[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/4/2005 4:06:49 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

WWUS81 KPHI 042053
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
352 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005

NJZ009-010-012-015-PAZ067>069-051100-
BUCKS PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
MONTGOMERY PA-SOMERSET NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...PERTH AMBOY AND TRENTON
352 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005

...A WINTRY MIX IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...

RAIN IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. COLDER
AIR IS THEN FORECAST TO BUILD DOWN FROM THE NORTH THROUGH THE DAY 
WEDNESDAY, AND THE RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH AND CHANGE TO SLEET, 
FREEZING RAIN AND SOME SNOW BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THIS MIXED 
PRECIPITATION IS THEN EXPECTED TO CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO 
THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR TWO, AS
WELL AS A GLAZE OF ICE ARE EXPECTED BY THURSDAY MORNING.

MILD AIR WILL BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY UP FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY 
MORNING, THEREFORE THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE BACK TO RAIN. 
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RISE DURING THURSDAY MORNING, 
ENDING THE SNOW AND ICE THREAT. THE STEADY PRECIPITATION IS THEN 
EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF TO RAIN SHOWERS DURING THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

WHILE THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TO 
THE REGION, THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THIS MAY CAUSE LOCALLY
MINOR POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING PRIOR TO AND FOLLOWING THE FROZEN 
PRECIPITATION.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS AT TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY 
AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING, AS ANY UNTREATED SURFACES WILL 
BECOME SLIPPERY. REMEMBER, BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES TYPICALLY ICE OVER 
BEFORE THE ROADWAY SURFACES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON 
THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM. 


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NJZ013-014-017>020-026-027-PAZ070-071-051100-
CAMDEN NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-DELAWARE PA-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
GLOUCESTER NJ-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-
SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMDEN AND PHILADELPHIA
352 PM EST TUE JAN 4 2005

...SOME MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON 
INTO THURSDAY MORNING...

RAIN IS FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION AFTER MIDNIGHT. COLDER 
AIR IS THEN FORECAST TO GRADUALLY BUILD DOWN FROM THE NORTH THROUGH 
THE DAY WEDNESDAY, AND THE RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SOME SLEET AND 
SNOW LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING. WHILE NO SNOW 
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN 
ABOVE FREEZING, THERE CAN STILL BE SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS DUE TO SLEET, 
MAINLY ON UNTREATED BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

MILDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY UP FROM THE SOUTH THURSDAY 
MORNING, AND ANY MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY CHANGE 
BACK TO RAIN. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE RISING ON 
THURSDAY AND THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TAPER TO RAIN SHOWERS THURSDAY 
AFTERNOON.

DURING THE COURSE OF THIS STORM, SOME OF THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY. 
WHILE WIDESPREAD FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED, SOME PONDING OF WATER AND 
POOR DRAINAGE FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, THE OFFICIAL VOICE OF THE NATIONAL 
WEATHER SERVICE, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

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