[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 1/20/2005 5:15:06 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
503 AM EST THU JAN 20 2005

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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
503 AM EST THU JAN 20 2005

...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS EXPECTED TONIGHT 
THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

...A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM QUITE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY, ALLOWING ANOTHER 
SHOT OF ARCTIC AIR TO INFILTRATE THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT AND RIGHT 
INTO THE WEEKEND. TOWARD DAYBREAK ON FRIDAY, LOW TEMPERATURES WILL 
RANGE FROM 0 TO 5 DEGREES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN POCONOS. ELSEWHERE, 
INCLUDING THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES, LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 
BETWEEN 10 TO 20 DEGREES. WIND CHILLS VALUES AT THE FRIDAY MORNING 
BUS STOP WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 15 BELOW TO 10 ABOVE. FRIDAY'S HIGH 
TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY CLIMB INTO THE TEENS TO MID 20S, BUT WIND 
CHILL VALUES WILL REMAIN BITTERLY COLD, RANGING FROM NEAR 15 BELOW 
TO 10 ABOVE. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE EVEN COLDER BY SATURDAY 
MORNING. IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT SOME POCONO AND NORTHWEST NEW 
JERSEY LOCATIONS COULD SEE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES PLUNGE BELOW 0. 
WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO BE BITTERLY COLD FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO SATURDAY.

ON THE HEELS OF THIS VERY COLD AIRMASS, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
CONTINUES TO TRACK A DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL DIVE INTO THE 
NORTHERN PLAINS FRIDAY. THIS STORM WILL THEN BE ON OUR DOORSTEP 
SATURDAY. WITH THE COLD AIR ENTRENCHED ACROSS THE REGION, THE LATEST 
FORECASTING TOOLS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT A SIGNIFICANT WINTER 
STORM SHOULD AFFECT THE IMMEDIATE AREA. AT THIS TIME, SNOW IS 
EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION FROM THE WEST TOWARD MIDDAY ON 
SATURDAY, AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. WHILE 
SOME UNCERTAINTY REMAINS REGARDING THE EXACT TRACK AND STRENGTH OF 
THIS STORM, CONFIDENCE THAT A WINTER STORM THIS WEEKEND WILL IMPACT 
OUR LOCAL AREA CONTINUES TO INCREASE. 

IF YOU HAVE POSTPONED WINTERIZING YOUR HOME OR VEHICLE SO FAR, NOW 
WOULD BE THE TIME TO COMPLETE THIS TASK. TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND MAY 
BECOME INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT ACROSS THE ENTIRE MIDDLE ATLANTIC 
REGION AS THE STORM SPREADS SNOW ACROSS THE AREA.  

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK THIS DEVELOPING
WINTER STORM AND PASS ALONG THE LATEST INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES 
AVAILABLE. THEREFORE, WE URGE YOU TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST 
FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FOR UPDATED INFORMATION REGARDING THIS 
WINTER STORM POTENTIAL.

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