[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 8/8/2003 4:35:28 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
440 AM EDT SAT AUG 9 2003

...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THE LARGE SCALE WEATHER PATTERN ALONG THE EAST COAST IS FAIRLY 
STATIONARY...AS WE REMAIN CAUGHT BETWEEN LOW PRESSURE TO OUR WEST 
AND HIGH PRESSURE OFF THE COAST. IMPULSES...OR UPPER AIR 
DISTURBANCES...MOVING UP THE COAST WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION...POSSIBLY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF 
THE UPCOMING WEEK.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS 
AN IMPULSE OVER THE CAROLINAS AND SOUTHERN VIRGINIA EARLY THIS 
MORNING WORKS NORTH. BUT A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER 
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND THE CHESAPEAKE BAY OVERNIGHT RESULTED IN SOME 
FLOODING IN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. AS THE REMNANTS 
OF THAT ONCE STATIONARY CLUSTER MOVE NORTH THIS MORNING...OTHER 
AREAS...ESPECIALLY ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WILL SEE SOME RAIN. 

GIVEN THE VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE...AND THE FAIRLY LIGHT WINDS 
ALOFT...MORE ISOLATED HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE LATER TODAY AND 
TONIGHT FROM THE SHOWERS AND STORMS THAT DEVELOP.

LITTLE CHANGE IS SEEN IN THE OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE 
REGION UNTIL PERHAPS WEDNESDAY...WHEN A FRONT FROM THE NORTHWEST MAY 
FINALLY PUSH THROUGH AND BRING IN A SOMEWHAT DRIER AIRMASS. UNTIL 
THAT HAPPENS...WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS 
EACH DAY...WITH CONTINUED HUMID CONDITIONS.

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