[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/1/2003 3:23:31 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
333 AM EST SAT MAR 1 2003

...SOME LIGHT SNOW TONIGHT IN THE POCONOS - THEN RAIN IN ALL AREAS 
SUNDAY...

A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE TENNESSEE 
VALLEY TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY AS IT HEADS NORTHEAST ACROSS THE 
FORECAST AREA SUNDAY. THE LOW WILL ALLOW LIGHT SNOW TO DEVELOP OVER 
THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY TONIGHT...WHILE THE REST OF THE 
AREA SHOULD GET LIGHT RAIN. AFTER MIDNIGHT...A STEADY RAIN WILL  
DEVELOP WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 

IN THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER IN 
THE LOWER 30S ALLOWING FOR SNOW. THEN AS THE SNOW CHANGES TO 
RAIN...TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE FREEZING. HOWEVER...THERE MAY 
STILL BE POCKETS OF SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES THAT COULD ALLOW FOR A 
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. OTHER PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA SHOULD 
SEE TEMPERATURES STAY ABOVE FREEZING.

ON SUNDAY...A STEADY RAIN IS FORECAST WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 
TO ONE INCH POSSIBLE. DEPENDING ON HOW FAST THE SNOW MELTS...RUNOFF 
WILL CAUSE RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND SOME SMALLER STREAMS COULD 
APPROACH FLOOD STAGE.

IN ADDITION...THERE WILL BE SOME FOG SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD 
AFFECT TRAVEL.

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