[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/2/2002 4:05:27 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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WINTER STORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
400 PM EST MON DEC 2 2002

...SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE FOR THE MID-ATLANTIC 
REGION ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...

A POTENTIAL WINTER STORM WILL THREATEN THE MID ATLANTIC REGION 
AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THIS WEEK.  A COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE 
AREA TONIGHT WILL USHER IN MORE UNSEASONABLY COLD AIR...WHICH WILL 
REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.  THEN ON WEDNESDAY LOW 
PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE GULF COAST AND MOVE 
NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...REACHING THE MID ATLANTIC COAST ON 
THURSDAY. 

WITH COLD AIR IN PLACE NEAR THE GROUND...PRECIPITATION SPREADING 
NORTHWARD AHEAD OF THE LOW ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 
FORM OF SNOW OR A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.  AREAS OF 
EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WELL NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA...ALONG 
WITH NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE ALL SNOW.  OTHER 
AREAS SHOULD SEE A WINTRY MIX...EXCEPT RAIN IS MOST LIKELY NEAR THE 
COAST. PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE DAY 
ON THURSDAY.

IT IS TOO EARLY TO FORECAST SNOW AMOUNTS...BUT AREAS WHICH RECEIVE 
MAINLY SNOW COULD SEE A TOTAL OF SEVERAL INCHES.  AS USUAL...SNOW 
AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON THE TRACK AND SPEED OF THE STORM AND WHETHER 
WARM AIR ALOFT CAUSES THE SNOW TO MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN. 

ALSO...FOR AREAS NEAR THE COAST THE PREDICTED ASTRONOMICAL TIDES 
AROUND MID WEEK ARE QUITE HIGH...AND WILL BE ENHANCED BY NORTHEAST 
WINDS AHEAD OF THE LOW PRESSURE.  THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF COASTAL 
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TIME OF HIGH TIDE THURSDAY MORNING. 

DETAILS ON THE WINTER WEATHER POTENTIAL WILL BECOME CLEARER OVER THE 
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS...SO TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL 
MEDIA FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS OR 
ADVISORIES. YOU CAN ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 
INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI (ALL IN 
LOWER CASE).

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AMC

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