[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/5/2005 5:33:51 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
521 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005

NJZ009-010-012-015-PAZ067>069-052200-
BUCKS PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
MONTGOMERY PA-SOMERSET NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW BRUNSWICK...PERTH AMBOY AND TRENTON
521 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005

...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR TODAY THROUGH 
THURSDAY MORNING...

AN AREA OF RAIN DRIFTED IN FROM THE WEST DURING THE NIGHT.  
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY AND 
TONIGHT, AND INTO THURSDAY MORNING.

COLD AIR WILL GRADUALLY BUILD DOWN FROM THE NORTH TODAY, CHANGING 
THE RAIN TO SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY 
AFTERNOON HOURS.  THE SLEET AND SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO 
TONIGHT AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.

MILD AIR WILL BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY UP FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT AND 
THE SLEET AND SNOW SHOULD CHANGE BACK TO RAIN.  TEMPERATURES AT A 
FEW LOCATIONS MAY REMAIN BELOW FREEZING FOR A TIME AS THE RAIN 
BEGINS TO FALL AGAIN, AND SOME PATCHY ICE IS POSSIBLE.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RISE INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S 
ON THURSDAY MORNING.  THE RAIN SHOULD TAPER TO RAIN SHOWERS ON 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BECOME LESS THAN IDEAL FROM THIS 
AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING.  IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING, LEAVE 
YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION.

$$

NJZ013-014-017>020-026-027-PAZ070-071-052200-
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
521 AM EST WED JAN 5 2005

...A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
AND THIS EVENING...

AN AREA OF RAIN DRIFTED IN FROM THE WEST DURING THE NIGHT.  RAIN IS 
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY, TONIGHT AND THURSDAY 
MORNING.

COLD AIR WILL GRADUALLY BUILD DOWN FROM THE NORTH TODAY, AND THE 
RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW FOR A TIME FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON 
INTO THIS EVENING.  A SLUSH ACCUMULATION OF AN INCH OR LESS IS 
EXPECTED.

MILD AIR WILL BEGIN TO WORK ITS WAY UP FROM THE SOUTH TONIGHT 
BRINGING AN END TO THE SLEET AND SNOW.  PERIODS OF RAIN WILL 
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING WITH RAIN SHOWERS EXPECTED FOR 
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

$$

IOVINO

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