[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 10/22/2003 5:48:27 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
540 AM EDT WED OCT 22 2003

...YESTERDAYS WARMTH ONLY A MEMORY...

A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSED THE REGION LAST EVENING...USHERING IN
THE COLDEST WEATHER OF THE YOUNG AUTUMN SEASON. YESTERDAYS 60S AND
70S WILL BE REPLACED BY THE 40S AND 50S TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
WITH THURSDAY BEING THE COLDEST.

A FEW RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE
ATLANTIC AREA AS MOISTURE ROTATES DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST. AS 
TEMPERATURES DROP...SOME WET SNOW MAY MIX WITH THE RAIN IN THE 
POCONOS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 
SCATTERED RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY
AND POCONO MOUNTAINS...AND IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY TONIGHT. A FEW
FLURRIES MAY LINGER THURSDAY IN THE POCONOS AND EXTREME NORTHWEST
NEW JERSEY.

NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES WILL DROP INTO THE 30S TONIGHT IN MOST
SECTIONS...BUT WINDS AND CLOUDS WILL HINDER THE OCCURRENCE OF A
KILLING FROST. THE CORE OF THE COLD AIRMASS WILL CROSS THE AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT. CLOUDS WILL BEGIN TO BREAKUP AND IF WINDS CAN
DROP OFF...A WIDESPREAD FROST IS POSSIBLE. LOW TEMPERATURES
THURSDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE UPPER 20S AND 30S.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT BROUGHT YOUR HOUSE PLANTS INDOORS...TIME
IS RUNNING OUT. IF YOU WAIT ANOTHER DAY OR TWO...IT MAY BE TOO
LATE.

CONDITIONS WILL BE BLUSTERY ACROSS THE REGION TODAY THROUGH
THURSDAY, WHICH WILL MAKE THE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE OUTDOORS FEEL EVEN 
COLDER. DO NOT BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE CHILLY 
AND BLUSTERY WEATHER CONDITIONS. DRESS APPROPRIATELY TO ENSURE THAT 
YOU WILL STAY WARM ENOUGH WHEN SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS.

MILDER TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE BACK INTO THE REGION THIS WEEKEND.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER DETAILS AND UPDATES, STAY TUNED TO NOAA 
WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS. 
$$

ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEB SITE AT: 
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI (IN LOWERCASE LETTERS).

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