[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Special Weather Statement : PHI@ 3/19/2005 4:21:38 PM

[PHI Skywarn]

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
352 PM EST SAT MAR 19 2005

.A WINTRY MIX POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING...

NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-061-062-201000-
CARBON PA-LEHIGH PA-MONROE PA-MORRIS NJ-NORTHAMPTON PA-SUSSEX NJ-
WARREN NJ-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALLENTOWN AND BETHLEHEM
352 PM EST SAT MAR 19 2005

...SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE TONIGHT...

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST FROM NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON TO 
NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATE SUNDAY. AN AREA OF PRECIPITATION 
ASSOCIATED WITH ITS WARM FRONT WILL ARRIVE AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM 
TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SUNDAY MORNING. 

IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ONCE THE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES OVER THE POCONOS 
AND LEHIGH VALLEY IN PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF NEW 
JERSEY THAT IT MAY BEGIN AS SNOW OR MIXED RAIN AND SNOW. THE SNOW IS 
MORE LIKELY AT THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WITH LOCAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 
AROUND AN INCH POSSIBLE...MAINLY ON OFF-ROAD SURFACES. THE SNOW OR 
MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN LATER TONIGHT AND 
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AS WARMER AIR ARRIVES. THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY 
IN THE NORMALLY COLDER AREAS THAT AS THE SNOW CHANGES OVER TO RAIN 
THERE MAY BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN.  

IF YOU HAVE PLANS THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE POCONOS, LEHIGH VALLEY 
AND NORTHWESTERN NEW JERSEY LATE TONIGHT, PREPARE FOR THE 
POSSIBILITY OF SOME WINTRY TYPE WEATHER.  

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