[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/26/2003 9:52:29 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
955 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2003

...LIGHT SNOW ENDING AS ARCTIC AIRMASS MOVES IN... 

LIGHT SNOW ACROSS THE REGION WAS ENDING LATE SUNDAY EVENING...AND AN 
ARCTIC AIRMASS WILL PUSH IN OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATION 
THROUGH 930 PM WAS HIGHEST IN PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA. 
MONROE COUNTY REPORTED 1 TO 3 INCHES...HIGHEST NEAR THE TOPS OF THE
RIDGES...WITH UP TO 2 INCHES IN PARTS OF LEHIGH AND CARBON COUNTIES. 
ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE REGION...AMOUNTS RANGED FROM A DUSTING TO LESS 
THAN AN INCH.

BEHIND THE SNOW...AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA 
OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES BY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM ZERO TO 20 
BELOW...COLDEST ACROSS NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST 
NEW JERSEY...WHERE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR LATE IN 
THE OVERNIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES WILL RISE LITTLE DURING THE DAY MONDAY...WITH VERY COLD 
WIND CHILLS CONTINUING. THE GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL 
BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

BUNDLE UP IF YOU HAVE TO GO OUT DURING THE DAY MONDAY. ALSO REMEMBER 
TO CARE FOR OUTDOOR PETS...AND EITHER BRING THEM INSIDE OR SECURE 
SAFE AND WARM SHELTER FOR THEM IF THEY CAN'T BE BROUGHT INDOORS.

DEPENDING UPON HOW QUICKLY WINDS DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT...TUESDAY 
MORNING MAY BE THE COLDEST MORNING OF THE WINTER SEASON SO FAR. 
MILDER TEMPERATURES ARE THEN EXPECTED BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AND 
CONTINUING THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...YOU CAN ACCESS THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE ON THE INTERNET AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS... 
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER 
LOCAL MEDIA FOR CURRENT TEMPERATURE AND WIND CHILL VALUES AS WELL AS 
LATER UPDATES AND STATEMENTS.

KRAUS




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