[MTHOLLYSVRWX] SPSPHI

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WWUS81 KPHI 102104
SPSPHI
DEZ002-MDZ019-020-NJZ021-022-110400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
403 PM EST TUE DEC 10 2002

...SOME FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE AT THE START EARLY ON THURSDAY...

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE...CENTERED OVER ALABAMA THIS AFTERNOON... 
WILL MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG THE APPALACHIANS TONIGHT AND EARLY 
WEDNESDAY BEFORE MOVING OFF THE NORTHERN MID-ATLANTIC COAST 
WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

AS THE SYSTEM APPROACHES...RAIN IS FORECAST TO SPREAD ACROSS THE 
SOUTHERN DELMARVA AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW JERSEY AROUND 
DAYBREAK. BUT DUE TO A SHALLOW LAYER OF NEAR FREEZING TEMPERATURES 
AT THE SURFACE...THE RAIN COULD FREEZE ON CONTACT AT THE ONSET IN 
ISOLATED LOCALES. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CLIMB ABOVE 
THE FREEZING MARK SHORTLY AFTER THE PRECIPITATION BEGINS ENDING THE 
FREEZING RAIN THREAT.

THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER IS 
EXPECTED TO BE POSITIONED OFF THE NEW JERSEY COAST BY THURSDAY 
MORNING. AT THIS TIME...THE THREAT OF PRECIPITATION WILL END.  

FURTHER NORTH...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED WINTER 
WEATHER ADVISORIES AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS ON WEDNESDAY AND 
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR ACCUMULATING ICE. IF PLANNING TO DRIVE UP TO THE 
PHILADELPHIA AREA OR INTO THE LEHIGH VALLEY OR UP TO THE 
POCONOS...OR THROUGH CENTRAL NEW JERSEY BE PREPARED FOR ICY ROADS 
AND ASSOCIATED DELAYS.  

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT THE 
FOLLOWING ADDRESS, WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

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