A wintry mix of precipitation including some heavy snow fell across New Jersey on the 22nd. The heaviest snow occurred near the Pennsylvania border. Precipitation started as snow throughout the area around or just after Midnight EST on the 22nd. As warmer air moved in aloft, precipitation changed over to sleet during the morning in the southern half of the state and during the late morning and early afternoon in the northern half of the state. Precipitation then changed to plain rain during the second half of the morning in the southeast part of the state, but freezing rain in the southwest part of the state. The change to freezing rain occurred during the afternoon in the northern half of the state. Precipitation then changed to plain rain during the afternoon in the southwest, central and Raritan River Basin areas of the state. In the northwest part of the state, intermittent light freezing rain continued until the event ended during the late evening of the 22nd. Snow and sleet accumulations averaged 1 to 3 inches in the southeast part of the state and 3 to 8 inches elsewhere. Ice accretions were generally around one-tenth of an inch.
The wintry precipitation caused many traveling problems around the region. Many schools in the state (except for the southeast portion) never opened. The nearby Philadelphia International Airport experienced delays of up to four hours. The New Jersey Turnpike imposed a 35 mph speed limit. This was raised to 45 mph at Noon EST on the 22nd as the snow slowed or stopped and conditions began to improve. New Jersey Transit trains and buses experienced delays of about 20 minutes on average.
In Morris County, a car and a small box truck were involved in a minor accident in which the two vehicles ended against a guardrail on Interstate 287 North in Parsippany. Dozens of cars collided, several overturned and some drivers were injured, which forced the closure of Interstate 287 South near exit 57 during the night of the 22nd. This was due to melting snow which re-froze into a sheet of ice on the road. A vehicle overturned at about 8:20 PM EST on the 22nd on Interstate 80 East between the Howard Boulevard exit in Mount Arlington and the Mount Hope-Dover exit. The accident closed one lane and icing was suspected to be the cause. Jersey Central Power and Light reported some outages in the Budd Lake section of Mount Olive (Morris County) and in Blairstown (Warren County).
In Burlington County, snow and slush covered roads led to plenty of fender benders and spinouts across the county, however no serious injuries were reported. In Camden County, some high school sporting events were postponed or cancelled. In Middlesex County, one accident in Sayreville around 8:00 AM EST resulted in an overturned vehicle. The driver was freed from the vehicle shortly after the accident.
Actual accumulations included 8.7 inches in Vernon (Sussex County), 7.5 inches in Milton (Morris County) and Blairstown (Warren County), 7.0 inches in Tewksbury (Hunterdon County) and Marcella (Morris County), 6.5 inches in Carteret (Middlesex County), Sparta (Sussex County) and Bridgewater (Somerset County), 6.1 inches in Somerville (Somerset County), 6.0 inches in New Brunswick (Middlesex County) and Hackettstown (Warren County), 5.5 inches in Frenchtown (Hunterdon County), Whippany (Morris County) and Trenton (Mercer County), 5.0 inches in Florence (Burlington County) and Sea Bright (Monmouth County), 4.4 inches in Colts Neck (Monmouth County), 4.0 inches in Princeton (Mercer County), 3.8 inches in Atco and Somerdale (Camden County), 3.6 inches in Southampton (Burlington County), 3.5 inches in Williamstown (Gloucester County) and Bayville and Manchester (Ocean County), 2.7 inches in Estell Manor (Atlantic County), 2.4 inches in Pittsgrove (Salem County), 2.3 inches in Bridgeton (Cumberland County), 2.0 inches in Bridgeton (Cumberland County), 1.8 inches in Seaville (Cape May County), 1.6 inches at the Atlantic City International Airport, 1.4 inches in Leesburg (Cumberland County) and 1.0 inch in North Cape May (Cape May County).
The wintry mix was caused by a low pressure system that formed along the Gulf Coast States during the afternoon of the 21st. This low pressure system moved northeast and reached Mississippi on the morning of the 22nd and the Tennessee Valley during the early afternoon of the 22nd. A secondary low pressure formed along the South Carolina coast that morning and reached Cape Hatteras early that afternoon. The secondary low pressure system continued to move northeast and by 7 p.m. EST on the 22nd was located about 125 miles east of Long Beach Island, New Jersey. It passed just south of Nova Scotia overnight. The surface high pressure system that preceded the low left a cold and dry air mass in place for precipitation to start as snow. Since the high pressure system moved offshore, enough warm air in came in from the Atlantic to change the precipitation over to plain rain in the central and southern part of the state. But, farther north, northeast winds fed colder air into the state and prevented temperatures from rising above freezing.

Winter Weather in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 02:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 09:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 02:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 09:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 01:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 00:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 00:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 03:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 03:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 02:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 01:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 03:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 11:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 03:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 03:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 03:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 02:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 02:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 02:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 12:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 02:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 02:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 09:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 01:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 01:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 22-FEB-08 01:00:00 to 22-FEB-08 22:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter