[MTHOLLYSVRWX] SPSPHI

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 092003
SPSPHI
DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-101000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
300 PM 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 COULD FALL. ALL TRAVELERS 
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FREEZING 
RAIN LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. IT DOES NOT TAKE MUCH 
FREEZING RAIN TO CAUSE SLIPPERY ROADS AND DANGEROUS DRIVING 
CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE MT HOLLY FORECAST AREA COULD SEE 
SOME FREEZING RAIN...CURRENT THINKING ON THE PATH OF THE STORM 
SUGGESTS THAT RESIDENTS OF SOUTHERN DELMARVA...SOUTHEAST NEW 
JERSEY...AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL REGIONS SHOULD REMAIN PLAIN RAIN.  

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.

PLEASE STAY ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING 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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