[MTHOLLYSVRWX] Winter Storm Warning : PHI@ 11/23/2005 8:46:28 PM

[n2qae at arrl.net]

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WSWPHI

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
847 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>062-241100-
/O.CON.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
847 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 OVER SPREAD THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY 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 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 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 ICE 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.

$$

NJZ009-010-012>015-PAZ067>069-241100-
/O.CON.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
847 PM EST WED NOV 23 2005

...SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 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 WEDNESDAY 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 AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO
RISE. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS BEFORE THE
CHANGEOVER TO RAIN OR RAIN SHOWERS TAKES PLACE.

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 UPPER TEENS TO LOW 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 TRAFFIC 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 ICE 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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