[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 12/30/2005 4:50:23 PM

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SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
450 PM EST FRI DEC 30 2005

DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ001-007>010-012>020-022-026-027-PAZ054-055-
060>062-067>071-311130-
NEW CASTLE-CECIL-SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-
MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-
GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-ATLANTIC-
COASTAL OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-
NORTHAMPTON-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEWTON...
WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...
GLASSBORO...CAMDEN...CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...
JACKSON...HAMMONTON...LONG BEACH ISLAND...WHARTON STATE FOREST...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN...MEDIA
450 PM EST FRI DEC 30 2005

...WINTER WEATHER RETURNS SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY FOR SOME AREAS...

LOW PRESSURE APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE EAST AND
WEAKEN OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. A SECONDARY LOW WILL FORM OFF THE NORTHERN
MID ATLANTIC COAST ON SATURDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING PRECIPITATION
TO THE REGION SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY, AS 2005 COMES TO A CLOSE AND
THE YEAR 2006 BEGINS.
 
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THE SOUTHERN POCONOS, SOUTH INTO THE LEHIGH VALLEY
AND THE FAR NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF NEW JERSEY. ACCUMULATIONS ON AVERAGE
WILL BE AROUND 2 INCHES AND UP TO 3 INCHES ACROSS THE HIGHER
ELEVATIONS. 

FARTHER SOUTH, AN INCH OR LESS OF SNOW IS EXPECTED AS A MIXTURE IS
FORECAST OVER MOST OF SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA AND OVER THE REMAINDER
OF NEW JERSEY NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR. FOR NORTHEAST
MARYLAND, NEW JERSEY NEAR THE INTERSTATE 95 CORRIDOR, AND THE
IMMEDIATE PHILADELPHIA METRO AREA OF PENNSYLVANIA, THE RAIN WILL
END AS A PERIOD OF WET SNOW.

STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL HAZARDS FOR
THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THE APPROACHING SYSTEM. THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION ALSO IS AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI.


$$

IT WAS ON THIS DATE IN 2000, THAT THE MILLENNIUM STORM OCCURRED
WITH 25 INCHES OF SNOW IN NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY, TO LESS THAN 1
INCH IN DELAWARE. 


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