A complex low pressure system tracked across the Great Lakes during the 8th and the 9th, allowing an associated frontal boundary to move over the northern Mid Atlantic Region on the 8th, with a secondary area of low pressure forming off the Mid Atlantic coast.  Significant forcing and lift within the atmosphere resulted in an intense band of snow developing across northern Maryland during the morning of the 8th.  This heavy snow band pushed east, moving over portions of northern Maryland, northern Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania, and into central to southern New Jersey during the afternoon.  Heavy snow fell for several hours, and areas under this banding feature received in excess of 6 inches of snow, with the highest snowfall amounts reaching 12 inches.  Snowfall rates within this intense snow band reached 2 to 3 inches per hour for a time.  Outside of this snow band and its effected area, most locations received between 1 and 4 inches of snow, with mainly less than an inch falling across northern New Jersey and southern parts of the Delmarva.
By late afternoon to the evening of the 8th, the stronger forcing and banding of precipitation diminished, but with warmer air moving into the region, a transition to sleet, freezing rain, and rain occurred from southeast to northwest into the night of the 8th and the early morning of the 9th.  The transition to rain occurred more quickly across the Delmarva and into portions of southern New Jersey, while cold air lingering at the surface resulted in freezing rain lasting into the night from around the Lehigh Valley, the Poconos, and into northwest New Jersey.  Ice accretion was reported across the area, with ice accumulations in the one tenth to one quarter inch range, mainly from the Interstate 95 corridor on north and westward.
Representative snowfall totals included 12.0 inches in Newark (New Castle County), 10.3 inches four miles southwest of Newark (New Castle County), 8.5 inches at the New Castle County Airport In Wilmington (New Castle County), 7.1 inches in Newport (New Castle County), 6.4 inches in Claymont (New Castle County), 5.9 inches in Greenville (New Castle County), 3.5 inches in Odessa (New Castle County), 2.3 inches in Townsend (New Castle County), 0.9 inches in Dover (Kent County), 0.6 inches in Viola (Kent County), 0.4 inches in Harrington (Kent County) and in Laurel (Sussex County) and also in Selbyville (Sussex County), and 0.3 inches of snow in Seaford (Sussex County).  Representative ice accumulations included 0.12 inch ice accretion in New Castle (New Castle County).
Heavy snow, along with some sleet and freezing rain, resulted in hazardous travel across Delaware during the afternoon and evening of the 8th, most notably in New Castle County.  The heavy snow forced the closure of the Delaware Memorial Bridge.  Many roads in New Castle County were impassable for a time due to multiple vehicles being stuck, and some main roads were down to only one or two lanes.  A jack-knife tractor trailer blocked the intersection of Route 7 northbound at Churchman's Road.  In addition, Papermill Road was impassable due to at least forty vehicles being stuck in the snow.

Winter Storm in NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
From 08-DEC-13 11:00:00 to 09-DEC-13 03:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Weather in KENT, DELAWARE
From 08-DEC-13 11:30:00 to 08-DEC-13 18:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

Winter Weather in INLAND SUSSEX, DELAWARE
From 08-DEC-13 10:00:00 to 08-DEC-13 16:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS