[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/19/2004 4:03:01 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
251 PM EST SUN DEC 19 2004



DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD-
WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...ATLANTIC CITY...BETHLEHEM...
CAMDEN...DOVER...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...
PHILADELPHIA...READING...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
251 PM EST SUN DEC 19 2004

...WINDY AND VERY COLD WEATHER ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW...
...SLIPPERY CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON ROADS TONIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING...

A BRIEF BUT POWERFUL ARCTIC OUTBREAK IS EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT 
AND MONDAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS
EVENING AND USHER IN THE COLDEST AIR OF THE SEASON.  

OCCASIONAL RAIN WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES DROP THROUGH THE 30S AND INTO THE 20S. THE LIGHT SNOW
COULD ACCUMULATE 1 TO 2 INCHES IN NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY AND
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND AN INCH ELSEWHERE...BEFORE TAPERING OFF
TO FLURRIES LATE TONIGHT. 

WITH THE RAPIDLY FALLING TEMPERATURES...ANY LIQUID THAT REMAINS ON
ROAD SURFACES WILL FREEZE OVERNIGHT AND SLICK SPOTS OF BLACK ICE ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THE CHANGEOVER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO THE 
EARLY MORNING HOURS OF MONDAY. PEOPLE ON THEIR WAY TO AND FROM WORK
MAY WANT TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME. 

ON MONDAY, TEMPERATURES WILL BE 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL...RUNNING
FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE POCONOS AND NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY TO
NEAR 20 ALONG THE NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE COASTS. WIND CHILL VALUES
LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY ARE EXPECTED TO RUN FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW
ZERO FOR MUCH OF EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY. IN
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE,
AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND THE WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ZERO TO
10 ABOVE ZERO.

WINDS PEAKING AT 25 TO 35 MPH AND VERY COLD AIR COULD COMBINE WITH
SLIPPERY CONDITIONS TO WILL MAKE THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE
DIFFICULT. PEOPLE WHO VENTURE OUTSIDE, INCLUDING CHILDREN ON THEIR
WAY TO SCHOOL, SHOULD DRESS TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE ELEMENTS. 

HATS, GLOVES AND LAYERS OF CLOTHING ARE IMPORTANT IN THIS TYPE OF
WEATHER.  ALSO...PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE SURE THEIR PETS ARE PROTECTED
FROM THE WEATHER. 

SINCE OUR AREA HAS THUS FAR BEEN SPARED FROM ANY EXTREME WINTER
CONDITIONS, PLEASE PREPARE FOR THE WINDS, THE PLUNGING TEMPERATURES,
LOW WIND CHILLS AND POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE
TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING.

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STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
FURTHER UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, VISIT US ON THE
INTERNET AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI.


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