[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/7/2005 3:18:29 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
137 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2005

.ANOTHER ROUND OF WINTRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED TONIGHT 

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-081200-
CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN AND BETHLEHEM
137 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING...

...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR ANOTHER QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF ICE 
WITH THE MOST VULNERABLE AREAS IN THE POCONOS AND SUSSEX 
COUNTY NEW JERSEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA...CARBON...MONROE...LEHIGH...NORTHAMPTON

IN NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SUSSEX...WARREN...MORRIS

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMING IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS  
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION. UNFORTUNATELY A SIMILAR
SCENARIO TO THIS PAST THURSDAY IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD LATE TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION WITH
EASE. MEANWHILE IT WILL BE TOUGH TO DISPLACE THE COLD AIR IN PLACE
NEAR THE GROUND...ESPECIALLY IN LOCATIONS WHICH ARE SNOW
COVERED. 

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AND BEGIN 
AS SOME SNOW IN THE POCONOS AND SUSSEX COUNTY. BUT AS WARMER AIR 
CONTINUES TO SURGE IN ALOFT...TEMPERATURES NEAR THE GROUND ARE 
EXPECTED TO BE CLOSE TO OR BELOW FREEZING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. 
THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR FREEZING RAIN AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES.
THE FREEZING RAIN ONCE IT STARTS IS LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO SATURDAY 
MORNING ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHER TERRAIN.

ACROSS THE LEHIGH VALLEY AND THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA IN
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY PRECIPITATION SHOULD FALL AS EITHER RAIN OR
FREEZING RAIN. THERE IS UNCERTAINTY HOW QUICKLY THE CLOUDS WILL
THICKEN LATER TODAY AND THIS EVENING AND HOW MUCH TEMPERATURES WILL
DROP. 

PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND 
THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS IN NORTHEASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA.  CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE FOR ABOUT HALF OF THIS TO FALL
AS ICE IN THE WARNING AREA. THIS WOULD TRANSLATE INTO ANOTHER QUARTER
INCH TO HALF INCH OF ICE ON EXPOSED SURFACES. IF THE HIGHER AMOUNT IS
ACHIEVED...RENEWED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. UNTREATED WALKWAYS AND
ROADS WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.

THIS EVENT SHOULD END BY NOON ON SATURDAY AND THERE IS THE 
POSSIBILITY THAT SOME SUN COULD ARRIVE DURING THE AFTERNOON. THIS 
WILL ASSIST WITH THE MELTING. WINDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE STRONG 
BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.

ANY TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. IF YOU MUST VENTURE
OUTDOORS...LEAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION AND ALLOW
MORE SPACE BETWEEN YOUR VEHICLE AND THOSE AROUND YOU.  MOST
IMPORTANTLY...SLOW DOWN.

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NJZ009-010-PAZ060-067>069-081200-
BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CHESTER PA-HUNTERDON NJ-MONTGOMERY PA-SOMERSET NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...READING
137 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN PENNSYLVANIA...BERKS...CHESTER...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS

IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMING IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS  
FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARD THE REGION. UNFORTUNATELY A SIMILAR
SCENARIO TO THIS PAST THURSDAY IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD LATE TONIGHT AND
SATURDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION WITH
EASE. MEANWHILE IT WILL BE TOUGH TO DISPLACE THE COLD AIR IN PLACE
NEAR THE GROUND...ESPECIALLY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
CHESTER...BERKS...MONTGOMERY...AND BUCKS COUNTIES IN
PENNSYLVANIA...AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET
COUNTIES IN NEW JERSEY.

WHILE RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER MOST OF THE REGION...SOME FREEZING RAIN
IS POSSIBLE TOWARD MORNING AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF
CHESTER...BERKS...MONTGOMERY...BUCKS...HUNTERDON AND SOMERSET
COUNTIES.  ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE
IN THESE LOCATIONS.

ALL PRECIPITATION SHOULD COME TO AN END BY NOON ON SATURDAY. 
HOWEVER...IF ANY ICE DOES ACCUMULATE...ROADS CAN QUICKLY BECOME
HAZARDOUS.  IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR
DESTINATION AND ALLOW EXTRA DISTANCE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND OTHER
VEHICLES AROUND YOU.  MOST IMPORTANTLY...SLOW DOWN.


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