[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/12/2004 5:50:08 AM

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
534 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2004

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-122200-
BERKS PA-CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-
SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM AND READING
534 AM EST SUN DEC 12 2004

...SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...

A STRONG COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED TO 
REACH EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NEW JERSEY EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING.  
AN AREA OF SNOW AND RAIN IS FORECAST TO ARRIVE OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD 
FRONT THIS EVENING.

FOR BERKS COUNTY AND LEHIGH COUNTY, RAIN WILL BE THE PREVAILING TYPE 
OF PRECIPITATION.  HOWEVER, SOME WET SNOW FLAKES MAY MIX WITH THE 
RAIN AT THE ONSET EARLY THIS EVENING.

FOR THE COUNTIES OF NORTHAMPTON, WARREN AND MORRIS THE PRECIPITATION 
SHOULD START AS A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN AND IT WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO 
ALL RAIN DURING THE COURSE OF THE EVENING.  THE SNOW MIGHT LAST LONG 
ENOUGH TO LEAVE A LIGHT ACCUMULATION ON UNPAVED SURFACES.

THE BEST CHANCE FOR AN ACCUMULATING SNOW LIES IN THE POCONOS AND IN 
SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.  IN THOSE AREAS THE PRECIPITATION WILL 
FALL MAINLY AS SNOW.  HOWEVER, THE SNOW MAY EVENTUALLY MIX WITH SOME 
RAIN IN THE VALLEYS AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES.  ACCUMULATIONS OF AN 
INCH OR TWO ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGH ELEVATIONS.

THE PRECIPITATION SHOULD TAPER TO SPRINKLES AND FLURRIES SHORTLY 
AFTER MIDNIGHT.  THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH THE 
REGION EARLY ON MONDAY MORNING THEN IT WILL BECOME COLD AND BLUSTERY 
WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND MONDAY 
NIGHT.

IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING IN THE POCONOS OR IN NORTHWESTERN NEW 
JERSEY TONIGHT BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS AND REDUCED 
VISIBILITY DUE TO THE SNOW.

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