[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 07/11/2005 03:02:42

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WWUS81 KPHI 110759
SPSPHI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
355 AM EDT MON JUL 11 2005

DEZ001>004-MDZ008-012-015-019-020-NJZ001-007>010-012>027-PAZ060>062-
067>071-112100-
ATLANTIC NJ-ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY NJ-BERKS PA-BUCKS PA-CAMDEN NJ-
CAPE MAY NJ-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-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
355 AM EDT MON JUL 11 2005

...A HOT DAY ON TAP FOR THE AREA...

ONE OF THE HOTTEST, IF NOT THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR SO FAR, IS ON 
TAP FOR US TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE LOWER 
TO MID 90S IN MOST PLACES. THE ONE SAVING FEATURE ABOUT THIS AIR 
MASS IS THAT IT IS NOT HUMID AS IT IS ARRIVING FROM THE APPALACHIANS 
VIA NORTHWEST WINDS. WHILE NORTHWEST WINDS ARE VERY EFFICIENT AT 
RAISING TEMPERATURES IN OUR AREA IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE THE AIR WARMS 
AS IT SINKS FROM THE HIGHER TERRAIN, IT IS ALSO A DRYING SOURCE WITH
NORMALLY LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS. THEREFORE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES SHOULD
RUN IN TANDEM WITH THE AIR TEMPERATURES AND NOT HIGHER. AT OUR LOCAL
CLIMATOLOGICAL STATIONS MOST RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES FOR JULY 11TH
ARE IN THE UPPER 90S OR HIGHER AND SHOULD NOT BE BROKEN. THE POSSIBLE
EXCEPTION IS TRENTON WHERE THE CURRENT RECORD HIGH OF 94 DEGREES LAST
SET IN 1993 MIGHT NOT HOLD.

EVEN IF IT IS NOT HUMID TODAY, IT WILL STILL BE HOT. IT WOULD BE
ADVISABLE TO TAKE IT EASY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOTTEST PART OF THE
DAY DURING THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IF POSSIBLE, DO YOUR
MOST STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES EARLY THIS MORNING OR MUCH LATER THIS
EVENING. BE SURE TO CHECK ON ELDERLY RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. THE
ELDERLY AS WELL AS THE VERY YOUNG ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT
RELATED HEALTH PROBLEMS. WEAR LIGHT COLORED AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES
AND DRINK PLENTY OF LIQUIDS. KEEP COOL BY SEEKING AN AIR CONDITIONED
LOCATION IF AVAILABLE, OR SEEK REST IN THE SHADE.  

A WEAK COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BACK ITS WAY ACROSS THE AREA LATE
TONIGHT AND ON TUESDAY AS OUR WINDS SHIFT TO THE EAST. WHILE THIS
SHOULD CAUSE A DROP IN TEMPERATURES, THERE SHOULD ALSO BE AN INCREASE
IN HUMIDITY LEVELS. THE ONE PLACE THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS WIND
SHIFT THE MOST WILL BE THE SHORE WHERE HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY
MIGHT BE AROUND 10 DEGREES LOWER THAN TODAY.

AS THE WEEK CONTINUES, SOME OF THE REMNANT MOISTURE FROM DENNIS WILL 
WORK ITS WAY EAST. WHILE THIS WILL MAKE FOR CLOUDIER SKIES AND LOWER 
MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES, IT WILL ALSO INTRODUCE THE CHANCE FOR MAINLY 
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS, SOME OF WHICH MIGHT CONTAIN 
SOME VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

$$

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO, OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR
FURTHER UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, VISIT US ON THE
INTERNET AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/ER/PHI (ALL LOWERCASE).

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