[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/5/2003 1:11:01 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - A WINTRY MIX THURSDAY 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
107 PM EST WED MAR 5 2003

...A WINTRY MIX EXPECTED DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY 
INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON...

TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION RANGE FROM THE 40S ACROSS THE POCONOS 
AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...TO NEAR 60 IN DOWNSTATE DELAWARE. THE RAIN 
MOVED THROUGH AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES COVER THE REGION.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS NEW YORK STATE TODAY AND INTO NEW 
ENGLAND ON THURSDAY. THE LOW WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE 
REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...DROPPING THE TEMPERATURE BELOW 
FREEZING ACROSS A GOOD PART OF THE AREA. MEANWHILE...ANOTHER LOW 
PRESSURE WILL FORM ON THE COLD FRONT AND MOVE OFF THE DELAWARE 
COAST...THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACCOMPANIED BY A PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION. 

THE FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE THE PRECIPITATION TO BEGIN AS 
SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN...BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW BY THE AFTERNOON. 

LATER TODAY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL BE ISSUING WINTER 
WEATHER ADVISORIES FOR THAT PERIOD...FROM EARLY THURSDAY INTO 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A MIXTURE OF SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW IS 
POSSIBLE WITH SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES NORTH...AND 
LESSER AMOUNTS ACROSS THE SOUTH...ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A PERIOD OF 
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET. 

A COMPLETE FORECAST DETAILING THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES WILL BE 
ISSUED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 330 PM THIS AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME...YOU 
CAN STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR 
TELEVISION STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS OR UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON 
THE INTERNET AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI.

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