[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 07/07/2002 17:42:48

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
545 PM EDT SUN JUL 7 2002

...THE SMOKE SHOULD FINALLY CLEAR BY LATE MONDAY MORNING...

SMOKE FROM FOREST FIRES UP IN QUEBEC CONTINUES TO AFFECT EASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA...NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND.  THE 
SMOKE HAS BEEN OBSCURING THE SKY AND REDUCING THE VISIBILITY 
THROUGHOUT THE REGION SINCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  ALSO...THERE HAS 
BEEN A PERSISTENT ODOR OF BURNING WOOD.

THE LAST SIGNIFICANT SMOKE PLUME THAT IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT OUR 
REGION WAS OVERHEAD THIS AFTERNOON.

A NORTHWEST TO WEST WIND SHOULD RESULT IN SOME IMPROVEMENT INTO THIS 
EVENING.  HOWEVER...THE WIND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME LIGHT AND 
VARIABLE TONIGHT.  AS A RESULT...WHATEVER SMOKE IS LINGERING IN THE 
REGION BY 10 OR 11 PM WILL LIKELY REMAIN WITH US OVERNIGHT.  A WEST 
TO SOUTHWEST WIND IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ON MONDAY MORNING PUSHING 
THE LAST OF THE SMOKE AND HAZE OUT OF OUR REGION AT THAT TIME.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

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