[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/6/2004 5:17:06 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
504 AM EST MON DEC 6 2004

.A COLD START TO THE DAY FOLLOWED BY A MIXTURE OF SNOW, SLEET AND
POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN IN SPOTS, BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL RAIN LATER
TODAY.

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-061600-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM AND READING
504 AM EST MON DEC 6 2004

...ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT, THERE MAY BE
SOME SLICK SPOTS BY THIS AFTERNOON...

A COLD HIGH PRESSURE WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR
REGION TODAY, THEN DRIFT NORTHEAST TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES
THIS MORNING HAVE DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 20S IN SOME LOCATIONS AND
BUT WILL SLOWLY CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK TODAY. 

MEANWHILE, AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE MIDWEST TO THE GREAT LAKES
ON TUESDAY, THE ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD NORTH TODAY AHEAD OF THE WARM
FRONT AND BEGIN AS SNOW ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN POCONOS, THE
LEHIGH VALLEY AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY. THE SNOW WILL MIX WITH SLEET
BY THE AFTERNOON BUT THERE MAY ALSO BE A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IN
SOME SPOTS ACROSS MONROE AND CARBON COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA AND
SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY THIS AFTERNOON. THE PRECIPITATION IS GOING
TO CHANGE TO ALL RAIN LATER TODAY.

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND AN INCH OR SLIGHTLY
MORE IN THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY, WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS FARTHER SOUTH. BUT THERE MAY BE A FEW SPOTS IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS RECEIVE TWO INCHES OF SNOW. 

AS THE PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS FROM SNOW, TO SLEET, BEFORE CHANGING
TO ALL RAIN, A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN COULD OCCUR THIS
AFTERNOON. AS OF THIS MORNING THERE ARE NO ADVISORIES IN EFFECT BUT
KEEP IN MIND THAT EVEN WITHOUT THE FREEZING RAIN SOME ROADS MAY BE
SLIPPERY BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN OCCURS.  

TRAVEL CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS SO
EXERCISE CAUTION ON THE HIGHWAYS TODAY. PLAN TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME FOR
THE DRIVE HOME THIS AFTERNOON. 

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR
FURTHER UPDATES. 


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