[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 08/12/2002 03:39:34

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 AM EDT MON AUG 12 2002

...ANOTHER HOT AND HUMID WEEK ON TAP FOR MOST OF THE AREA...

A BERMUDA HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM HAS SETTLED ITSELF ACROSS THE WESTERN 
ATLANTIC. THE CLOCKWISE CIRCULATION AROUND THIS HIGH WILL CONTINUE 
TO PUMP IN HOT AND INCREASINGLY MORE HUMID AIR INTO THE REGION THIS 
WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE LOWER TO MID 
90S.THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS SHOULD BE ALONG THE IMMEDIATE SHORE...THE 
POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. A WEAK UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE 
SHOULD TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS WILL OFFER LITTLE RELIEF FROM THE 
HEAT...HUMIDITY AND DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. ON TUESDAY...
A FEW HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RISE WELL INTO THE 90S AWAY FROM THE 
MOUNTAINS AND SHORE. AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO 
STAY BELOW 100F...BUT SHOULD REACH BETWEEN 100 AND 105F ON TUESDAY 
AFTERNOON AND AROUND 100F ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE HIGHEST 
READINGS WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE DELMARVA PENINSULA AND SOUTHERN NEW 
JERSEY. 

CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY 
THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS...OR IN 
EXTREME CASES HEAT STROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE
CONDITIONS. FRIENDS...RELATIVES...OR NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE
WHO MAY BE AT RISK. PLEASE DO NOT FORGET ABOUT YOUR PETS.

CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH A WEATHER DISTURBANCE NEAR FLORIDA 
COUPLED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT MIGHT KEEP TEMPERATURES A BIT 
LOWER ON THURSDAY...ALTHOUGH THE AIR MASS WILL STILL BE QUITE HUMID. 
THE COLD FRONT IS THEN FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY 
FRIDAY. FOR THE MOMENT THE AIR MASS BEHIND THIS FRONT IS EXPECTED TO 
BE ONLY SLIGHTLY COOLER AND LESS HUMID.


STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI IN SMALL LETTERS.

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TFG



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