[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/5/2003 4:30:07 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS41 KPHI 050920
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
430 AM EST FRI DEC 5 2003

.THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON WAS MOVING INTO 
THE REGION FROM THE SOUTH EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STORM IS NOW
EXPECTED TO SPARE COASTAL AND SOUTHEASTERN NEW JERSEY, SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL DELAWARE AND THE CENTRAL MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE FROM ANY
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL, AS MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS RAIN.
HOWEVER, WINDS AND TIDAL FLOODING ACROSS VULNERABLE PORTIONS OF THESE
AREAS STILL APPEAR TO BE VERY POSSIBLE. 

NEAR AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR, SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS
STILL A POSSIBILITY, WITH PRECIPITATION BEGINNING AS SNOW EARLY
TODAY, CHANGING TO RAIN LATER TODAY, AND THEN CHANGING BACK TO SNOW
PERHAPS AS EARLY AS MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. 

FOR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND FOR EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AWAY FROM
THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA, SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED.
IT SHOULD BEGIN TODAY AND CONTINUE PERIODICALLY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. 

A COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IMPENDING WINTRY
WEATHER. A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR THE CAROLINA COAST EARLY
THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AND PUSH AGAINST STRONG HIGH
PRESSURE OVER SOUTHEASTERN CANADA. THE LOW WILL MOVE TO NEAR THE
DELMARVA PENINSULA THIS EVENING, AND THEN BEGIN TO INTENSIFY THANKS
TO A TRANSFERENCE OF ENERGY FROM A SYSTEM TO THE WEST. 

NJZ020>022-027-051700-
ATLANTIC NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-OCEAN NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THIS MORNING...

SNOW THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ONE TO TWO INCHES BEFORE
CHANGING TO RAIN BY NOON. THE MORNING COMMUTE WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT
THAN NORMAL, AND PEOPLE SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR
DESTINATIONS. 

PERIODIC RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT MAY CHANGE BACK TO SNOW ON
SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE END. 
 
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.

$$

DEZ002>004-MDZ015-019-020-NJZ014-023>026-051700-
ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT DE-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
TALBOT MD-

...WINTER STORM WATCH IS CANCELLED...

PRECIPITATION THIS MORNING MAY BE MIXED WITH SNOW OR SLEET FOR A TIME
IN SOME LOCATIONS, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SNOW OR SLEET
IS ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. PERIODIC PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE
BACK TO SNOW ON SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING SATURDAY NIGHT, WITH ONE TO
THREE INCHES POSSIBLE BEFORE THE END. 

CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS IN THE EVENT THAT AN ADVISORY IS ISSUED FOR THE POSSIBLE
SATURDAY SNOWFALL. 

$$

NJZ001-007>010-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-051700-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-
MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT...

SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM SOUTH TO NORTH DURING THE COURSE
OF THE DAY, WITH TWO TO FOUR INCHES ANTICIPATED BY DUSK. AN
ADDITIONAL TWO TO SIX INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT, WITH LOWER AMOUNTS
CLOSER TO THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR AND HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER THE
LEHIGH VALLEY, THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND FAR NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.
AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY. THIS WOULD
RESULT IN ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM AS LITTLE AS SIX INCHES NEAR THE
INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR TO AS MUCH AS 14 INCHES OVER THE NORTHERN
LOCALES. 

REMEMBER THAT A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN SEVERE WINTER
WEATHER IS CONSIDERED IMMINENT. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS
WILL BECOME DANGEROUS. PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS UNLESS TRAVEL IS
ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO
FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER EVENT. 

$$

DEZ001-MDZ008-012-NJZ012-013-015>019-PAZ070-071-051700-
CAMDEN NJ-CECIL MD-DELAWARE PA-GLOUCESTER NJ-KENT MD-MERCER NJ-
MIDDLESEX NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-
PHILADELPHIA PA-SALEM NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT...

SNOW THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE ONE TO THREE INCHES
BEFORE CHANGING TO RAIN AROUND NOON. ALTHOUGH MUCH IF NOT ALL OF THE
SNOW SHOULD BE MELTED BY THE EVENING COMMUTE, THE MORNING COMMUTE
WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT THAN NORMAL, AND PEOPLE SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA
TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. 

PERIODIC RAIN FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING IS EXPECTED TO
TURN BACK TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT, WITH A FRESH ONE TO TWO INCHES 
FORECAST BY DAYBREAK. AN ADDITIONAL TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW MAY
FALL ON SATURDAY BEFORE ENDING ON SATURDAY NIGHT, RESULTING IN A
POSSIBLE THREE TO SIX INCHES BEFORE THE END.

REMEMBER THAT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN SNOW OR OTHER 
WINTRY PRECIPITATION IS FORECAST THAT WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT 
INCONVENIENCES. WHILE THE PRECIPITATION TODAY IS NOT EXPECTED TO
REACH WARNING CRITERIA, CONDITIONS COULD, IF CAUTION IS NOT
EXERCISED, LEAD TO LIFE THREATENING SITUATIONS. 

ALSO, 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 FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT. FUTURE DRIVING AND WALKING CONDITIONS MAY BECOME
HAZARDOUS, SO IT IS IMPORTANT TOMONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS, AND
LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
 
$$

MPD/KRAUS/IOVINO