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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
329 AM EST TUE DEC 10 2002

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

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING BY TO THE SOUTH AND WEDNESDAY WILL 
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 IN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...NEW 
JERSEY...DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND 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. 

EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY WILL 
GET THE BRUNT OF THE FREEZING RAIN. HOWEVER...AREAS FARTHER TO THE 
SOUTH...INCLUDING THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA...WILL ALSO GET 
SOME FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN. THE ONLY AREAS THAT 
SHOULD MISS THE FREEZING RAIN ARE THE COASTAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN NEW 
JERSEY AND DELAWARE.

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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