[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 12/14/2005 3:55:20 AM

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WWUS41 KPHI 140855
WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM ON THE WAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...


NJZ001-PAZ054-055-141900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0003.051215T1900Z-051216T1700Z/
SUSSEX-CARBON-MONROE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG
355 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING.

SNOW CHANGING TO A WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING
RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

LOW PRESSURE FROM THE CENTRAL GULF STATES IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHEAST TO THE VIRGINIA COAST BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW IS
THEN FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG
THE COAST TO NEW ENGLAND BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

PRECIPITATION FROM THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, AS WARMER AIR SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY NORTH,
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH, AND POSSIBLY CHANGE OVER TO SLEET
AND FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY NIGHT. UNFORTUNATELY, WITH SO MUCH COLD
AIR LOCKED INTO THE AREA, A PROLONGED PERIOD OF FROZEN
PRECIPITATION RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
THE REGION IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO
PREDICT EXACT AMOUNTS, SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE, ALONG
WITH A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED
SURFACES. A WINTER WEATHER WATCH HAS THEREFORE BEEN ISSUED FOR
THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

SNOW MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD
MAKE DRIVING VERY TREACHEROUS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION, TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE EXPOSED
TO INCREASED STRESS IF THE REGION EXPERIENCES A PROLONGED PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN.

AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER WEATHER
MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY, NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
BRING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS.

$$

NJZ007-008-PAZ060>062-141900-
/O.NEW.KPHI.WS.A.0003.051215T1900Z-051216T1700Z/
WARREN-MORRIS-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...READING...
ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...EASTON
355 AM EST WED DEC 14 2005

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. 

SNOW CHANGING TO A WINTRY MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN...THEN
POSSIBLY ALL RAIN IS EXPECTED LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

LOW PRESSURE FROM THE CENTRAL GULF STATES IS EXPECTED TO MOVE
NORTHEAST TO THE VIRGINIA COAST BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS LOW IS
THEN FORECAST TO INTENSIFY AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTHEAST ALONG
THE COAST TO NEW ENGLAND BY FRIDAY NIGHT.

PRECIPITATION FROM THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS SNOW
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER, AS WARMER AIR SLOWLY MAKES ITS WAY NORTH,
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN THURSDAY
NIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.
UNFORTUNATELY, WITH SO MUCH COLD AIR LOCKED INTO THE AREA, A
PROLONGED PERIOD OF FROZEN PRECIPITATION RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE REGION IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT.
WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO PREDICT EXACT AMOUNTS, SEVERAL INCHES OF
SNOW IS POSSIBLE, ALONG WITH A QUARTER INCH OR MORE OF ICE
ACCUMULATION ON EXPOSED SURFACES. A WINTER WEATHER WATCH HAS
THEREFORE BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.

SNOW MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN COULD
MAKE DRIVING VERY TREACHEROUS LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO
THURSDAY NIGHT, AND POSSIBLY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING IN THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. IN ADDITION, TREES AND POWER LINES WILL BE EXPOSED TO
INCREASED STRESS IF THE REGION EXPERIENCES A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN.

AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS WINTER WEATHER
MOVES NORTHEAST INTO NEW ENGLAND ON FRIDAY, NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
BRING IN ANOTHER ROUND OF COLD WEATHER FOR THE WEEKEND.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THIS EVENT UNFOLDS.


$$



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