Latest New Jersey snow storm could break 40-year record in Atlantic City, blanket state

The Star-Ledger 02/09/2010 05:22

ATLANTIC CITY -- Atlantic City is on track to break a 40-year winter snowfall record when a storm, which today is moving north and east across the Midwest, hits New Jersey. The blizzard, which is expected to hit the Garden State on Tuesday, may also have winds upwards of 25 miles per hour with gusts, according to the National Weather Service.

The combination of the southern jet stream, carrying moisture from the Gulf of Mexico, with the northern jetstream will cause snowfalls of at least 12 inches around the state, said Valerie Meola, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, N.J.

The blizzard on Friday and Saturday dropped more than two feet of snow in parts of southern New Jersey, but largely spared northern portions of the state. This coming storm is expected to blanket the region.

(...) Snow is expected to start falling Tuesday afternoon but will not accumulate until Wednesday, when meteorologists predict about four to six inches to stick by the morning commute. Snowfall is expected to continue throughout the day and reach at least one foot in the state.

Parts of southern New Jersey are still digging out from the last nor'easter. Roughly 40,000 New Jersey residents in southern New Jersey remain without power today in the wake of that powerful storm. Atlantic City Electric is receiving help from PSE&G, Orange & Rockland Electric, Con-Edison, JCP&L to restore power to those customers

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