[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/1/2003 4:43:08 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
433 PM EDT WED OCT 1 2003

...SCATTERED FROST IS POSSIBLE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY 
MORNING OVER NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND
IN THE NORMALLY COLDER SECTIONS OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY...

HIGH PRESSURE...MOVING IN BEHIND THE COLD FRONT THAT CROSSED THE
REGION THIS MORNING...WILL USHER IN EVEN COOLER AIR THURSDAY INTO 
FRIDAY. WITH WINDS EXPECTED TO DROP OFF LATE THURSDAY NIGHT UNTIL 
SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING...AND WITH CLEAR SKIES...AREAS
OF FROST ARE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND 
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY...WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO
THE LOWER AND MID 30S.  SOME PATCHY FROST MAY ALSO FORM FARTHER
SOUTH IN NORMALLY COLDER AREAS...ESPECIALLY IN PINE BARRENS OF
NEW JERSEY...WHERE TEMPERATURES MAY DROP INTO THE MID OR UPPER 30S.

HIGHLY URBANIZED AREAS OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY ARE NOT EXPECTED
TO SEE ANY FROST THIS TIME AROUND SINCE LOW TEMPERATURES ARE ONLY
EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 40S.

AREA RESIDENTS MAY WISH TO THINK ABOUT PROTECTING TENDER PLANTS. 
PRUDENT ACTIONS WOULD BE TO BRING VULNERABLE PLANTS AND FLOWERS 
INDOORS...OR TO COVER THEM THURSDAY NIGHT.

STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST WEATHER FORECASTS BY LISTENING TO NOAA 
WEATHER RADIO...OR CHECKING COMMERCIAL TV AND RADIO.

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEB SITE AT 
WWW.ERH.NOAA.GOV/PHI.

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