[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 11/23/2005 3:20:19 PM

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
320 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005

...FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON ON TAP FOR MOST OF EASTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN NEW JERSEY TONIGHT INTO THANKSGIVING
MORNING...


NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-060>062-240430-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SN.Y.0001.051124T0200Z-051124T1700Z/
SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN...
JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN...BETHLEHEM...
EASTON
320 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM EST
THURSDAY. 

A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING THE
GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION BY THANKSGIVING MORNING. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
FRONT WILL OVERSPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING, THEN CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THIS
PRECIPITATION TO FALL MOSTLY AS SNOW, ALTHOUGH SOME RAIN COULD MIX
IN WITH SNOW TOWARD MORNING IN THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.
PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END DURING THE MORNING HOURS IN
BERKS COUNTY, THE LEHIGH VALLEY, AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY WITH 2 TO
3 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS. IN THE SOUTHERN
POCONOS...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO END AROUND NOON. 2 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS, WITH THE GREATER
AMOUNTS IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLOWER
TO WARM.

ALTHOUGH A FEW SHOWERS OR SNOW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON, MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE OUT OF THE AREA
BY NOON. AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND LATE
THURSDAY, A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION,
USHERING IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. BY FRIDAY MORNING,
TEMPERATURES IN THE TEENS TO MID 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH
OF THE AREA. WINDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE. WEST WINDS BEHIND
THE COLD FRONT COULD INCREASE TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
PERSIST INTO THURSDAY EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW COULD CAUSE TRAVEL
DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION, ANY WET ROAD SURFACES OR PUDDLES WILL
QUICKLY FREEZE THURSDAY NIGHT, CREATING DANGEROUS ICY PATCHES, AND
THE STRONG WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WON'T HELP EITHER.
TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ALL THESE ELEMENTS...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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NJZ009-010-012>015-PAZ067>069-240430-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SN.Y.0001.051124T0200Z-051124T1400Z/
HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-EASTERN MONMOUTH-
MERCER-CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...
NEW BRUNSWICK...FREEHOLD...SANDY HOOK...TRENTON...WEST CHESTER...
NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN
320 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
THURSDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM EST
THURSDAY. 

A WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSING THE
GREAT LAKES REGION WILL MOVE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MID-ATLANTIC
REGION BY THANKSGIVING MORNING. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
FRONT WILL OVER SPREAD THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING, THEN CONTINUE
INTO THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THIS
PRECIPITATION TO FALL MOSTLY AS SNOW, WITH A CHANGEOVER TO RAIN
BEFORE ENDING TOWARD MORNING. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED
IN THESE AREAS BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO RAIN OR RAIN SHOWERS.

AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES INTO NEW ENGLAND LATE THURSDAY,
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE MID- ATLANTIC REGION, USHERING
IN MUCH COLDER TEMPERATURES. BY FRIDAY MORNING, TEMPERATURES IN
THE LOW TO MID 20S CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. WINDS
WILL ALSO BE ON THE INCREASE. WEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT
COULD INCREASE TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO
THURSDAY EVENING. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND
TEENS BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT.

ALTHOUGH ONLY 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL, A SNOW
ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE
SEASON, AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGH VOLUME OF TRAVELERS EXPECTED THIS
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY. A SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
COULD CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN ADDITION, ANY WET ROAD
SURFACES OR PUDDLES WILL QUICKLY FREEZE THURSDAY NIGHT, CREATING
DANGEROUS ICY PATCHES, AND THE STRONG WINDS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT WON'T HELP EITHER. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ALL
THESE ELEMENTS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.



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