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Abstract
During March and early April of 2018, New Jersey experienced abnormally above average snowfall. In March, four nor’easters impacted the state on March 1st - 2nd, March 6th - 7th, March 13th, and March 20th – 21st. An additional snowstorm impacted New Jersey on April 2nd. This research includes a case study focused on the atmospheric conditions present during this period and explains the specific conditions that played a key role for the anomalous number of snowstorms in New Jersey in 2018. Specifically, the case study deals with a detailed explanation of related synoptic scale oscillations that were in favorable phases for the anomalous cold weather and snow events in the northeast. In addition, this case study investigates how the Sudden Stratospheric Warming (SSW) that began in early February of 2018 and lasted for several weeks, contributed to these specific conditions as result of the exact characteristics of the Stratospheric Polar Vortex (SPV) during the SSW.