[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 05/22/2002 16:09:45

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WWUS81 KPHI 222008
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DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>026-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-230200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
405 PM EDT WED MAY 22 2002

...ONE MORE NIGHT OF FROST POSSIBLE...BUT ONLY IN THE NORMALLY 
COLDEST AREAS...

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN VIRGINIA THIS AFTERNOON 
WILL BEGIN TO SHIFT OFFSHORE TONIGHT. AS THE LOW DRIFTS TO THE 
EAST...SURFACE WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MID ATLANTIC WILL BECOME 
SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL BEGIN THE WARM UP TOWARD MORE SEASONAL 
TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS.

TEMPERATURES WHICH WERE MAINLY IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S WEDNESDAY 
MORNING SHOULD BOTTOM OUT CLOSER TO 40 DEGREES IN MANY SPOTS 
THURSDAY MORNING. THE EXCEPTIONS WILL BE THE NORMALLY COLDEST 
VALLEYS ACROSS THE POCONOS AND PORTIONS OF THE PINE BARRENS IN 
SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY. HERE...SOME LOCALES COULD EXPERIENCE LOWS 
IN THE MIDDLE 30S AS WELL RECEIVE PATCHY FROST.

IT APPEARS THE STREAK OF RECORD BREAKING LOW TEMPERATURES FOR MANY 
CLIMATE REPORTING STATIONS HAS ENDED. THE FOLLOWING ARE THE CURRENT 
RECORDS FOR MAY 23.

 LOCATION                 TEMPERATURE           DATE IT OCCURRED
 --------                 -----------           ----------------

ATLANTIC CITY(POMONA)         40                      1993
PHILADELPHIA                  41                      1961
WILMINGTON                    40                      1929
ALLENTOWN                     38                      1932
TRENTON                       43                      1963
GEORGETOWN                    40                      1967
READING                       37                      1971  
     
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