[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/17/2004 5:48:18 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
543 PM EST SAT JAN 17 2004

NJZ001-007>010-012-015-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>069-180500-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CARBON PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-LEHIGH PA-
MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-
NORTHAMPTON PA-SOMERSET NJ-SUSSEX NJ-WARREN NJ-

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY...

SNOW IS OVERSPREADING THE ADVISORY AREA AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL 
LIGHTLY THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. ABOUT ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW IS 
EXPECTED TO ACCUMULATE BY SUNDAY MORNING. 

AS A LOW PRESSURES SYSTEM FROM TEXAS MOVES NORTHEAST EARLY ON 
SUNDAY...IT WILL BRING IN SOME WARMER AIR AS WELL AS HEAVIER 
PRECIPITATION. IN CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND THE PHILADELPHIA NORTHWEST 
SUBURBS AND BERKS COUNTY...A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING 
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. AIR TEMPERATURES 
MIGHT RISE HIGH ENOUGH TO HAVE PRECIPITATION FALL AS JUST RAIN FOR A 
WHILE. ACROSS THE LEHIGH VALLEY...FAR NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND THE 
POCONOS SNOW WITH SOME SLEET MIXED IN IS EXPECTED. 

FINAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE 
POCONOS...NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND THE LEHIGH VALLEY. THE HIGHEST 
AMOUNTS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN. ACROSS THE PHILADELPHIA 
NORTHWEST SUBURBS AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY FINAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD 
BE AROUND THREE INCHES WITH A CAKING OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ON 
TOP.  

GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. ALL 
PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE 
AFTERNOON. 
 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER 
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES
THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-020-NJZ013-014-016>027-PAZ070-071-180500-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-CAMDEN NJ-CAPE MAY NJ-
CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-
CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
GLOUCESTER NJ-INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-NEW CASTLE DE-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-

 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY...
 
SNOW IS OVERSPREADING THE ADVISORY AREA AND IS EXPECTED TO FALL 
LIGHTLY THIS EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH THE NIGHT SHOULD AVERAGE 
ONE TO TWO INCHES. AS WARM AIR MOVES IN ALOFT A CHANGE TO SLEET AND 
FREEZING RAIN WILL OCCUR AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS THE DELMARVA AND
SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY FIRST AND THEN WORK ITS WAY TOWARD PHILADELPHIA
AND THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR TOWARD MORNING. 

AS A LOW PRESSURES SYSTEM FROM TEXAS MOVES NORTHEAST EARLY ON 
SUNDAY...IT WILL BRING IN SOME WARMER AIR AS WELL AS HEAVIER 
PRECIPITATION. PLAIN RAIN SHOULD BE FALLING ACROSS DELMARVA AND 
SOUTHEAST NEW JERSEY AROUND DAYBREAK AND WORK ITS WAY NORTHWEST TO 
PHILADELPHIA AND THE NEARBY SOUTHERN AND EASTERN SUBURBS AND EAST 
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY DURING THE MORNING. PRIOR TO THE CHANGE TO PLAIN 
RAIN...SOME ICY SURFACES WILL OCCUR ON UNTREATED ROADS AND WALKS DUE 
TO ALL THE RECENT COLD WEATHER AND THE OBVIOUSLY FROZEN GROUND.   
 
GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. BE WARY FOR BLACK
ICE OVERNIGHT ESPECIALLY. ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD END FROM NORTHWEST
TO SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. 
 
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER 
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES
THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

$$

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