[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/5/2004 5:38:30 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
518 AM EST MON JAN 5 2004


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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-
518 AM EST MON JAN 5 2004

...THE REALITY OF WINTER ARRIVES TUESDAY...

WINTER OFFICIALLY ARRIVED AT 209 AM ON DECEMBER 22ND 2003. SINCE THEN
THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN ABOVE NORMAL BY AS MUCH AS 25
DEGREES ON ANY GIVEN DAY. HOWEVER...THE REALITY OF WINTER ARRIVES ON
TUESDAY. 

AS A WARM FRONT LUMBERS NORTH ALONG THE COAST TODAY...LOW PRESSURE
WILL MOVE INTO PENNSYLVANIA THEN EAST TOWARD THE LONG ISLAND COASTAL
WATERS. PERIODS OF RAIN WILL BE WITH US FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY
BEFORE ENDING AS SHOWERS EARLY THIS EVENING. THE SECOND PART OF THE 
SYSTEM...THE COLD FRONT...WILL PASS ON BY FROM WEST TO EAST LATE THIS
EVENING AND WELL OFFSHORE BY DAYBREAK TUESDAY. 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF ONE HALF TO AN INCH. THIS
AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD CAUSE SOME OF THE MOST FLOOD PRONE RIVERS AND
CREEKS TO SHOW MODERATE RISES LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING.  

ONCE THE RAIN ENDS...COLD AIR IS GOING TO SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION
BEGINNING THIS EVENING BUT THE FULL BRUNT OF THE COLD AIR BEGINS ON
TUESDAY...TURNING COLDER EACH DAY TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.  
 
STAY TUNED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VIA NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR 
THE INTERNET(WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI) OR YOUR FAVORITE MEDIA SOURCE 
FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. 

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