay. By 4 p.m. EST that afternoon, the secondary low was as strong as the primary and was already about 150 miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey. The low pressure system continued to move rapidly offshore overnight. The rapid movement of the low pressure system prevented heavier precipitation from occurring.

Winter Weather in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 07:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 10:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 07:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 10:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 07:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 10:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 07:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 10:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 07:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 10:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 07:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 10:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 07:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 10:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 07:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 10:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Weather in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 07:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 10:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Storm in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 16:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 20:00:00 (EST)
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Winter Storm in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-06 16:00:00 to 02-MAR-06 20:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC