[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 3/8/2005 4:49:59 AM

[PHI Skywarn]

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
420 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005

NJZ001-PAZ054-055-081800-
CARBON PA-MONROE PA-SUSSEX NJ-
420 AM EST TUE MAR 8 2005

...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY...

A COLD FRONT MOVED THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.
RAIN WAS FALLING ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. AS COLDER AIR SURGES 
INTO THE REGION ON NORTHWEST WINDS, RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW 
THIS MORNING, PROBABLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTING PERIOD. BY THE 
TIME SNOW TAPERS OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON, 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW IS 
EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN POCONOS AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY.

WHEN THE SNOW FIRST STARTS TO FALL THIS MORNING, IT WILL BE SLOW TO 
ACCUMULATE, COURTESY OF THE WARM GROUND FROM MONDAY'S 50 DEGREE 
TEMPERATURES. FOR THE SAME REASON, SNOW WILL BE HARD-PRESSED TO 
ACCUMULATE ON AREA ROADS DURING THIS MORNING. HOWEVER, WITH 
TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE MID AND UPPER 20S ON NORTHWEST WINDS 
BLOWING AT 20 TO 30 MPH, ROADS AND OTHER SURFACES WILL QUICKLY COOL. 
BY MID MORNING, SNOW WILL BE ACCUMULATING. BLOWING AND SOME DRIFTING 
OF SNOW SHOULD BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE COMBINATION OF 
STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES, WIND CHILL VALUES ARE EXPECTED 
TO DIP INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON, THEN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS 
TONIGHT.
 
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY THIS EVENING, 
AS THE COLD FRONT AND THE ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES AWAY 
FROM THE AREA. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SUBSIDE TONIGHT, BUT COLDER THAN 
NORMAL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH A GOOD PORTION 
OF THE WEEK.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NORMALLY ISSUED FOR A VARIETY OF WINTER 
WEATHER CONDITIONS SUCH AS LIGHT SNOW, BLOWING SNOW, SLEET, FREEZING 
RAIN AND EXTREME WIND CHILLS. WHILE THE WEATHER WILL BE SIGNIFICANT, 
THE WORD ADVISORY IMPLIES THAT SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.

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