[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/26/2003 3:52:39 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
342 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2003

...LIGHT SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING - THEN ANOTHER ARCTIC BLAST 
EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION TONIGHT.  
THIS FRONT WILL BE PRECEDED AND ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW 
SHOWERS. NORTHERN NEW JERSEY AND EAST PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING THE 
POCONOS WILL GET MORE THAN FARTHER SOUTH. BUT EVEN THERE...SNOWFALL 
AMOUNTS SHOULD BE 2 INCHES OR LESS. 

OVER SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN DELAWARE 
AND EXTREME NORTHEAST MARYLAND...LESS THAN AN INCH SHOULD FALL. 
FARTHER TO THE SOUTH...LITTLE IF ANY SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE FROM 
SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS.

THE LIGHT SNOW SHOULD ARRIVE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. DUE TO 
THE FROZEN GROUND...ANY SNOW THAT FALLS WILL ACCUMULATE AND 
UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY.

LATE TONIGHT...ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL COME PLUNGING INTO THE 
REGION. TEMPERATURES WITH THIS SYSTEM SHOULD BE AS COLD OR A BIT 
COLDER THAN WE HAD OVER US LAST WEEKEND AND ON THURSDAY. 

WIND CHILL FACTORS COME MONDAY MORNING SHOULD ALSO BE BELOW ZERO. 
PLEASE DRESS ACCORDINGLY. 

IT WILL BE VERY COLD WAITING FOR THAT SCHOOL BUS...COMMUTER TRAIN OR 
WORKING OUTDOORS ON MONDAY. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD 
START DIMINISHING MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE CORE OF THE COLD AIR MASS 
WILL BE OVER THE REGION DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY. DEPENDING UPON 
HOW MUCH NEW SNOW FALLS AND HOW QUICKLY WINDS DIMINISH MONDAY 
NIGHT...TUESDAY MORNING MAY BE THE COLDEST MORNING OF THE WINTER 
SEASON SO FAR. A ROLLER COASTER RIDE TOWARD SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES 
IS THEN EXPECTED TO OCCUR FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...YOU CAN ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS, 
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL IN LOWER CASE).
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES.

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