[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/4/2003 11:34:49 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
1130 AM EST THU DEC 4 2003

.THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WILL BEAR DOWN ON 
THE MID ATLANTIC STATES BEGINNING LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH 
SATURDAY. LOW PRESSURE ALONG THE GEORGIA COAST WILL STRENGTHEN AS IT 
MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TO THE CAROLINA CAPES TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUES 
EAST OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC SATURDAY. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW 
CENTER...BACK OVER THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS MORNING... WILL PUSH 
EAST ON THE HEELS OF THE COASTAL LOW...WITH THE WHOLE SYSTEM FINALLY 
PUSHING OFF TO THE EAST BY SUNDAY. 

WITH A COLD AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE REGION...THE PRECIPITATION 
WILL START OUT AS MAINLY SNOW TONIGHT. AS WINDS TURN TO THE 
NORTHEAST LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...THE AIR COMING IN OFF THE STILL 
MILD OCEAN WATERS WILL CHANGE THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE RAIN ACROSS 
SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY AND MUCH OF THE DELMARVA...WITH MIXED RAIN 
AND SNOW ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR...INCLUDING THE PHILADELPHIA AREA. 
ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND ALL BUT THE SOUTHEASTERN PART OF 
PENNSYLVANIA...THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD REMAIN PRIMARILY AS SNOW... 
WITH SEVERAL INCHES ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING.


DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ009-010-012-013-015>022-027-PAZ067>071-042300-
ATLANTIC NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-CUMBERLAND NJ-
DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-KENT MD-MERCER NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-


...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 
FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHEASTERN 
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN DELAWARE...AND EXTREME NORTHEASTERN 
MARYLAND. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET...MERCER...MIDDLESEX... 
SALEM...GLOUCESTER...CAMDEN...BURLINGTON...CUMBERLAND...AND INLAND 
SECTIONS OF ATLANTIC...OCEAN AND MONMOUTH.

IN PENNSYLVANIA...BUCKS...MONTGOMERY...CHESTER...DELAWARE...AND 
PHILADELPHIA.

IN DELAWARE...NEW CASTLE.

AND IN MARYLAND...CECIL AND KENT.

SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST 
TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BEGIN CHANGING TO RAIN ALONG THE NEW JERSEY 
SHORE LATE TONIGHT...AND THE RAIN WILL SPREAD OR MIX FURTHER INLAND 
DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. AN INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE IN 
THE ADVISORY AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING. ANOTHER INCH IS POSSIBLE DURING 
THE DAY FRIDAY...MAINLY TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA WHERE 
THE RAIN WILL MIX IN LAST.

THE RAIN OR MIXED PRECIPITATION SHOULD CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY... 
BEFORE TAPERING TO SNOW SHOWERS LATE IN THE DAY AS THE STORM HEADS 
OUT TO SEA.

REMEMBER THAT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW OR OTHER 
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 
INCONVENIENCES. WHILE THE PRECIPITATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH 
WARNING CRITERIA...CONDITIONS COULD...IF CAUTION IS NOT EXERCISED... 
LEAD TO LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST 
FORECASTS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

$$

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-042300-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-


...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CONTINUED A WINTER STORM WATCH FOR 
MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN 
POCONOS...AND FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY. THIS INCLUDES THE 
FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON...MONROE...BERKS...LEHIGH...AND NORTHAMPTON.
AND IN NEW JERSEY...SUSSEX...WARREN...AND MORRIS.

LIGHT SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES 
FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE DURING 
THE DAY FRIDAY...WITH A TOTAL OF SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE BY 
THE TIME THE PRECIPITATION TAPERS OFF LATE SATURDAY.

REMEMBER THAT A WINTER STORM WATCH IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER 
WEATHER IS POSSIBLE...BUT NOT IMMINENT. AT THE TIME...THERE IS A 
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS. FUTURE DRIVING AND 
WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS...SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS...AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND 
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

$$

MIKETTA


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