[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 11/30/2002 4:20:39 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
417 AM EST SAT NOV 30 2002

...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TODAY...

A LARGE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTERED IN EASTERN CANADA WILL MOVE 
EAST FOR THE REST OF THIS WEEKEND. ITS ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT 
WILL PLOUGH THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA LATER TODAY. IT WILL BE 
PRECEDED AND ACCOMPANIED BY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS. THE RAIN SHOWERS 
SHOULD MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SNOW SHOWERS ACROSS SECTIONS OF THE 
LEHIGH VALLEY...POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY LATE THIS 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY LOCALIZED ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE UNDER 
AN INCH. 

THE REAL STORY WILL BE THE GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS
THAT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE REGION FROM TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY AND THE 
UNSEASONABLY COLD CANADIAN AIR MASS ACCOMPANYING THE WINDS. THE 
WINDS WILL USHER IN THE COLDEST AIR MASS OF THE SEASON JUST IN TIME 
FOR THE START OF METEOROLOGICAL WINTER ON SUNDAY. WIND CHILL FACTORS 
WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE NUMBERS IN THE POCONOS IN 
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND IN THE TEENS TO AROUND 
20 ELSEWHERE FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SUSTAINED WINDS 
TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL AVERAGE BETWEEN 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 
REACHING TO 35 TO 40 MPH. PLEASE SECURE TRASH CANS AND HOLIDAY 
DECORATIONS. USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. THE 
WINDS MIGHT EVEN CAUSE SOME BLOWOUT TIDES AT TIMES OF LOW TIDE ON 
SUNDAY ALONG COASTAL AREAS. DRESS WARMLY IF YOU HEAD OUTDOORS SUNDAY 
AND MONDAY...IT WILL FEEL LIKE WINTER.

TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.  YOU CAN 
ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING 
LOCATION...WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).

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TFG 








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