[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/12/2003 4:22:37 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 122114
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
415 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2003


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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-
COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-
EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-
KENT MD-KENT DE-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-TALBOT MD-
WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
415 PM EST FRI DEC 12 2003


...MORE WINTER WEATHER ON THE WAY THIS WEEKEND...

LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AND BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN OFF THE CAROLINA 
COASTLINE ON SUNDAY. AT THE SAME TIME, A COLD CANADIAN AIRMASS WILL 
BE IN PLACE OVER THE REGION FROM AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING OFF 
THE NEW ENGLAND COASTLINE. DURING THE AFTERNOON ON SUNDAY, THE 
SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTH-NORTHEAST ALONG THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST 
TOWARDS OUR REGION. 

THE ONSET OF THE PRECIPITATION SUNDAY MORNING WILL BE SNOW ACROSS 
THE ENTIRE AREA. HOWEVER, AIR FROM THE WARMER ATLANTIC OCEAN WILL BE 
PULLED INTO THE REGION, FORCING A QUICK CHANGEOVER TO RAIN SUNDAY 
MORNING ACROSS THE DELMARVA AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. ACROSS
THE PHILADELPHIA METROPOLITAN AREA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY, THE SNOW 
MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN ON 
SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

ALTHOUGH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED, SOME AREAS MAY 
PICK UP A FEW INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER...ESPECIALLY NORTH

AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA. THE EXACT TIMING AND TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM 
IS STILL NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME, WHICH MAKES FORECASTING EXACT 
ACCUMULATIONS AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE RAIN/SNOW LINE DIFFICULT. A 
SMALL CHANGE IN THE FORECAST TRACK TO THE EAST COULD BRING MORE 
SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST.

IN ADDITION, GUSTY EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AFFECT OUR REGION, 
ESPECIALLY NEAR THE COAST, THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY. ALTHOUGH WE 
ARE NOT EXPERIENCING HIGH ASTRONOMICAL TIDES WITH A NEW OR FULL 
MOON, SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS POSSIBLE, ESPECIALLY AT THE 
TIME OF HIGH TIDE IN THE USUAL FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA OUTLET FOR 
FURTHER STATEMENTS AND ANY POSSIBLE ADVISORIES, WATCHES, OR WARNINGS 
CONCERNING THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT. INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE 
ON OUR WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI (IN LOWER CASE).

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