[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 1/7/2005 9:35:36 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
920 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
920 PM EST FRI JAN 7 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES 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 IS CONTINUING 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 OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST AND OVER THE REGION BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.  UNFORTUNATELY...A SIMILAR SCENARIO TO THIS
PAST THURSDAY IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD 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 OVERNIGHT AND MIGHT 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 OVERNIGHT AND MUCH TEMPERATURES WILL DROP. 

CURRENT ESTIMATES ARE FOR ANOTHER QUARTER 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 DURING THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY AND THERE IS
THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME SUN COULD EVEN 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.

$$

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

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY 
MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY NJ CONTINUES THE WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

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

IN NEW JERSEY...HUNTERDON...SOMERSET

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST AND OVER THE REGION BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING INTO
SATURDAY MORNING.  UNFORTUNATELY...A SIMILAR SCENARIO TO THIS PAST
THURSDAY IS EXPECTED TO UNFOLD AS WARMER AIR ALOFT WILL MOVE INTO THE
REGION. MEANWHILE IT WILL BE DIFFICULT 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.

$$

NIERENBERG