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DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-092000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
335 AM EST MON DEC 9 2002

...FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING BY TO THE SOUTH AROUND MIDWEEK COULD 
BRING SOME FREEZING RAIN TO THE REGION. THE TRACK AND TIMING OF THE 
LOW WILL DETERMINE HOW MUCH FREEZING RAIN CAN FALL. 

ALTHOUGH HEAVY FREEZING RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED...IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH 
IN THE WAY OF FREEZING RAIN TO CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS AND DANGEROUS 
DRIVING CONDITIONS. ALL TRAVELERS AND MOTORISTS THROUGHOUT EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND SHOULD 
REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING RAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT 
INTO WEDNESDAY. 

THE REASON THAT RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN ARE POSSIBLE RATHER THAN SNOW 
IS DUE TO SEVERAL FACTORS. FIRST...ABOVE FREEZING TEMPERATURES ARE 
FORECAST TO MOVE IN WELL ABOVE THE SURFACE. SECOND...GROUND 
TEMPERATURES MAY REMAIN AT OR BELOW FREEZING DUE TO THE COLD AIR IN 
PLACE COMBINED WITH THE CURRENT SNOW COVER. THIS COMBINATION WOULD 
ALLOW RAIN TO FALL WHICH COULD FREEZE ON CONTACT WITH THE GROUND 
CAUSING FREEZING RAIN.

YOU CAN STAY ABREAST OF THIS WEATHER SITUATION BY TUNING TO LOCAL 
MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE. YOU CAN ALSO ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE 
INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS...WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN 
LOWER CASE).


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