[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/17/2005 4:57:18 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
446 AM EST MON JAN 17 2005

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ054-055-
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ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-CARBON PA-CAROLINE MD-CECIL MD-CHESTER PA-
COASTAL ATLANTIC NJ-COASTAL OCEAN NJ-CUMBERLAND NJ-DELAWARE PA-
DELAWARE BEACHES DE-EASTERN MONMOUTH NJ-GLOUCESTER NJ-HUNTERDON NJ-
INLAND SUSSEX DE-KENT MD-KENT DE-LEHIGH PA-MERCER NJ-MIDDLESEX NJ-
MONROE PA-MONTGOMERY PA-MORRIS NJ-NEW CASTLE DE-NORTHAMPTON PA-
NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON NJ-OCEAN NJ-PHILADELPHIA PA-QUEEN ANNE'S MD-
SALEM NJ-SOMERSET NJ-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON NJ-SUSSEX NJ-TALBOT MD-
WARREN NJ-WESTERN MONMOUTH NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN...ATLANTIC CITY...BETHLEHEM...
CAMDEN...DOVER...NEW BRUNSWICK...NEWARK...PERTH AMBOY...
PHILADELPHIA...READING...TRENTON...VINELAND AND WILMINGTON
446 AM EST MON JAN 17 2005

...SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND SOME SLICK ROADS MAY 
RESULT EARLY THIS MORNING...
...COLD TEMPERATURES AND LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL OCCUR TONIGHT 
AND TUESDAY MORNING...

AT 400 AM AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WAS MOVING THROUGH THE DELAWARE 
VALLEY AND OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. IT WAS CAUSING SCATTERED 
LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES MAINLY OVER EXTREME EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND 
NEW JERSEY A COUPLE OF HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE. THESE WERE MOVING EAST 
AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. ANOTHER AREA OF LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW 
SHOWERS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH 
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND COULD MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF DELAWARE 
DURING THE PRE-DAWN HOURS AND PERSIST UNTIL AROUND SUNRISE.

WHERE A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW OCCURS, MAINLY NORTH OF A PHILADELPHIA 
TO TUCKERTON NEW JERSEY LINE, OR OVER NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND AND 
DELAWARE, ROADS MAY BE SLIPPERY EARLY THIS MORNING. MOTORISTS ARE 
URGED TO USE EXTRA AMOUNTS OF CAUTION FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE. LEAVE 
EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. EVEN A LIGHT COATING CAN CAUSE 
ROADS TO BE SLIPPERY. WATCH ESPECIALLY THE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES 
WHICH MAY ICE UP FIRST. IN PENNSYLVANIA INTERSTATE 95 COULD HAVE 
SOME SLIPPERY SPOTS NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA. IN NEW JERSEY ROADS OF 
CONCERN FOR A LIGHT COATING OF SNOW OR ICE WOULD BE THE NORTHERN 
TWO-THIRDS OF THE GARDEN STATE PARKWAY, THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE NEW 
JERSEY TURNPIKE, ROUTES 1, 195, 295, 287, 78, AND 80. 

IT WILL REMAIN COLD ACROSS EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, NEW JERSEY, 
DELAWARE, AND NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND TODAY...BUT IT WILL BE VERY COLD 
TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING DOWN A 
REINFORCEMENT OF COLD AIR TODAY. THE COLD TEMPERATURES AND BRISK 
WINDS WILL RESULT IN LOW WIND CHILL VALUES TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LOW 
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 IN THE DELAWARE VALLEY 
TO THE SINGLE DIGITS NORTH AND WEST. WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 10 TO 20 
MPH, WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE AS LOW AS ZERO TO FIVE BELOW ZERO IN 
THE DELAWARE VALLEY, SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, AND 
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND. IN THE LEHIGH VALLEY, THE SOUTHERN POCONOS, 
AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY, WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE AS LOW AS 
MINUS 10 DEGREES.

IF YOU WILL BE OUTDOORS TODAY...AND ESPECIALLY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY 
MORNING...BE PREPARED FOR VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND BITING WINDS. 
DRESS WARMLY WITH SEVERAL LAYERS TO REDUCE THE THREATS POSED BY 
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA.   

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